The Merseyside sky could be lit up tonight with a beautiful supermoon.
The Buck moon is expected to be visible in the UK if there isn't too many clouds in the sky. A full moon in July is referred to as the Buck moon because male deer shed and regrow their antlers around this time of year.
It’s the first full Moon of astronomical summer and the second supermoon of the year. The supermoon will rise tonight at 10.14pm UK time.
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich has said tonight's supermoon will reach its peak at 12.38am. The supermoon can be seen from anywhere in the UK, but the less polluted your area is the better.
Anna Ross, a planetarium astronomer at Royal Museums Greenwich, said: “There is no particular location you need to be to observe this event as this is a bright full moon. As long as the night is clear of clouds it will be easy to spot whether you are in a light-polluted city or a dark area of countryside.”
A supermoon is the result of a full moon occurring when it is near its closest point to the Earth in its orbit. This can happen because the moon orbits the Earth on an elliptical path, rather than a circular one.
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