# Buck Moon 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569 "2023-07-04T17:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/1 "2023-07-04T17:31:47Z")
Here’s my photo of the full moon a couple of nights ago. working with a nearly drained camera battery, I couldn’t take all of the time and care I would have wished, but all in all I’m pleased. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53019211255_ba507f7465_b.jpg "Buck Moon") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/78538399@N00/53019211255/) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/2 "2023-07-04T17:40:05Z")
Nice, where are you? I’m in mid west US and full moon was last night. According to the Luna Sol Cal app anyway. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/3 "2023-07-04T19:42:09Z")
Beautiful. I’m Midwest as well. That bright moon kept me awake for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/4 "2023-07-04T19:45:14Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > Nice, where are you? I’m in mid west US and full moon was last night. According to the Luna Sol Cal app anyway. Eugene, Oregon. This was taken a couple of miles out of town at Meadowlark Prairie Overlook. The moon was at true full about 4:30am yesterday, so the previous evening was the optimal time for me to get the shot. By the time it rose yesterday it was already visibly waning, and it was too dark to get a good shot. I lack either the skill or the gear, or both, to get a good shot of the full moon when it’s fully dark. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/5 "2023-07-05T03:32:05Z")
I’m 50 miles West of St. Louis and my all said full at 6:40AM on Monday the 3rd. Just curious. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/6 "2023-07-05T03:51:23Z")
For my location, Sky Safari (a great stargazing/astronomy app btw) had 4:37AM PDT which means about the same time for both of us. I don’t know why there’s a three minute difference though. It says 6:47am for your location. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/7 "2023-07-05T13:15:38Z")
Latitude make a difference? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/8 "2023-07-05T16:09:49Z")
I don’t think so. You’re about four degrees south of me, but my app indicated the same time for both of us. If anything I would expect longitude to matter more, but again no, according to my app. Our apps must be using different ways of measuring. Maybe true full is considered to last six minutes by some arbitrary standard, and your app takes the midpoint of that and mine takes the beginning. But I’m just spitballing here. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/9 "2023-07-06T12:39:13Z")
It’s science! I just don’t understand it though. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/10 "2023-07-07T19:27:18Z")
When I looked straight up I saw stars but I only a smudge of light in the sky where the full moon _should have been_. _Stoopit clouds_! It _would’ve_ been good as I was on the beach for it. Here’s one from the beginning of the weekend before it was full [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53029988434_c7067d5bee_b.jpg "almost full Buck Moon") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/53029988434/) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/11 "2023-07-08T20:38:13Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Here’s one from the beginning of the weekend before it was full Nice! What kind of lens and focal length did you use? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569/12 "2023-07-10T18:14:20Z")
Tamron 150-600 almost full out; even with that I cropped before posting.