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The first full moon of summer in the Northern Hemisphere \u2014 the buck moon<\/a> \u2014 rose into the night sky late on Thursday, July 10. Appearing in the southeast just as Mars was setting in the west, Saturn joined it in the night sky shortly after. Here are all the best photos from around the world. <\/p>\n The Wimbledon Weathervane is seen in front of the ‘Buck Moon’ at the end of day eleven of The … More Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Getty ImagesKey Facts<\/p>\n On Thursday, July 10, the full buck moon appeared on the southeast horizon during dusk, as seen around the world. It turned 100% full at 4:38 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n The seventh full moon of 2025 was one of the lowest-hanging of the year, skimming the southern horizon and setting in the southwest close to sunrise. <\/p>\n It was the first full moon of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere and of fall in the Southern Hemisphere. As the closest full moon to aphelion on July 3<\/a>, the buck moon was also the farthest from the sun in 2025. <\/p>\n July\u2019s buck moon is named for the new antlers sprouting on male deer during July in the Northern Hemisphere, though it\u2019s also called the thunder and hay moon in North America.<\/p>\n The buck moon coincided with Saturn rising before midnight for the first time in 2025. <\/p>\n Full “Buck” Moon setting behind Rocca Calascio castle is seen from Castel Del Monte (Abruzzo), … More Italy, on July 11th, 2025. July full moon is known as the “Buck Moon”, because it is the time of year that male deer, also called bucks, start growing out their antlers. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhy The Buck Moon Hung So Low<\/p>\n By definition, a full moon occurs opposite the sun. It, therefore, mirrors the sun\u2019s position in the sky in each hemisphere. Since the sun is currently close to its highest (summer solstice occurred on June 20), the full moon is close to its lowest. As a result, the buck moon never rose far above the horizon, creating excellent conditions for dramatic photos. <\/p>\n The full moon known as buck moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon in Sounion, Greece on July 10, … More 2025. (Photo by Costas Baltas\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n Anadolu via Getty ImagesWhy Full Moons Look So Large<\/p>\n The moon orbits Earth in a slight ellipse, so a full moon can sometimes be slightly closer than usual \u2014 a supermoon. However, it\u2019s just a fraction different and barely noticeable. What makes the full moon look so large is the \u201cmoon illusion,\u201d which NASA<\/a> says is a trick of the human brain. The illusion is caused by the moon being seen close to the horizon, where trees and buildings give the human brain context. <\/p>\n The full buck moon rises beyond an art installation at a park Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Leawood, … More Kan. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)\u2020<\/p>\n Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.The Color Of A Full Moon<\/p>\n The buck moon looked orange as it appeared on the horizon as sunlight reflected off the moon\u2019s surface and was filtered by Earth\u2019s atmosphere. It\u2019s the same phenomenon responsible for red and orange sunsets. When the moon is low in the sky, its light has to travel through the thickest part of Earth\u2019s atmosphere. Along the way, shorter-wavelength blue light is scattered in all directions by air molecules and particles, while the longer-wavelength red and orange light passes through more easily. <\/p>\n A fire lookout watches the moonrise of July’s full moon (known as the “Buck Moon”) from a wildfire … More surveillance tower. (Photo by Marcos del Mazo\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/p>\n LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe Next Full Moon<\/p>\n This buck moon was the seventh of twelve full moons in 2025. It will be followed by the sturgeon moon, the second full moon of the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s summer, on Saturday, August 9.<\/p>\n Further ReadingForbesPerseids, A Full \u2018Buck Moon\u2019 And A Small Sun: The Sky In July 2025By Jamie Carter<\/a>ForbesFull Moon July 2025: When To See The \u2018Buck Moon\u2019 Rise Where You AreBy Jamie Carter<\/a>ForbesSecond \u2018Nova\u2019 Explodes In Night Sky In Extremely Rare EventBy Jamie Carter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline The first full moon of summer in the Northern Hemisphere \u2014 the buck moon \u2014 rose into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[90956,3863,38997,99056,99055,1497,45444,70,70951,16,15,45443],"class_list":{"0":"post-258262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-buck-moon","9":"tag-full-moon","10":"tag-full-moon-2025","11":"tag-full-moon-dates-2025","12":"tag-how-to-photograph-the-moon","13":"tag-moon","14":"tag-next-full-moon","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-stargazing-tips","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-when-is-full-moon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114838921948306364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}