Full Moon Rises on Summer Solstice for First Time in Decades

usaToday is the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, and for the first time in decades, you can end it with a view of the full moon.

Technically, the summer solstice isn’t the entire day, but the moment when the Earth’s northern axis of rotation is most tilted toward the sun — this year, that happens at 6:34 p.m. ET on June 20.

And technically, the moon was fullest at 7:02 a.m. ET, putting the two events on the same day. MORE