For skywatchers, June's full moon is one of the year's most anticipated celestial events.

Known as the Strawberry Moon, this luminous lunar display will soon rise above the horizon, marking the first full moon of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

Despite its fruity name, the moon will not actually appear pink or red.

Instead, its title comes from Indigenous North American traditions that used the lunar cycle to track seasonal harvests.

This year's Strawberry Moon is expected to appear unusually low in the sky, creating dramatic viewing opportunities and making it seem larger than usual as it rises.