July's Full Buck Moon, the 1st of 4 supermoons this summer, rises tonight

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1. Watch the 1st supermoon of 2023 rise in this Full Buck Moon livestream tonight

By Brett Tingley published about 6 hours ago
This full moon will mark the first of four supermoons that will rise this summer.

The Full Buck Moon will gallop through the sky tonight.

This full moon will mark the first of four straight supermoons that will rise over the next few months, beginning with July's Buck Moon tonight (July 3) and culminating with September's Full Corn Moon on Sept. 28. While the full moon never disappoints as a skywatching favorite, it can be tricky to see each full moon due to weather conditions or the timing of the moonrise.

Thankfully, astronomer Gianluca Masi and the Virtual Telescope Project in Rome, Italy will be livestreaming the Full Buck Moon in the night sky tonight for skywatchers unable to witness the first supermoon of 2023 in person. The livestream begins at 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT) on Monday (July 3). Watch it here courtesy of the Virtual Telescope Project or on the project's YouTube channel.



The full moon is pictured with an airplane on July 3, 2023 in Istanbul, Türkiye. (Image credit: Hakan Akgun/dia images via Getty Images)

Supermoons occur when the moon is closer to Earth than average; because the moon's orbit around our planet is elliptical, or oval-shaped, there are times when our natural satellite appears slightly larger or smaller as its distance from us changes.

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