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In Photos: August’s Full Sturgeon Moon Rises In Rare Double Display

In Photos: August’s Full Sturgeon Moon Rises In Rare Double Display
science8/10/2025

August's full "sturgeon moon" peaked on Aug. 9, but was best viewed during moonrise on both Aug. 8 and 9 from North America.

Topline The second full moon of summer in the Northern Hemisphere — the sturgeon moon — performed a rare trick of rising into twilight skies twice in successive nights this weekend. It appeared in the southeast just as Saturn was rising alongside it ... [5382 chars]