Last month we missed seeing a lunar eclipse, but it seems that June 2021 has a number of reasons to look to the sky. The first thing is a solar eclipse on Thursday. Solar eclipses in Nova Scotia have been referenced in songs like Carly Simon’s 1972 hit You’re So Vain – “Then you flew your lear jet up to Nova Scotia To see the total eclipse of the sun“. I remember that an eclipse was also a big part of the movie Dolores Claiborne and now this week there is another one happening. Weather permitting, we are in a good spot to see this event.
June 10, 2021 Annular Solar Eclipse
This month we are also treated to the longest day of the year, daylight wise, with the summer solstice. That happens to fall on the same day as Father’s Day too, June 20th, even though some websites show it as June 21st.
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The other big thing that we will see in the June sky is the last Supermoon of the year. Fingers crossed the sky will be clear for the Strawberry Moon on June 24th.
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