CNN —July’s full moon will shine bright in the sky this weekend — and lands near the anniversary of a special lunar event worth celebrating.
The full moon — nicknamed the buck moon — will peak at 6:17 a.m.
“The first moon landing was in the afternoon on (July 20, 1969), and then they did the moonwalk that night,” Petro said.
Lunar discoveriesNASA’s Artemis program aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Petro recommends observing the full moon with these recent findings and future space missions in mind.
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