<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Moon has left people gazing up at the sky after appearing brighter and larger than usual on Monday evening.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">July's supermoon is appearing full for up to three days, according to Nasa.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Known as a Buck Moon, it is closer than normal in its orbit around the Earth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is because the Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle due to the Earth's gravitational pull; instead it is elliptical, like an elongated circle or oval.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because of this, there are times in the Moon's 27.32-day orbit when it is closer to the Earth and other times when it is further away.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A supermoon happens when the Moon is at the closest point to Earth in its orbit and also in its full Moon phase.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The full Moon in July was given the Native American name of Buck Moon because the antlers of male deer are in full growth mode in July, according to the Royal Observatory. Bucks shed and regrow their antlers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Moon reached peak illumination at 12:39 BST (07:39 Eastern Time) on Monday, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Almanac, which has published astronomical data for centuries, said the Buck Moon would orbit closer to the Earth than full Moons we have already had this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">August's full Moon will be the only supermoon closer to the Earth this year, the publication said. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>