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Forbes
10-07-2025
- General
- Forbes
Seven Surprising Things About Tonight's Full ‘Buck Moon' — A Must-See Sight
The Full Buck Moon rises behind the ancient Greek Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion in Greece on ... More July 20, 2024 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The full buck moon that rises tonight, Thursday, July 10, will be just like every other full moon in lots of ways, but it will also be unique. From its name to its color to its path through the sky and much more, here are seven things to know about the full buck moon — including when to see it rise. 1. It's The First Full Moon Of Summer There are two dates for the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Meteorological summer begins on June 1, while astronomical summer — which is the more precise — begins on the solstice, which occurs on June 20 in North America. The last full moon — the strawberry moon — occurred on June 10, making July 10's buck moon the first of summer. 2. It Will Rise Opposite Mars The full moon rises in the east soon after the sun sets in the west. This month, the sun sets a little earlier, just enough to have Mars opposite the full buck moon as it rises. The red planet will set very soon after. 3. It Has Many Names Although July's full moon is often referred to as the buck moon because July is the month when new antlers appear on a deer buck's forehead, there are many other names. According to these include the salmon moon, raspberry moon, and thunder moon (Native American), as well as the calming moon, wyrt moon, herb moon, and mead moon (Celtic), and hay moon (Anglo-Saxon). 4. It's One Of The Lowest Full Moons Its closeness to the date of the June solstice also makes the buck moon one of the lowest full moons of the year. With the sun at its highest at the solstice, the full moon is at its lowest because they're opposites, so they mirror each other's position as seen from Earth. 5. It Will Look Larger Than It Is When the Buck Moon is close to the horizon, it will appear to be much larger than when it's higher in the sky. It's an optical illusion called the 'moon illusion' that's caused by the way our brains perceive the moon against foreground objects, according to NASA. 6. There's A Very Specific Time To See It The time of the full moon — 4:38 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 10 — is irrelevant. Moonrise where you are is the time to see the full moon. Be outside at that time, and you'll see the buck moon at its best. In North America, moonrise occurs about 25 minutes after sunset. 7. It Will Look Orange As It Rises If there's a clear eastern horizon at the time of moonrise, prepare for the awesome sigh of an orange buck moon. The color is down to something called Rayleigh scattering — the same physics that explains why a sunset looks orange. Since you're watching the moon rise on the horizon, you're looking along Earth's surface, where the atmosphere is thickest. Orange light more easily travels through the mess of particles in Earth's atmosphere without scattering off them because it has longer wavelengths. For exact timings, use a sunrise and sunset calculator for where you are, Stellarium Web for a sky chart and Night Sky Tonight: Visible Planets at Your Location for positions and rise/set times for planets. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
July stargazing: Buck Moon, Lāhainā Noon, and meteorites (soon)
July might feel like slim pickings for stargazers—after all, the month's most interesting celestial phenomenon doesn't even happen at night (or at all in most parts of the world)! However, patient nocturnal types will be rewarded twice over towards the end of this month As the old adage says: good things come to those who wait. July's full moon is the Buck Moon, a name that comes from the fact that midsummer finds male deer's antlers at their largest and most impressive for the year. If you didn't already know, deer shed their antlers every year! It reaches peak illumination on July 10 at 4:30 p.m. EDT, so be sure to catch it once the sun sets and the moon rises. Alternative names for July's full moon include several horticulture-themed monikers: the Blueberry Moon and Raspberry Moon (both from Anishinaabemowin), the Corn in Tassel Moon (Cherokee) and the String Bean Moon (Ohyotsheli). To both the Tunica and Seneca, meanwhile, this month's moon is the Little Sister of the Summer Moon, a reference to the fact that June's moon is the Summer Moon proper. July 15: Lāhainā Noon #2 for 2025 We discussed the phenomenon known in Hawai'i as Lāhainā Noon back in May. Lāhainā Noon takes place when the sun is directly overhead, resulting in a rather disconcerting lack of shadows. The phenomenon only occurs in the tropics, and only for two short periods a 15 marks the arrival in Honolulu of the second and final Lāhainā Noon for 2025. The time and date varies on exact location; as per Love Big Island, if you're in Hawai'i, your shadow will disappear for a few minutes at the following times: Honolulu (O'ahu): 12:37 pm (July 15) Kahului (Maui): 12:32 pm (July 17 and 18) Līhuʻe (Kauai): 12:43 pm (July 11) Hilo: 12:26 pm (July 23 and 24) Kona: 12:30 pm (July 24) Interestingly, this solar phenomenon was used