11/06/2025
Your moon phases for June - a SPECIAL full moon tonight
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This moon’s fullest moment fell this morning and so both last night’s and tonight’s moons are very full indeed. And this is a full moon worth catching as this is a ‘lunar standstill’ year, the zenith of the moon’s 18.6 year cycle, when the moon swings through the sky on its most extreme arcs, high and low in the sky.
This is the only full moon that coincides with this low arc.
There is LOTS more explanation of this (and it’s link to the stone circles in our landscapes, including Callanish and Stonehenge) in The Almanac 2025, but the long and short of it is that tonight’s full moon will take its lowest possible arc through the sky, staying close to the horizon all night, and more extreme the further north you are. Because of the ‘moon illusion’ which makes us perceive the moon as larger when it’s close to the horizon, it will look huge and beautiful.
If you kept reading to the end of all that, well done and thank you! And let me know if you spotted it last night. I looked out at about 2am and couldn’t believe how low it was, just spectacular all night.
Wishing you clear skies!
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