Photos: Buck Moon photographed rising over Burnham-On-Sea Burnham-On-Sea residents who gazed up into the sky overnight will have spotted the so-called Buck Moon. The seventh full moon of the year is traditionally known as the Buck Moon, Thunder Moon or Hay Moon. Photographed here rising behind the UK’s shortest pier on Thursday night (July 22nd), it is due to reach its peak early on Saturday morning. Many of the names popularly associated with the Full Moon have been attributed to the time-keeping traditions of Native Americans. Various tribes gave the Full Moon’s different names as a means of tracking changes in the landscape and wildlife through the year.