in what may have been the first measurement of the Earth's circumference. Back in the 3rd century BCE, Erastosthenes–Greek mathematician, polymath, and custodian of the famed library of Alexandria– learned that while Lāhaina Noon occurred in Syene, where the sun famously shone straight into the bottom of a well at high noon, it was not observed in Alexandria. Erastosthenes realized that if he assumed the sun's rays to be parallel, the lack of a shadow in Syene could be explained by the curvature of the Earth. He also realized that if he erected a pole of a known length in Alexandria and measured the length of the shadow it cast, he could construct a right triangle with the two short sides being the pole and the shadow. The resulting triangle would be similar to one where the two short sides were the earth's radius and the distance between Syene and Alexandria. If he measured the opposite angle of the smaller triangle, he would know the same angle on the large triangle. He measured an angle of about 7°, and concluded that the distance between Syene and Alexandria was about 1/50 (i.e. 7°/360°) of the Earth's circumference. His resultant calculation put the Earth's circumference at somewhere between 24,000 and 25,000 miles—remarkably close to the modern measurement of 24,901 miles. While very little of the moon is illuminated as it wanes to complete darkness, the rest of the disc is still very much there. The resulting light can create some unexpectedly lovely celestial phenomena of its own. A good example comes towards the end of this month, as the crescent moon passes directly over the Pleiades cluster. As per Earth Sky, this will result in the stars of the Pleiades appearing to vanish one by one—and then reappear as the moon passes by. To enjoy the show, look east an hour or so before dawn. Late July and early August will be a treat for meteorite aficionados. There's the famous Perseids, which we'll discuss next month, but the Delta Aquariids are up first. This meteor shower will begin on July 18, continuing throughout July and into early August. The Delta Aquariids originates with the comet 96P/Machholz, which gets perilously close to the sun at its closest approach, and has a chemical composition that's pretty much unique amongst known comets. (Also: if you're wondering how meteor showers relate to comets, we've got you covered.) To observe the Delta Aquariids, look south to the bright star meteorites' 'radiant point,'or point of origin, is right above this star. The shower is predicted to peak around 2 a.m. local time on July 30. That's a lot of stargazing and fun cosmic knowledge for July. Whatever you're setting your sights on, you'll get the best experience if you get away from any sources of light pollution—and you make sure to check out our stargazing tips before you head off into the night. Until next month!
Boston Globe
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
With a new solo album out, former Heartbreaker Benmont Tench plays City Winery Thursday
I last spoke to Benmont Tench in 2017, days before what would become Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' final Boston concert. Petty died less than three months after that 'Reality changed,' says Tench, 71, reflecting on 'Three months later, my daughter was born. Thank God for Catherine. One teacher goes, another appears,' Tench tells me in a phone interview from his LA home where he lives with his wife, Alice Carbone Tench, and their daughter. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up While Tench had songs in his pocket in '17, between death, life, and battling cancer, 'a few things got in the way' of releasing his sophomore Advertisement More than a decade after his 2014 solo debut, rock's most in-demand session keyboardist — described as a 'genius' by Heartbreaker Mike Campbell in his recent arrived as a singer-songwriter with Now on a solo tour in support of the album, the '71 Phillips Exeter alum returns to Boston to play Advertisement In conversation, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is warm and down-to-earth. We talked Exeter days, Boston nights, Petty, the power of human connection, the Heartbreaker renaissance, and more. Q. The Heartbreakers have always had a special connection with Boston. A. The two cities in America that first responded to us were Boston and San Francisco. We've always been thankful to Massachusetts fans in general, but Boston fans in particular are among the best fans we ever had. Loyal and loud. Q. That's us. So how are you feeling? You said you were first diagnosed with tongue cancer around 2010. A. Between 2011 and 2019, I had five surgeries. In 2023 I had my jaw [partially] replaced. So we decided to hold the record until I recovered enough to play gigs and talk to people. But I love how it came out. Q. What inspired these songs? A. They're usually about something on my mind, but often I find, as I play them, they might be about something else. When it comes [out], it's like, 'Oh, that's a biblical metaphor. That's interesting.' Or 'That's a riff on a John Prine rhythm.' Tench's new album, his second as a solo artist, is "The Melancholy Season." Summer Moon Q. You grew up in Gainesville, Fla., playing classical piano from age 7, and loving rock 'n' roll. Your time in Exeter