The Strawberry Full Moon of 2024 rises near the June solstice with an Antares encounter

The full moon rises behind a domed building with a clock on its face. the silouhette of the top of a tree sits in the bottom right corner.

The full moon of June, also called the Strawberry Moon, will occur on June 21 at 9:08 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0108 UTC June 22), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. Observers in Oceania will see a nearly full moon pass in front of the star Antares, Alpha Scorpii, the brightest star in Scorpius, the Scorpion, on June 20.