Spectacular photos and videos of the sturgeon moon witnessed on Thursday night in different parts of the world have appeared online, mesmerizing netizens.
According to a BBC report, August’s full moon was called the sturgeon moon by Native American fishing tribes because of the abundance of fish at this time of year. Citing the Royal Museums Greenwich, the BBC report said the sturgeon moon is also called the green corn moon, grain moon and red moon.
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The Sturgeon Moon lit up night skies around the world on August 11. It was the last supermoon of the year; the next one won’t take place until June 14, 2023. 🌕✨ pic.twitter.com/60uTpc3mG7
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 13, 2022
Tonight’s Super Sturgeon Moon rises over the Washington Monument in Washington, DC
— Dave Lyons (@insiteimage) August 12, 2022
Tonight’s full moon, also known as a sturgeon, is the fourth and final supermoon of the year. pic.twitter.com/A4cuJOE7yU
— peter byrne (@Peter_J_Byrne) August 11, 2022
Stunning timelapse footage captured the brilliant Sturgeon Moon, the last supermoon of the year, as it rose over South Wales on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/xScAVDsWri
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 12, 2022
The sturgeon moon almost (roughly) full as it rose. pic.twitter.com/za32vIwJqU
— Arlo Guthrie (@folkslinger) August 11, 2022
“It’s bigger. It’s brighter, technically, but not so much that you go out and naturally and instinctively feel something is super different,” said Jackie Faherty, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, quoted by the New York Times. “That said, it’s great to see the full moon rise.”
According to CNN, the moon is at its closest point to Earth during certain times of the year and are called supermoons. At each end, the moon appears slightly larger or smaller.
The BBC quoted the National Space Center as saying it did not consider the Sturgeon Moon to be close enough to Earth to be called a “supermoon”. Supermoons are estimated to be less than 360,000 km away. Thursday’s moon was 361,408 km away, the BBC reported.