How to see July's full Buck Moon as it rises in the night sky
The exact moment of its maximum fullness will be missed across the UK as the Moon will be just below the horizon. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich also refers to this Moon as the Thunder Moon, due to the summer storms that often happen in this month. It will remain very mild overnight with light winds and only a little patchy cloud, so viewing conditions should be favourable.For Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the weather is expected to be a little more mixed, with variable cloud, the odd shower and some clear spells.
- ▪The exact moment of its maximum fullness will be missed across the UK as the Moon will be just below the horizon.
- ▪The Royal Observatory in Greenwich also refers to this Moon as the Thunder Moon, due to the summer storms that often happen in this month.
- ▪It will remain very mild overnight with light winds and only a little patchy cloud, so viewing conditions should be favourable.For Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the weather is expected to be a little more mixed, with variable cloud,
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How to see July's full Buck Moon as it rises in the night skyImage source, PAImage caption, In 2023 the Buck Moon was also a supermoon - where it appears to be much larger than normalByTomasz SchafernakerBBC MeteorologistPublished4 minutes agoThe July full Moon, also known as the Buck Moon, will light up the night sky across the UK in the coming week.The second of three full Moons this summer, it is set to peak at 15:36 BST on 29 July. The exact moment of its maximum fullness will be missed across the UK as the Moon will be just below the horizon.
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