In the height of summer, people living in some regions of the United States will witness the biggest and brightest event of the year, the Buck Supermoon.
This astronomical phenomenon is also known as the Raspberry Moon and is expected to be seen on Wednesday, July 13, towards the end of the evening twilight.
A visual spectacle
According to some experts in the field, the moon will appear 7% larger and lower in the sky.
In this view, it will be closest to our natural satellite all year, about 357,418 km, and although it will not be visible in North America when it reaches its maximum brightness at 2:38 PM ETC, after sunset it will still looks pretty impressive.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac mentions that the Buck full moon will be closer to Earth than any other full moon in 2022.
“It will be below the horizon at that time, so plan to look southeast after sunset to see it rise in the sky,” the Almanac advises.
Goodbye horns
This event is also known as the Deer Moon because male deer are in “full growth mode” and this is when they shed their antlers to grow back better and bigger.
Many other names have been given to this nocturnal spectacle in different cultures, such as: Feather Moult Moon (Cree), Berry Moon (Anishinaabe), Salmon Moon (Tlingit), Raspberry Moon (Algonquin, Ojibwe), Moon of ripe corn (Cherokee) and Moon when the cherries are ripe (Dakota).
It should be noted that if the weather is stormy or hot, it is called Thunder Moon (Western Abenaki) and Midsummer Moon (Anishinaabe).
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