When to see July's full buck moon
This month's full moon, also called the buck moon, will be at its fullest at around 4:37 p.m. ET on Thursday, according to EarthSky. That is, of course, during a time when the moon is below the horizon for people in North America, who can catch their best views of the peak a few hours after sunset, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.
'The nice thing about the full moon is it looks full about a day on either side of it, so on the night of the 9th, for instance, if you go out and look at the full moon, it will look effectively full. Similarly, if you miss it on the 10th, the night of the 11th it will also look fairly full,' said Noah Petro, chief of NASA's Planetary Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Laboratory.
Historically, July's full moon is called the buck moon because it aligns with the time of year where the antlers of male deer, or bucks, are quickly growing, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.
Other monikers for July's full moon from Indigenous tribes are indicative of the summer season. The Cree, located primarily in Canada, know it as the molting moon to indicate the time of year when birds are shedding their feathers, while the Tlingit tribe in the Pacific Northwest Coast call it the salmon moon to signify the seasonal salmon migrations.
Weather permitting, the best place to view the moon will be in an area with an unobstructed view of the eastern horizon, Petro added. It's also recommended to avoid areas with bright lights.
Although no planets will be visible during the full moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars will make appearances in the night sky toward the end of the month, according to NASA.
On July 21 and 22, Venus and Jupiter will be visible low on the horizon before sunrise. The planets will appear alongside the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters, as well as the star Aldebaran, according to EarthSky. Stargazers should plan to wake early to view the captivating morning scene.
The following week, Mars will appear right next to the crescent moon on July 28 and will be visible during the first hour or two after sunset, according to NASA.
July also marks a historic occasion: the 60th anniversary of the first successful flyby of Mars in 1965. NASA's Mariner 4 craft captured images of the red planet during that flight — the first photos of another planet from space.
Look out for five more full moons this year, with supermoons occurring in October, November and December.
Here's the list of full moons remaining in 2025, according to the Farmers' Almanac:
August 9: Sturgeon moon
September 7: Corn moon
October 6: Harvest moon
November 5: Beaver moon
December 4: Cold moon
Two eclipse events will emerge in the sky as summer ends.
A total lunar eclipse will be visible in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, parts of eastern South America, Alaska and Antarctica on September 7 and 8, according to Time and Date.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly into Earth's shadow and the three celestial objects — the sun, Earth and the moon — line up. This causes the moon to appear darker or dimmed.
When the moon sits in the darkest part of Earth's shadow, the sun's rays peek out from behind the moon and give it a reddish hue, according to London's Natural History Museum. Some people call the result a 'blood moon.'
Two weeks after the total lunar eclipse, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Australia, the Atlantic, the Pacific and Antarctica on September 21.
Solar eclipses occur when the moon moves between the sun and Earth. In this case, the moon will not fully block out the sun, which means only part of the sun's surface will be blocked off, according to NASA. This creates a crescent shape in which it looks like something took a 'bite' out of the sun.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Fast Company
28 minutes ago
- Fast Company
How tech pinpoints urban heat islands and makes cooling projects easier
It's summer, and it's been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But not everyone is hit with the heat in the same way, even within the same neighborhood. Take two streets in Boston at 4:30 p.m. on a recent day, as an example. Standing in the sun on Lewis Place, the temperature was 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34.6 degrees Celsius). On Dudley Common, it was 103 F. Both streets were hot, but the temperature on one was much more dangerous for people's health and well-being. The kicker is that those two streets are only a few blocks apart. The difference epitomizes the urban heat island effect, created as pavement and buildings absorb and trap heat, making some parts of the city hotter. A closer look at the two streets shows some key differences: Dudley Common is public open space sandwiched between two thoroughfares that create a wide expanse of pavement lined with storefronts. There aren't many trees to be found. Lewis Place is a residential cul-de-sac with two-story homes accompanied by lots of trees. This comparison of two places within a few minutes' walk of each other puts the urban heat island effect under a microscope. It also shows the limits of today's strategies for managing and responding to heat and its effects on public health, which are generally attuned to neighborhood or citywide conditions. Even within the same neighborhood, some places are much hotter than others owing to their design and infrastructure. You could think of these as urban heat islets in the broader landscape of a