Best time to see tonight's supermoon known as the strawberry moon

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The sixth full moon of the year will take place later today. Almost a month on from May's super flower blood moon phenomena, this particular full moon will also be a larger supermoon and thus appear larger and brighter.

A supermoon occurs at the point in the moon’s orbit where it is closest to Earth, otherwise known as pedigree. Although today represents the peak of June's full moon, the super strawberry moon will still appear full for the days in and around.

Read on for everything you need to know about tonight's strawberry full moon. Read more: The closest-ever images taken of the sun - they're mesmerising It may seem odd for a full moon to occur during daylight hours, but it will actually peak at 12.51pm.

This is because that is the exact moment when the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the Earth, which is not determined by the time of day.