Monday, August 19, 2024

Full Sturgeon Moon

The full moon of August will occur on Monday, August 19 at 2:26 p.m. EDT,
11:26 a.m. PDT, or 18:26 UT. In the Americas, the moon will look almost full
on Sunday night and then ever-so-slightly less than full when it rises around
8 p.m. local time on Monday. It will hang usually low in the sky because it will be travelling about 4 degrees below the already low summertime ecliptic. The August full moon, colloquially called the "Sturgeon Moon", "Red Moon", "Green Corn Moon", and "Grain Moon", always shines among or near the stars of Aquarius or Capricornus. The indigenous Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes region call it Manoominike-giizis, the Wild Rice Moon, or Miine Giizis, the Blueberry Moon. The Cree Nation of central USA and Canada calls the August
full moon Ohpahowipisim, the Flying Up Moon. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) of Eastern North America call it Seskeha, the Freshness Moon.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
* Origin: CJ's Place, Orange City FL > cjsplace.thruhere.net (21:2/156)