August is an exciting month for moon lovers, with the summer month opening and closing with a supermoon. The Full Sturgeon Moon rises on Tuesday, Aug. 1, and then the month closes out with the Full Blue Moon on Aug. 30.
Not only are both of these full moons supermoons, but they represent the midpoints in a chain of four such lunar events that began with the Full Buck Moon on July 3.
From New York City, the Sturgeon supermoon will rise at 14:31 EDT (1831 GMT), and it sets at 05:11 EDT (0911 GMT) on Wednesday, Aug. 3, according to In the Sky.
www.space.com/august-supermoon-sturgeon-full-moon
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