Stargazers will be afforded a view of the so-called Full Strawberry Moon tonight, the most colorful full moon of the year.

June's full strawberry moon owes its name to the time of year when Native Americans gathered ripe strawberries, according to the Farmer's Almanac. It has also been known as the Honey Moon, Mead Moon, and the Full Rose Moon in Europe. 

Its low, shallow path across the sky makes June's Strawberry Moon the most colorful of the year, Bob Bonadurer, director of the Milwaukee Public Museum's Daniel M. Soref Dome Theater & Planetarium, told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

"It's the most colorful of all full moons. We always get more color in the sky when things are lower," Bonadurer said.

Not everyone will have a good view of the moon. Cloud cover will obscure the sky for many in the Northeast and along parts of the mid-Atlantic coast, said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce.

Those in the Midwest, Plains and parts of the South are expected to have good viewing conditions, although spotty thunderstorms could block the sky in some areas, Dolce said. Those in the Rockies and the Southwest should have a decent view as well.

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For those in New York City, the moon will rise 8:05 p.m. and set at 5:06 a.m. It will be at its peak at 12:53 a.m. EDT Thursday on the East Coast and at 9:53 p.m PDT Wednesday on the West Coast.

Tonight will provide a double treat for sky gazers as Saturn will be at its closest point of the year. It will be visible to the naked eye, rising just after sunset and setting just before dawn, but you will need a telescope to see the planet's famed rings.

It's always best to view the night sky far from light pollution.