Astronomy Picture of the Day - Buck Moon and Belt of Venus

NASA ^ | 1 Aug, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Branko Nadj

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Explanation: The Buck Moon is a traditional name for the full moon of July. In this colorful Adriatic sea and skyscape captured on July 28 from Krk Island along the coast of Croatia, a full Buck Moon is just rising over distant mountains. Since a full moon rises as the Sun sets, Earth's shadow also rises in the twilight scene, a diffuse gray band extending above the mountainous southeastern horizon. Above Earth's shadow band is the pinkish antitwilight arch. That subtly tinted band of backscattered sunlight is more widely known as the Belt of Venus. But as it shares the eastern horizon with the atmospheric shadow of Earth and Belt of Venus, this full Buck Moon seems to set the stage for the New Moon to come. The New Moon of August 12 will cast its shadow on planet Earth in a much anticipated total solar eclipse.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

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[ComputerGuy]

I wonder how many are still here.

[telescope115]

I’m still here😀!

What beautiful pastels…absolutely beautiful. Tranquil.

[No name given]

Wow.

[DannyTN]

I hope Venus keeps her belt on. Buck Moon sounds like an unsavory character.