Publisher's Synopsis
August's full moon is prominently alluded to as the Sturgeon Moon. So where does the name come from and what is the significance behind it?
Full moons are a lunar stage that happens generally once each month when the moon is situated inverse to the sun in space, with the in the middle between. At these times, the side of the moon that points toward us is completely enlightened, seeming like an ideal circle.
The moon turns full just at a particular moment, which this month will be Thursday, August 11, at 9:36 p.m. ET (6:36 p.m. PT), as indicated by NASA.
A significant number of the conventional names for the full moons that we utilize today come from Native American sources. They are much of the time English understandings of words utilized in Indigenous dialects.
