Attention, amateur astronomers: The moon will look unusually full and bright on Tuesday night, and you won't need a high-tech telescope or fancy binoculars to admire it. June's full moon is commonly known as the strawberry moon, a name that comes from the Algonquin Native American tribe in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada and refers to the region's strawberry harvesting season (not the moon's actual hue). And this June, it happens to be at its closest distance to Earth in its orbit, making it a supermoon by most standards. There's an optimal viewing time depending on where you live. June's supermoon officially takes place — meaning it will be fully illuminated by the sun — at 7:51 a.m. ET on Tuesday, though it will still look full the day before and after. In New York, for example, Tuesday's sunset is at 8:28 p.m. ET and moonrise is at 9:16 p.m. ET. In Los Angeles, those times are 8:05 p.m. PT and 8:57 p.m. PT. You can find your local moonrise and moonset times here. The moon will rise in the east after sunset, shine all night and set in the west close to sunrise.
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