Jul.'s full buck moon is arriving
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The full moon will come "with a celestial bonus—setting in the early morning sky near a dazzling alignment of Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter."
It's officially summer, and with that comes the first full moon of the season. July's full moon -- known as the Buck Moon or the Thunder Moon -- will light up the night sky on July 10 and be at its fullest going into July 11.
The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great Lakes and Lake Champlain sturgeon were said to be most readily caught," per the Old Farmer's Almanac.
A supermoon put on a super display for the East Midlands overnight. Thursday night saw a Buck Moon rise - and photographers across the region were out to see it. The Buck Moon gets its name because traditionally July is the time when a buck - or male deer - grows its full antlers.
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