The full moon july 2025 this month is called for a male deer, whose antlers usually grow to their maximum size during this season.
Introduction:
On Thursday, July 10, the full buck moon, the Northern Hemisphere’s first full moon of the summer, will reach full. When it arrives in the east at sundown that evening, it will be most visible at moonrise. The antlers that grow out of a buck’s forehead during the summer are the source of its name.
Like the strawberry moon in June of last year, it will occur so close to the solstice that it will also be among the year’s lowest-hanging full moons.
Best Time To See The Full ‘buck Moon’ Rise
According to Forbes.com To find the best time to see it appear from where you are, consult a moonrise calculator. Here are some sample times :
- New York: sunset at 8:29 p.m. EDT, moonrise at 8:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 10.
- Los Angeles: sunset at 8:07 p.m. PDT, moonrise at 8:33 p.m. PDT on Thursday, July 10.
- London: sunset at 9:16 p.m. BST, moonrise at 9:46 p.m. BST on Thursday, July 10.
The buck stops here:
Based on popular culture, it seems that female deer, or does, possess superior publicists. The memorable song “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound of Music, composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, celebrates several creatures.
In Disney’s Bambi, the stag, or Great Prince of the Forest, is an absent father who intervenes solely in dire emergencies. Nonetheless, bucks get the ultimate say in July: There are no full moons designated after a doe.
Why is the July full moon called the Buck Moon?
This period marks the time when male deer develop their full-sized antlers, therefore the designation Buck Moon. Annually, bucks undergo a cycle of growth and shedding of these multifunctional instruments.
Antlers assist male deer in attracting mates and providing self-defense. Upon shedding, smaller animals often nibble on them to obtain essential calcium.
When is the best time to see the Buck Moon?
After proving that bucks are great, let’s talk about how to observe the full moon that bears their name.
The orb will be at its brightest on Thursday, July 10 at 4:37 p.m. ET.
Stay there to see the horizon rise into the sky if you can see below it at that moment. Use this tool from the Old Farmer’s Almanac to find the precise times of the moonrise and moonset in your location.
Don’t worry if you’re not out of the office during the brightest part of the day. A few days after the actual day, the moon will be visible to the unaided eye as full.
Things to watch on July 10?
The ‘Moon Illusion’ will make the lunar disk appear larger than it actually is, making the hours after moonrise on July 10 the greatest time to see the July full moon.
In spite of the fact that the moon occupies the same amount of space in the night sky when it is near the horizon, this phenomenon causes our brain to deceive us into believing that it is larger than when it is directly overhead!
Soon after rising, you might also see the Buck Moon turn reddish or golden. Rayleigh scattering, the same phenomenon that produces vibrant sunrises and sunsets, is responsible for its warm tint.
More light in the bluer wavelengths scatters while redder wavelengths pass through because sunlight reflected from the moon’s surface must travel farther through Earth’s atmosphere to reach us when it is low on the horizon than when it is directly overhead.
July 7th, Monday
At 2:00 PM EDT, the Moon crosses 0.4° south of the red massive star Antares in Scorpius. The Moon is now 5° from the bright star, to the lower left of Antares, and the two are standing high in the southern sky after midnight.
The Moon is almost Full and is situated over the curled tail of Scorpius. Only a little portion of its western limb remains dark, with around 93% of its nearside now illuminated.
- Sunrise: 5:39 A.M.
- Sunset: 8:31 P.M.
- Moonrise: 6:21 P.M.
- Moonset: 2:28 A.M.
- Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous (90%)
- Tuesday, July 8
- Sunrise: 5:39 A.M.
- Sunset: 8:31 P.M.
- Moonrise: 7:20 P.M.
- Moonset: 3:10 A.M.
- Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous (95%)
- Wednesday, July 9
- Sunrise: 5:40 A.M.
- Sunset: 8:30 P.M.
- Moonrise: 8:12 P.M.
- Moonset: 4:01 A.M.
- Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous (98%)
July 10th, Thursday
At 4:37 PM EDT on Thursday, July 10, the full moon will rise in the southeast at the same time that the Sun sets in the northwest. The July Full Moon is also known as the Buck Moon, and this month our satellite rises about 7° farther south than usual, the farthest south in 18.6 years.
The Moon will arc low through the southern sky during the night as it moves from southeast to southwest. The Moon never rises higher than roughly 20°, even at its highest, which occurs about an hour after local midnight.
The inclination and motion of the Moon’s orbit around Earth generate a phenomena known as a significant lunar standstill, which is what we are currently experiencing.
The Moon rises and sets at its greatest northern and southern positions in our sky during this time, and for a while, these positions don’t seem to fluctuate much from month to month, which is why it’s called “standstill.”
The Moon’s light must travel through a larger portion of Earth’s atmosphere in order to reach our vision because it is making a low arc across the sky. As a result, the Full Moon may appear yellow or even orange instead of its typical brilliant white.
- Sunrise: 5:41 A.M.
- Sunset: 8:30 P.M.
- Moonrise: 8:57 P.M.
- Moonset: 5:01 A.M.
- Moon Phase: Full
- Friday, July 11
- Now in Capricornus, the Moon passes 0.02° north of Pluto at 7 P.M. EDT.
- Sunrise: 5:41 A.M.
- Sunset: 8:30 P.M.
- Moonrise: 9:34 P.M.
- Moonset: 6:07 A.M.
- Moon Phase: Waning gibbous (99%)
- Saturday, July 12
- Sunrise: 5:42 A.M.
- Sunset: 8:29 P.M.
- Moonrise: 10:05 P.M.
- Moonset: 7:17 A.M.
- Moon Phase: Waning gibbous (96%)
Here’s the complete list of Full Moons this year and their traditional names.
2025 Full Moon schedule and names of each
(All times Eastern; * denotes a Super Moon.)
- Monday, Jan. 13 — 5:27 p.m. — Wolf Moon
- Wednesday, Feb. 12 — 8:53 a.m. — Snow Moon
- Friday, March 14 — 2:55 a.m. — Worm Moon
- Saturday, April 12 — 8:22 p.m. — Pink Moon
- Monday, May 12 — 12:56 p.m. — Flower Moon
- Wednesday, June 11 — 3:44 a.m. — Strawberry Moon
- Thursday, July 10 — 4:37 p.m. — Buck Moon
- Saturday, Aug. 9 — 3:55 a.m. — Sturgeon Moon
- Sunday, Sept. 7 — 2:09 p.m. — Corn Moon
- Monday, Oct. 6 — 11:48 p.m. — Hunter’s Moon*
- Wednesday, Nov. 5 — 8:19 a.m. — Beaver Moon*
- Thursday, Dec. 4 — 6:14 p.m. — Cold Moon*
Different names for different types of Full Moon?
Different types or timings of full moons are identified by a wide range of specific names. These names mostly stem from a combination of natural, cultural, and agricultural observations about the Moon that were intended to help people monitor time and predict seasonal changes.
For example, the names of nearly every month’s Full Moon are derived from Native American, Colonial American, or other North American customs, and they reflect changes in the seasons and natural occurrences.
- Wolf Moon (January): Inspired by the cries of hungry wolves.
- Snow Moon (February): A nod to the month’s often heavy snowfall.
- Worm Moon (March): Named after the earthworms that signal thawing grounds.
- Pink Moon (April): In honor of the blossoming pink wildflowers.
- Flower Moon (May): Celebrating the bloom of flowers.
- Strawberry Moon (June): Marks the prime strawberry harvest season.
- Buck Moon (July): Recognizing the new antlers on bucks.
- Sturgeon Moon (August): Named after the abundant sturgeon fish.
- Corn Moon (September): Signifying the corn harvesting period.
- Hunter’s Moon (October): Commemorating the hunting season preceding winter.
- Beaver Moon (November): Reflects the time when beavers are busy building their winter dams.
- Cold Moon (December): Evocative of winter’s chill.
