June full moon – Strawberry Moon – is the lowest (highest) of the year
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Why is June’s full moon the lowest full moon of 2026 for viewers in the Northern Hemisphere? And why does the same moon ride high in Southern Hemisphere skies? Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd as she explores the geometry behind this month’s full moon.
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When to watch in 2026: The full moon comes on June 29 for the Americas, Europe, and Africa, and on June 30 for Australia, New Zealand, and much of Asia. Same full moon for all of Earth … but different timezones. The crest of this month’s full moon will fall at 23:57 UTC on June 29, 2026.
Central Daylight Time in the Americas on June 29. New Zealand Standard Time on June 30. Where to look: Full moons are always opposite the sun.
They must be, in order to look full. So every full moon rises in the east just after the sun has set in the west. And full moons reach their highest points in the sky in the middle of the night, when the sun is below your feet.
This June 2026 full moon is a micromoon – or particularly distant full moon – in a far part of its orbit from Earth. It’s the last full micromoon of 2026. The June 2026 full moon is noteworthy for its path across our sky.
It’s one of the lowest moon paths in decades for the Northern Hemisphere, one of the highest in decades for the Southern Hemisphere. The June full moon can help you locate yourself within the Milky Way galaxy. That’s because it points (more or less) toward the galaxy’s heart.
The center of our Milky Way galaxy lies near the famous Teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius the Archer. The 2026 full Strawberry Moon will lie (more or less) in this direction. So when you are looking toward the June full moon, you’re looking toward the heart of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
For us in the Northern Hemisphere, this particularly low June full moon might illustrate to you that – as always – the Teapot rides low in our southern sky.
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