{"id":230954,"date":"2026-06-29T14:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230954\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:43:11","slug":"strawberry-moon-to-rise-monday-in-south-central-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230954\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Moon to rise Monday in south-central Pa."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Strawberry Moon will rise over south-central Pennsylvania on Monday night, giving skywatchers a good chance to catch June&#8217;s full moon. Named for the time of year when strawberries ripen, the Strawberry Moon is also the first full moon of summer this year. Despite its name, the moon will not actually appear pink, though it may glow with a reddish or orange tint when it sits low on the horizon during moonrise or moonset.When to watch The moon will become full at 7:56 p.m. on Monday. In south-central Pennsylvania, it is expected to rise at 8:58 p.m. on Monday and set at 5:51 a.m. on Tuesday.  Viewing conditions across the Susquehanna Valley look good with partly cloudy skies. Did you capture the full moon and would like to share with News 8? Send us your photos or videos at https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Strawberry Moon will rise over south-central Pennsylvania on Monday night, giving skywatchers a good chance to catch June&#8217;s full moon. <\/p>\n<p>Named for the time of year when strawberries ripen, the Strawberry Moon is also the first full moon of summer this year. <\/p>\n<p>Despite its name, the moon will not actually appear pink, though it may glow with a reddish or orange tint when it sits low on the horizon during moonrise or moonset.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"A supermoon happens when the full moon coincides with the moon&amp;apos;s closest approach to Earth in its orbit\" title=\"Full moon strawberry moon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59d1d94f-5d5e-4bc9-8426-1157580a4c3b.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"strawberry moon 2026\" title=\"Strawberry Moon 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1fce686a-09e8-41ae-854a-e44a1dc635aa.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When to watch \t<\/p>\n<p>The moon will become full at 7:56 p.m. on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>In south-central Pennsylvania, it is expected to rise at 8:58 p.m. on Monday and set at 5:51 a.m. on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p>Viewing conditions across the Susquehanna Valley look good with partly cloudy skies. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"strawberry moon 2026\" title=\"Strawberry Moon 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/82e3c0f1-771f-4fc8-aba9-19713463988c.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"strawberry moon 2026\" title=\"Strawberry Moon 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55ae7801-b064-49f9-9814-87c02770afb3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Did you capture the full moon and would like to share with News 8? Send us your photos or videos at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Strawberry Moon will rise over south-central Pennsylvania on Monday night, giving skywatchers a good chance to catch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-230954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}