A “Strawberry Moon” will light up the night sky tonight as June’s full moon. But the real show will start next month when the first in a string of four consecutive “supermoons” will shine brightly.

Tonight’s full moon will reach its fullest phase at 11:41 p.m. ET (10:41 p.m. CT). The moon will also be fully illuminated on Sunday night, June 4th.

The four supermoons – full moons that appear slightly bigger and brighter than average full moons because they are closer to the Earth – will be glowing on July 3, Aug. 1, Aug. 30 and Sept. 29.

NASA explains a supermoon this way: “A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time the Moon is full.”

There are typically three to four supermoons each year.

Is a Strawberry Moon pink?

June’s full moon doesn’t take its name from its color but rather the time of year it appears. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the Strawberry Moon name has been used by Native American Algonquian tribes in the northeastern U.S. as well as Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota peoples to mark the season of the year that “June-bearing” strawberries are ready to be gathered.

Other cultures refer to June’s full moons by a variety of names, indicative of the time of year they appear. Anishibaabe people refer to the June moon as the “Blooming Moon,” while Cherokee call it the “Green Corn Moon,” and Western Abenaki call it the “Hoer Moon,” a reference to tending young crops.

Other moon names include the Birth Moon, Egg Laying Moon, Honey Moon, Mead Moon and Hatching Moon.

2023′s full moon calendar

Here are theremaining full moons for 2023:

Monday, July 3 – Full Buck Moon

Tuesday, Aug. 1- Full Sturgeon Moon

Wednesday, Aug. 30 – Full Blue Moon

Friday, Sept. 29 – Full Harvest Moon

Saturday, Oct. 28 – Full Hunter’s Moon

Monday, Nov. 27 – Full Beaver Moon

Tuesday, Dec. 26  – Full Cold Moon