With the sun setting early, July is giving us a reason to look up – there's a supermoon coming, and it's the biggest one of the year. Tomorrow evening is one of the best chances to catch a glimpse of July's 'Buck' supermoon.
With the sun setting early, July is giving us a reason to look up – there's a supermoon coming, and it's the biggest one of the year.
For those of us who don't enjoy being outside in the middle of a shivering winter's night, tomorrow evening is one of the best chances to catch a glimpse of July's 'Buck' moon.Thursday, July 14, around 4:37am AEST.early Thursday morning through to early Friday morningThe Buck moon will look its largest duringThe University of Queensland's Dr Benjamin Pope says, "anytime after dark, it should be visible.
For the clearest views of the moon, NASA recommends avoiding areas surrounded by tall buildings and thick forestry.July's Buck moon derives from the Native American Algonquin tribes who first published its name in the Maine Farmer's Almanac in the 1930s.What makes it a supermoon isDr Pope says the moon's orbit around the earth is not perfectly circular, and perigee is what we call the point of closest approach.
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