Keep your eyes on the skies, É«É«À²: This year’s Buck Moon will rise on Thursday night.Ìý
The Buck Moon refers to the full moon in July, and gets its name from the antler-growing season of male deer that typically peaks around this time, according to the .Ìý
The celestial giant is expected to reach peak illumination at 4:37 p.m., the Almanac said, but it won’t be visible yet. Since it will be below the horizon, viewers can catch a glimpse of the moon by looking toward the southeast after sunset as it rises in the sky.
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Unfortunately, there’s a chance that clouds might affect your view of the full moon Thursday night. The city is forecast to be partly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers, along with a risk of a thunderstorm, according to Environment Canada.Ìý
Other cultures have also named July’s full moon after annual occurrences in nature. Alternate animal names including the Feather Moulting Moon, which comes from Cree culture, or the Salmon Moon, which the Tlingit peoples used to indicate when fish would returned to the area and be ready to be harvested.
Some Indigenous Peoples also named the moon after plants that would be in season, such as Berry Moon, Moon When the Chokecherries are Ripe, Month of the Ripe Corn Moon and Raspberry Moon.
Anastasia Blosser is a breaking news reporter, working out of
the Star’s radio room in É«É«À². Reach her via email: ablosser@thestar.ca
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