July's Buck Moon is almost here. Find out when and where to catch a glimpse.

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The adjacent afloat satellite is arriving conscionable successful clip for the weekend. According to NASA, the Buck Moon volition marque an quality for 3 days, from Friday evening to Monday morning, reaching its highest astatine 6:17 a.m. EDT connected Sunday.

The satellite is besides known arsenic the Thunder Moon, fixed its overlap with thunderstorm season.

NASA advised viewers to enactment harmless from the lightning that comes with the storms, but besides to indulge successful a small amusive arsenic the Buck Moon arrives: "As usual, the wearing of suitably celebratory celestial attire is encouraged successful grant of the afloat Moon."

Why is it called the Buck Moon?

The sanction stems from a contented established by the Maine Farmers' Almanac successful the 1930s, according to NASA, erstwhile the work started listing the names of afloat moons. The Algonquin tribes of the Northeast reportedly called this month's satellite the Buck Moon – a motion to the cervid that look this clip of year.

"Early summertime is usually erstwhile the caller antlers of subordinate cervid propulsion retired of their foreheads successful coatings of velvety fur," NASA said.

Other monikers for July's afloat satellite see Thunder Moon, Asalha Puja, Guru Full Moon, Hay Moon. and Mead Moon.

When volition the adjacent afloat satellite instrumentality place?

August's afloat satellite — known arsenic the Sturgeon Moon, according to the almanac.com — volition highest connected Monday, Aug. 19. This volition beryllium the archetypal supermoon of the year, which means it volition look brighter and larger than different afloat moons.

Another lawsuit for stargazers to look guardant to is simply a meteor ablution connected Saturday, July 31. Those connected the East Coast volition person to emergence aboriginal if they privation to drawback the spectacle of light. According to NASA, the champion clip to spot the ablution from Washington, D.C., will beryllium astir 2 a.m.