Sturgeon Moon

Starting in the 1930s, the Maine Farmer's Almanac began publishing Native American names for full moons, NASA said. Based on this almanac, Algonquin tribes that ...

The agency said you need to look north and away from the Moon's gaze. The most popular annual meteor shower, which is active from July to September, will peak between Friday and Saturday. In terms of viewing the supermoon, it will appear seven degrees above the east-southeastern horizon, NASA said.

The last supermoon of the year, known as the 'sturgeon moon,' will rise in the evening sky tonight.

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Supermoons occur when the Moon is full and at its "perigee," the point when it is closest to the Earth on its orbit around the planet.

Interact on our social media channels and share your images of the last supermoon of 2022 with us. Here's a look back at the supermoons that took place earlier this year: The first was a lunar eclipse that coincided with a supermoon - the so-called super blood moon - in May, a rare event that saw a reddish shade on the surface of the Moon because the eclipse which took place at a time when the Moon was also at its closest to the Earth.

Our forecasted cloudy weather is discouraging for our prospects of viewing tonight's Sturgeon Moon (August 11) and tomorrow's Perseid Meteor Shower peak (August ...

Skyandtelescope.org Magnitude 1.8 in our sky, Mirfak is a yellow white supergiant, 510 light-years away. Lead image: An early predawn Perseid passes the star Mirfak in the constellation Perseus on July 30. 13 07:44 moon descends to 40 above our astronomical west-southwest horizon. 12 06:14 moon descends to 40 above our astronomical west-southwest horizon. 12 22:32 moon ascends to 40 above our astronomical east-southeast horizon – 98% illuminated. 11 22:09 moon ascends to 40 above our astronomical southeast horizon.

Rising over beaches, buildings and statues, the last supermoon of the year created ample viewing and photo opportunities around the world Thursday night.

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Take a look at some incredible images from around the world of the last supermoon of the year.

The interestingly-named supermoon gets its name from the Algonquin tribes of North America. They observed that August’s full Moon coincided with increased numbers of sturgeon in their rivers and lakes. The Sturgeon Moon reached its peak here in the UK at 2:36am on the 12 August 2022. The Sturgeon supermoon is the third and final supermoon of the year.

U.S.. Sturgeon moon – the last supermoon of the year – captured in spectacular photos around the world. By Christopher Brito. Updated on: August 12, 2022 / ...

The agency said you need to look north and away from the Moon's gaze. The most popular annual meteor shower, which is active from July to September, will peak between Friday and Saturday. Based on this almanac, Algonquin tribes that lived in the northeastern U.S. called the full moon in August the Sturgeon moon after the large fish that were more easily caught that same time of year in the Great Lakes.