The biggest super moon of the year will be visible in Ireland and around the world on Wednesday, July 13.
Full Buck Moon will be at its brightest at 7.38 pm Irish Standard Time. It will appear below the horizon so moon-gazers have been told to look towards the southeast after sunset to watch it rise.
Out of the four supermoons in 2022, this will be the closest to Earth, appearing bigger and brighter than usual.
This month’s Full Buck Moon will be 357,418 kilometers away from Earth, as compared to the average distance of 384,472km.
“At its closest point, the full Moon appears about 17 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the faintest Moon of the year, which occurs when it’s farthest from Earth in its orbit,” Nasa said.
It’s called the Buck Moon because the antlers of male deer (bucks) are in full-growth mode at this time of the year. It’s also called Feather Moulting Moon (Cree) and Salmon Moon, a Tlingit term indicating when fish returned to the area and were ready to be harvested.