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  • Stargazing News - August 9th, 2025

    From CJ@954:100/61 to All on Friday, August 08, 2025 06:07:36
    Saturday August 9, 2025

    Full Sturgeon Moon

    The full moon of August will occur on Saturday morning, August 9 at 3:55 a.m. EDT, 12:55 a.m. PDT, or 07:55 UT. Since the moon will be getting ready to set in the Americas at that time, the moon will look almost full on Friday evening and then ever-so-slightly less than full when it rises just after sunset on Saturday evening. The moon will not climb very high in the sky due to its position almost 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, in this case, 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 Ohpahowip?sim, the Flying Up Moon. The
    Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) of Eastern North America call it Sesk?ha, the Freshness Moon.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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