Explanation: The Buck Moon is the traditional name for July’s full moon. In this colorful Adriatic Sea and night-sky scene, photographed on July 28 from Krk Island along Croatia’s coast, the bright full Buck Moon rises above distant mountains. Because a full moon rises as the Sun sets, Earth’s shadow can also be seen rising across the twilight sky as a diffuse gray band above the southeastern horizon. Directly above Earth’s shadow is the pinkish antitwilight arch, a band of backscattered sunlight commonly known as the Belt of Venus. Sharing the eastern horizon with Earth’s shadow and the Belt of Venus, the July full moon appears to foreshadow the New Moon ahead. On August 12, the New Moon will cast its own shadow across Earth during a much-anticipated total solar eclipse.
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Source: science.nasa.gov