Dark Sky Observations

Days surrounding the New Moon, June 15, 2026, offer the dark skies for stargazing. The “anti-Russell-McFerron Effect” may be the reason that CME’s haven’t landed as hard as expected.

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 06/14/2026

LOOK FOR AIRGLOW TONIGHT: There’s a new Moon on June 14th. That means it’s a good night to look for airglow. Aaron Watson photographed the phenomenon on June 13th from the West Elk Mountains of Colorado:

 

“The sky looked bright to the north, I could tell by the way the clouds were silhouetted that there was a glow of some kind going on,” says Watson. “I grabbed the Nikon and saw the neon green in the playback screen.”

Airglow looks like an aurora, but it is completely different. The green glow comes from photochemical reactions in Earth’s upper atmosphere. It is present almost every night, but it is only visible from extremely dark-sky sites on nights around the New Moon.

Tonight is such a night. Get away from city lights and point your camera at the sky. If the screen turns green, you have found your own airglow. Submit photos here.

AURORAS HATE SOLSTICES: Regular readers have often heard us say “auroras love equinoxes.” It’s a real physical phenomenon. Because of the Russell-McPherron Effect, the magnetic connection between sun and Earth is strongest around equinoxes, giving CMEs a boost when they try to spark auroras. But the opposite is also true: Auroras hate solstices. Think of it as the anti-Russell-McFerron Effect. The magnetic connection is weakest around solstices–i.e., now. Perhaps this is why recent CMEs have failed to produce strong geomagnetic storms.

THE SUN TODAY: 
Sunspots are stable and there are no significant coronal holes.

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New Lunar Cycle: The Honey Moon

New Moon: Gemini the Twins
June 15, 2026, 02:54 UTC
June 14, 2026, 9:54 PM CDT

Full Strawberry/Honey Moon: Capricorn the Provider
June 29, 2026, 23:56 UTC
June 29, 2026, 6:56 PM CDT

The June Full Strawberry Moon

The sweetest full moon of the year is June’s full moon, commonly known as the Full Strawberry Moon. While the full moon itself is inedible, despite how round and delicious it may seem, the Full Strawberry Moon marks strawberry harvesting season in North America. Most Algonquin tribes understood that it was a sign that wild strawberries were starting to ripen and ready for the harvest. Delicious though ripe strawberries may be, June’s full moon has another name that’s even sweeter.

In Europe, June’s full moon was known as the Honey Moon. Other European names for it included the Hot Moon, signifying the beginning of hot summer days, or Hay Moon, because of the first hay harvest. Those names aside, European names for the Full Strawberry Moon overall tend to have sweet, romantic connotations – a good example is the name Full Rose Moon. June’s full moon is also called Mead Moon, which could refer to the mowing of meadows during summer, but there’s another more romantic interpretation as well.

In Europe, it’s traditional to gift mead or honey to a newlywed couple during their first moon of marriage. The name Honey Moon itself has now become a common word in the English language, used to refer to the honeymoon holiday that couples go on right after they’re married. It used to be that newlyweds in ancient Europe would go on a sweet romantic holiday around the time of June’s full moon, because the moon phases were seen as a symbol for the phases of a marriage, with the full moon signifying the fullest and happiest part, the wedding itself.

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Humans named the Moons by the Common Experience of the Times. The Maya found the same order and meaning on every scale of human discernment.

The Honey Moon relates to the Haab month of Zotz. Beekeepers fast and pray before the Stingless Bees bring forth their Honey. The bees are symbolized as the “diving god” with wings that pours out a golden Light from above. June heralds “the beginning” of Summer.

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Mayan Calendar Time

TRECENA OF MONKEY/CHUEN
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
13 Night/AKBAL (auk ‘bahl), Cherokee, Hearth/O’YA, Destiny Kin 143, Position 3
June 14, 2026, 06/14/2026

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TRECENA OF MONKEY/CHUEN: THE DAWN OF CREATION

13 Night/AKBAL, Cherokee, Hearth/O’YA – Ascension, Day 13 of 13, the 1 Monkey/CHUEN trecena of Creation

Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), who’s wisdom and Tzolk’in date calculator is preserved on MayanMajix.com

Galactic Tone 13: Ascension; Thirteen assists us to go to the next higher step, propels us to try something new or to try again. Thirteen energy takes us over the next mountain just to see what is there. Thirteen carries the last success to the newest effort. Thirteen is a number associated with the Ascended Masters, creation, expansion, and manifestation.

Night/Akbal: Bringers of the Dawn. Dreamers who bring the new sun to clarify and illuminate the road of life. Thus the insecurities and doubts born of darkness of the sub-conscious mind are dispelled. These persons travel the Void… a place where nothing yet exists but all potential dwells, the womb of creation. From this void, Night persons bring forth new solutions and artistic inspiration. Night’s voyages of dreams build confidence and happiness with a sense of well being. If night does not bravely journey into the void they may find themselves wandering the darkness of self doubt and insecurity.

A GOOD DAY TO: Spend some time contemplating the stars.

Cherokee, Hearth/O’YA: Hearth’s symbol is the fire pit in the Center, velvet black as the night. The triangle in Orion. The M42 nebula (home of the Central race from the WingMakers) in the center of the triangle of Orion is the fire in the Hearth, also matching the Mayan. The Hearth is the Torchbearer who holds the light and warmth throughout the night.

[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]