What a month it’s been for stargazers. Earlier in August, we had an impressive partial solar eclipse, followed by one of the most active nights of the days-long Perseid meteor shower.
And in the wee hours of Friday, 28 August, we’re set to see yet another partial eclipse in parts of the UK – only this time, it’s a lunar kind.
The “sturgeon moon” will appear to have a pinkish glow before the lunar event, too.
What is a “sturgeon moon”?
That’s just the nickname given to August’s full moon. It’s so called because the fish’s populations thrive around this time of year in North America, where the moniker began.
It’s also nicknamed the grain moon, the red moon, and the green corn moon.
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