August's full moon is called a sturgeon moon and before you ask, no, it won't look like a fish. Even so, it will be special.

August's rare blue supermoon will appear bigger and brighter ... The August full Moon is also known as the Sturgeon Moon and named after sturgeon fish found in the Great Lakes around this time ...

the sturgeon name comes from the giant fish found in the Great Lakes of North America, “which were most readily caught during this part of summer”. The next full Moon will be a Blue Moon ...

July: Buck moon – July 10, 4:37 p.m.; male deer (bucks) begin to grow their new antlers covered in velvety fur. August: Sturgeon moon – Aug. 9, 3:55 a.m.; this moon marks the best time to ...

The full moon names for each month, why they're named so and what we can expect from these lunar events. Many full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern ...

September's Harvest moon and August's Sturgeon Moon. Previous reporting by the Hendersonville Times-News said that the 12 full moons each year are named by Native American tradition. UNC ...