community. Sensing urban heat islets Emerging technologies are making it easier to find urban heat islets, opening the door to new strategies for improving health in our communities. While the idea of reducing heat across an entire city or neighborhood is daunting, targeting specific blocks that need assistance the most can be faster and a much more efficient use of resources. Doing that starts with making urban heat islets visible. In Boston, I'm part of a team that has installed more than three dozen sensors across the Roxbury neighborhood to measure temperature every minute for a better picture of the community's heat risks, and we're in the process of installing 25 more. The Common SENSES project is a collaboration of community-based organizations, including the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Project Right Inc.; university researchers like me who are affiliated with Northeastern University's Boston Area Research Initiative; and Boston city officials. It was created to pursue data-driven, community-led solutions for improving the local environment. Data from those sensors generate a real-time map of the conditions in the neighborhood, from urban heat islets like Dudley Common to cooler urban oases, such as Lewis Place. These technologies are becoming increasingly affordable and are being deployed in communities around the world to pinpoint heat risks, including Miami, Baltimore, Singapore, and Barcelona. There are also alternatives when long-term installations prove too expensive, such as the U.S.'s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration volunteer science campaign, which has used mobile sensors to generate onetime heat maps for more than 50 cities. Making cooler communities, block by block Although detailed knowledge of urban heat islets is becoming more available, we have barely scratched the surface of how they can be used to enhance people's health and well-being. The sources of urban heat islets are rooted in development—more buildings, more pavement, and fewer trees result in hotter spaces. Many projects using community-based sensors aspire to use the data to counteract these effects by identifying places where it would be most helpful to plant trees for shade or install cool roofs or cool pavement that reflect the heat. However, these current efforts do not fully capitalize on the precision of sensors. For example, Los Angeles's massive investment in cool pavement has focused on the city broadly rather than overheated neighborhoods. New York City's tree planting efforts in some areas failed to anticipate where trees could be successfully planted. Most other efforts compare neighborhood to neighborhood, as if every street within a neighborhood experiences the same temperature. London, for example, uses satellite data to locate heat islands, but the resolution isn't precise enough to see differences block by block. In contrast, data pinpointing the highest-risk areas enables urban planners to strategically place small pocket parks, cool roofs, and street trees to help cool the hottest spaces. Cities could incentivize or require developers to incorporate greenery into their plans to mitigate existing urban heat islets or prevent new ones. These targeted interventions are cost-effective and have the greatest potential to help the most people. But this could go further by using the data to create more sophisticated alert systems. For example, the National Weather Service's Boston office released a heat advisory for July 25, 2025, the day I measured the heat in Dudley Common and Lewis Place, but the advisory showed nearly the entirety of the state of Massachusetts at the same warning level. What if warnings were more locally precise? On certain days, some streets cross a crucial threshold—say, 90 F—whereas others do not. Sensor data capturing these hyperlocal variations could be communicated directly to residents or through local organizations. Advisories could share maps of the hottest streets or suggest cool paths through neighborhoods. There is increasing evidence of urban heat islets in many urban communities and even suburban ones. With data showing these hyperlocal risks, policymakers and project coordinators can collaborate with communities to help address areas that many community members know from experience tend to be much hotter than surrounding areas in summer. As one of my colleagues, Nicole Flynt of Project Right Inc., likes to say, 'Data + Stories = Truth.' If communities act upon both the temperature data and the stories their residents share, they can help their residents keep cool—because it's hot out there.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Snail's regenerating eye may unlock cure for human blindness
On August 6, 2025, researchers in California revealed how freshwater apple snails can regrow lost eyes. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows the process mirrors human eye anatomy and genetics. Scientists hope isolating the key genes could one day enable humans to regenerate damaged eyes.
Washington Post
2 hours ago
- Washington Post
Yes, these rabbits appear to have tentacles. They're harmless, experts say.
Rabbits with tentacle-like growths emerging from their heads were spotted in Colorado this past week and photos were shared widely on social media, but officials said there was little cause for alarm. Kara Van Hoose, spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said the growths were likely the result of a papillomavirus that could not spread to humans or other animal species and was not new to the region.
