As the moon continues in its orbit around the Earth, away from the sun, increasingly more of its sunlit surface is visible. This is why the moon sometimes appears as a crescent or half-moon.

The standstill, when the moon is at its northernmost or southernmost point, occurs because the moon’s orbit is slowly dragged around in an 18.6-year cycle by the gravitational pull of the sun.

June's full Strawberry Moon peaks at 3:44 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. This year's Strawberry Moon will be the lowest on the horizon since 2006, due to a major lunar standstill.

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Farthest from the Sun, Closest to the Horizon. This moon is not only low — it’s also far from the sun. Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the sun, on July 3.

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