had a profound effect on you. A. What happened at Exeter, there was an explosion of Chicago blues getting its due with white kids. Now I came from the South. North Florida, until I was 10, was Jim Crow. So I come up to New England and [hear music] that inspired the Beatles and Stones. The second I heard an this ?' So I got a huge musical education, not formal, but cultural, up there. Advertisement Q. A. I raved about that concert when I met him, because it was very fresh in my mind, so that stuck with him, I know. One of my closest friends at Exeter got me into the MC5. I went because MC5 was opening, Led Zeppelin was headlining. Johnny Winter was in the middle. It was glorious. Q. After A. My friend from Exeter was an assistant engineer at a studio. He called me: 'Look, the studio is giving me free time and tape so I can work on my skills as a recording engineer. Get over here.' He had to bug me a few times because I'm lazy and my self-esteem was low. I'd called Tom to come down and just listen. I got a call two days later from Tom's first wife, Jane: 'Tommy wants a band. And he wants the band you and Stan have.' I went, 'I'm in.' Tom wants to get back together? Hell yeah. Q. I grew up going to epic concerts at the old Great Woods, where the whole crowd and band sang together, every song, every word. You must've had some magical moments. Advertisement A. Too many to name. The first times we played anywhere where we felt like people got it. When we played Paul's Mall in Boston [opening for Al Kooper] there were more people on stage than in the audience. But playing to however many or few people, if you feel like 'I'm trying to do something here, and they get it' — it's so rewarding. It's a thrill to headline some festival — but it's also a thrill to play the smallest gig in the world and feel people connect with you. That's the thing for me: connection. You want to connect. Because this world is such a mess, and everybody is so off their own head. There are many functions of art, but one function is for finding common ground. That's why any attempt to censor or control the arts — you can't. It's food for the soul. It's crucial. Q. Are you still close with A. Yeah, I talked to him about two weeks ago. I love him. Q. I'm a huge Dylan fan. I have to ask about the Heartbreakers A. Q. Mike is touring with , Stan has a new band, Advertisement A. It kind of is. None of us ever stopped making music, but it's all coming out in the BENMONT TENCH At City Winery Boston, June 26, 7:30 p.m. Lauren Daley can be reached at
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Scheana Shay Made a "Big" Change to Summer Moon's Bedroom (PHOTOS)
Scheana Shay knows the smallest milestones can bring kids the most joy. The Vanderpump Rules alum proved this on Tuesday, February 11, when she revealed the latest upgrade to Summer Moon Honey Davies' bedroom. Scheana began by posting a still from her Nanit baby monitor, which captured her 3-year-old daughter sound asleep next to the family cat, Salem. 'Best friends,' she captioned the adorable photo, shared on Summer Moon's Instagram. Several minutes later, Scheana revealed that the pictured toddler bed had been removed from the room, as Summer Moon just received her first 'BIG girl bed!' 'Officially a big BIG girl,' the former SUR-ver captioned a snap of the bedroom upgrade. Related: Scheana Shay Is Releasing a Memoir: "This Is Me at My Most Authentic" The post tagged Milk Street Baby, a women-founded company specializing in nursery and children's furniture. The white wooden piece, which appeared to be twin-sized, went perfectly with Summer Moon's girly room decor. The bed was covered with a crisp white quilted comforter, powder pink pillowcases, and the cutest plush bunny rabbit. Scheana went on to post another baby monitor image showing Summer Moon catching some Zs in her new bed while Salem was cuddled up near her feet. The Vanderpump Rules mom teased the room change back in December when she posted a photo of her, Summer Moon, and Salem sleeping side-by-side in the aforementioned toddler bed. 'How many can fit in one toddler bed?!' she asked in the Instagram Story. 'I think it's time we upgrade the year since Scheana and Brock Davies purchased their Valley home, the longtime couple has made many changes to the property. They redid their driveway, constructed a new fence, installed garage wall panels, and — perhaps the most impressive — built an in-home music studio. Related: Scheana Shay Slams Rumors That She Doesn't Tip: "So There's That" Although Brock has led most of the DIY home projects, Summer Moon has occasionally lent a helping hand. 'Part 1 of building summer her very own quiet room,' he captioned a June 2024 video of him and his girl painting the spandrel. 'Summer love helping, she painted all the walls by herself and I just help her today in the job site.' The toddler also accompanied her dad to a home goods store, where she hand-selected fabric for her 'study room.' Brock documented the shopping trip in a May 2024 Reel, which showed Summer Moon gravitating toward pinks, purples, and whites. 'We'll paint the wall pink,' Brock told the little girl. 'I think that's a good idea,' she replied. 'It's just so pretty.' Want to know how Summer Moon reacted to her family's new home? Click here.
