HONG KONG: As the first full moon of June enchanted viewers’ eyes on Tuesday evening, scientists explain the significance of Strawberry Moon. The nickname of the celestial body derives from the strawberry harvests that are usually collected during this time of the year.
Long before science researchers made their most significant discoveries and established the knowledge system we now know today, people used popular names to describe some of the concepts we have uncovered in the present. Such is the case of the calendar denominations as very few people knew back then how to indicate the month of January, February, etc.
Most of the times, scientists used terms that efficiently described the characteristics of the respective month. This is how June acquired the popular name of “Strawberry Moon”, based on the characteristics of the celestial body and on the agricultural practices that are specific for this month.
The Roman and Greek calendars used agricultural habits and astronomical events to divide the year in months, semester and trimesters. Thus, tribes knew when to cultivate certain plants and when to collect the crops.
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