{"id":6353,"date":"2026-07-30T10:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/july-full-moon-delights-skywatchers-worldwide-here-are-our-favorite-photos-of-the-majestic-buck-moon\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:09:04","slug":"july-full-moon-delights-skywatchers-worldwide-here-are-our-favorite-photos-of-the-majestic-buck-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/july-full-moon-delights-skywatchers-worldwide-here-are-our-favorite-photos-of-the-majestic-buck-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"July full moon delights skywatchers worldwide. Here are our favorite photos of the majestic Buck Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The full Buck Moon rose to delight and dazzle stargazers with a spectacular display of moonlight on July 29 and we’ve got the photos to prove it!<\/p>\n

July’s moon is also known as the full “Buck Moon”<\/u><\/a> \u2014 a traditional name used by Native American tribes to reflect the time of year when young deer grow out their antlers. Sadly, the name didn’t herald any dramatic transformation in the appearance of the moon<\/u><\/a>, but it still made for a spectacular sight \u2014 and photo opportunities \u2014 as it climbed above the eastern horizon at sunset on July 29.<\/p>\n

Here’s a selection of spectacular photos of the July Buck Moon 2026 captured alongside gorgeous natural landscapes, terrifying wildfires and stunning cityscapes from around the world.<\/p>\n

Best photos of the July 2026 full Buck Moon<\/h2>\n

Our first photo of the full Buck Moon comes courtesy of Mesut Karaduman, who captured a gorgeously framed view of a ballerina performing in front of the yellow-orange lunar disk on a hillside close to the city of Tekirda\u011f in northwestern T\u00fcrkiye on July 29.<\/p>\n

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A ballerina dances in front of the July full moon. <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Mesut Karaduman\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sadly, the rising of the full Buck Moon was not a tranquil occasion for some in Europe, where its color was stained a deep crimson by the smoke from wildfires, which continue to ravage vulnerable areas in the wake of a prolonged heatwave.<\/p>\n

Photographer Sergen Sezgin captured one such scene firsthand, as the moon rose over a smouldering hillside close to the Turkish city of Bal\u0131kesir, a few hundred miles south of Tekirda\u011f. <\/p>\n

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The Buck Moon rises over wildfires in T\u00fcrkiye <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Sergen Sezgin\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin McCarthy captured this photo of the full Buck Moon as it glowed in the skies over North Carolina, with the dark profiles of lunar seas and bright pockmarks of craters scarring the lunar surface. <\/p>\n

“I stepped out onto my driveway in Charlotte, North Carolina, at 11:15 p.m. to capture tonight’s full Buck Moon,” McCarthy told Space.com in an email. “The moon has a definite warm tint likely caused by its low position in the sky, causing the light to pass through thicker layers of the atmosphere. “<\/p>\n

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The Buck Moon captured in the skies over North Carolina on July 29, 2026. <\/span>(Image credit: Kevin McCarthy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That same moon appeared warped by atmospheric disturbances when it rose above the city of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on that same night, as a flock of birds flitted across its ancient surface in this photo from Tayfun Coskun.<\/p>\n

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The Buck Moon glows over San Francisco on July 29 <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Tayfun Coskun\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coskun captured another gorgeous scene of the moon rising over San Francisco on July 28, as the last of the day’s sunlight kissed the tops of the surrounding hills, along with the tallest of the city’s skyscrapers.<\/p>\n

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Moonrise over San Francisco. <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Tayfun Coskun\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mert Alper captured another image of moonrise being watched by a couple from Woodbine Beach in Toronto, Canada, as the lunar disk emerged from behind a dense cloud bank to brighten the evening sky.<\/p>\n

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The full moon breaks through the clouds in the skies over Canada. <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Mert Alper Dervis\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gary Hershorn, meanwhile, captured this magnificently timed view of the full Buck Moon as it shone at the pinnacle of Manhattan’s One World Trade Center in New York on July 29 while looking over the Hudson River from New Jersey.<\/p>\n

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July’s full moon glows over the New York City skyline <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our next atmospheric shot was taken with the aid of a telephoto lens by Ismail Kaplan during moonrise, as the lunar disk shimmered alongside Ankara Castle in the capital city of T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n

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The Buck Moon sidles up to Ankara Castle during moonrise on July 29. <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Ismail Kaplan\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This beautiful photo of the moon shining in the wheel of a young boy’s bicycle was taken as the moon rose over the Zemplen Hills close to the Hunfarian town of Telkib\u00e1nya that same night.<\/p>\n

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The moonshines in the wheel of a child’s bike. <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Robert Nemeti\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, Izhar Khan was able to capture this impressive view of a bat’s silhouette darkening the Sea of Tranquility and the Sea of Serenity as it flew through the night sky over Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n

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A bat navigates the lunar disk in the skies over Sydney, Australia. <\/span>(Image credit: Photo by Izhar Khan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The July 29 full moon is just the opening act for a spectacular month of skywatching events, kicking off with a jaw-dropping total solar eclipse on Aug. 12<\/u><\/a> that will be seen from Spain, Iceland and Greenland, which coincides with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n

That’s followed just two weeks later with a spectacular lunar eclipse<\/u><\/a> that sees the moon fall deep into our planet’s shadow, painting it a rusty-orange hue, weather permitting.<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out our roundup of the best cameras<\/u><\/a> and lenses for astrophotography<\/u><\/a> to ensure that you’re ready to capture next month’s action-packed calendar of skywatching events, along with our guide to the best solar viewing gear available in 2026<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: <\/strong><\/em>If you would like to share your astrophotography with Space.com’s readers, then please send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The full Buck Moon rose to delight and dazzle stargazers with a spectacular display of moonlight on July 29 and we’ve got the photos to prove it! July’s moon is also known as the full “Buck Moon” \u2014 a traditional name used by Native American tribes to reflect the time of year when young deer …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gundem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}