July’s supermoon expected to light up Independence Day weekend

Writer: Rachel Murphy
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FILE – The strawberry supermoon rises behind the village of Imerovigli on Sandorini’s caldera, in Greece’s Cyclades islands, on June 14, 2022. If you missed last month’s supermoon, you have another chance. This month’s full moon is Wednesday, July 13, 2022. At the same time, the moon’s orbit will bring it closer to Earth than usual. This cosmic combo is called a supermoon. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)

A full supermoon will also be lighting up the sky this Fourth of July weekend.

The full moon is set to rise on Monday, July 3, reaching peak illumination at 7:39 a.m., Eastern Standard Time.

July’s full moon is the first of four supermoons that are set to rise in 2023, said NASA. A supermoon refers to when the moon is closest to the Earth while fully illuminated.

According to the Farmer’s Almanac, July’s full moon is referred to as the “Buck” moon because the antlers of male deer are fully grown at this time of year.

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