Buck Moon 2021: 10 stunning photos of July’s full moon
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By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Skygazers got a special treat Friday night as the “buck moon” – July’s full moon – glowed overhead.
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky The Buck Moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty before sunrise on July 23, 2021, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky Birds are silhouetted against the rising full moon Saturday, July 24, 2021, during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky Full moon with the Madonnina of the Strait of Messina, Sicily, on July 24, 2021 in Messina, Italy. (Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky The full moon rises behind Edinburgh Castle on Friday, July 23, 2021. The July full moon, otherwise known as the Thunder Moon, is synonymous with summer storms. (Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky July's full moon, also called the "Thunder Moon," rises near the Iwo Jima Memorial on July 23, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky The full moon appears over the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, on July 23, 2021. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky The full Buck Moon or Thunder Moon passes behind Hudson Yards and the Empire State Building as it rises in New York City on July 23, 2021, as seen from Lyndhurst, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky The full "buck" moon rises behind the Russian Orthodox Church of the Apostle Andrew and all Russian saints, in the village of Episkopeio, about 23 kilometres southwest of Cyprus' capital, on July 24, 2021. (AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky The full moon rises behind the July 15 Martyrs' Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 23, 2021. (Isa Terli/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: July 2021 Buck Moon brightens the night sky Full moon rises behind the Selimiye Mosque over Edirne, Turkey, on July 23, 2021. (Gokhan Balci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Social media users shared their photos with the hashtags #buckmoon and #buckmoon2021. Here are some of our favorites: