The full moon in July is when the bucks begin to grow new antlers. This moon is also known as the Thunder Moon because thunderstorms occur frequently during this month.

Then, I drive to a ff-mart for a burger after which I drive to the d-mart to park for the night. However, I do not climb into the back directly but remain in the drivers seat and watch several hours of videos and wait for the very near full Buck Moon to come out from behind the clouds.

Finally, as it is minute hand is rounding midnight, I get some good photos of the moon, so I turn off the electronics and climb into the horizontal to sleep.

A new celestial event in the night sky, or is it just another way that man has found to ruin the Earth. (Revelation 11:18 says: "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.")

So why do I say that this new celestial event is from Man destroying (or ruining) the Earth? I say this because the sole reason that this Buck moon is Orange is from the massive fires all over western North America. The smoke rising to cover the skies during the period of the full moon is from the smoke caused by the fires. No doubt, it has been the greed of men that is the primary reason for the current drought. Does anyone doubt the statement that Man is Destroying the Earth?

Yes, we are one day closer to the Great and Fear inspiring day of Jehovah.

I stay up until midnight watching this moon as the orange tint slowly diminishes while the moon moves higher into the night sky. However, the tint never seems to go away completely during my watch.

Later, I awake in the early morning, look out into the night sky and see that the moon still has a slight orange glow but now also has a halo around it.

This year, the Buck full moon will also have a partial lunar eclipse, also know as a penumbral lunar eclipse. This eclipse will begin on 04 July 2020 at 10:07 CDT, maximize at 11:30 CDT and end at 12:52 CDT

However, in Oak Harbor, I am just not able to distinguish the partial eclipse.

The full moon of July was called the Thunder Moon by the indigenous Algonquin because it signals the arrival of summer's thunderous and lightening-charged storm season.

However, the most commonly name of this moon by the Algonquin for the first full moon of the summer is the Buck moon because this is when the new antlers of buck deer grow out of their foreheads, which already have velvety fur.

Finally, the Anglo-Saxon name is either Hay Moon, after the hay harvest that takes place in July, or Wort Moon, indicating that July is the time to gather herbs (worts) to dry and use as spices and remedies.

Seen during the evening of Day 974 TB while overnighting at a d-mart parking lot.