Photography tips for the July supermoon on Wednesday
Comment this story Comment The full moon in July is special. Not only is it a supermoon – which appears larger than a “regular” full moon – but it is the largest and brightest full moon of 2022. The increase in size and brightness comes as it orbits closer to Earth than any other full moon this year. . This lunar supermoon is known as a buck moon, because the moon occurs when stags, called bucks, use their newly grown antlers. It rises Wednesday night at 9:05 p.m. in Washington and sets at 6:31 a.m. the next day. Check TimeandDate.com for moonrise and sunset times in other locations. On Wednesday evening, the weather along the East Coast and Intermountain West will produce scattered cloud cover that can obstruct views. The skies will be clearest over the Central United States and west of the Rocky Mountains. The term supermoon was first coined in 1979 by Richard Nolle when describing a new or full moon that is within 90 percent of its closest approach to Earth. Over the past few