Full Strawberry Moon Peaks This Weekend

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June's full strawberry moon lights up the sky this weekend, kicking off the first month of summer stargazing.

What to know about the full strawberry moon:

-It peaks at 11:42 p.m. eastern time Saturday night but will appear full through Monday, according to NASA.

-The full strawberry moon isn’t red, but gets its name from the juicy berries in season right now.

-​You can see last year's strawberry moon in photos here.

Weather.com digital meteorologist Jonathan Belles adds:

-”In general, the later in the night you can wait to look up the better. Wait out the summer-like thunderstorms and some skies across the country will clear after midnight. Late evening skies may be cluttered by cloud debris from the large number of thunderstorms ongoing across the country.”

-”Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, the Dakotas, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, New York and Michigan are some of the better states for viewing the skies Saturday evening. But even parts of these states will have cloud cover."

-”The worst views include New England, the Central and Southern Plains and into the Rockies but storms will break up as the evening goes on in some spots.”

-”Large sections of the country will feature temperatures in the 50, 60s and 70s, but muggy conditions will be felt across a large section of the Central U.S.”

-Look for Jupiter in conjunction with a crescent moon just before dawn on June 14.

-Venus, Mars and the crescent moon form a triangle on June 21, after the summer solstice ends.

-The Big Dipper shines brightly in the northwest part of the sky all month.

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