The Sturgeon moon – August's full moon – will take the night sky this week, offering spectators the last supermoon of the year.
A supermoon refers to a full moon when the Moon is within 90% of perigee – its closet approach to Earth. / Getty Images
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 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.
In terms of viewing the supermoon, it will appear seven degrees above the east-southeastern horizon, NASA said. The Sturgeon moon will peak on Thursday night, at about 9:36 p.m. EDT, according to The Sturgeon moon may outshine another major celestial event on Thursday: the Perseids meteor shower.
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