August’s Full Moon | The Sturgeon Moon

The month of August’s Full Moon is called the Sturgeon Moon. August’s Full Sturgeon Moon got its name because some Native American tribes (especially the Algonquian peoples of eastern North America) knew that the sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this full Moon.

Other moon names

Different tribes had different moon name preferences. Other examples for August are: “Wheat Cut Moon” (San Ildefonso and San Juan), or “Moon When All Things Ripen” (Dakotah Sioux) or “Blueberry Moon” (Ojibway). Another name for this month’s full moon is the “Red Moon”, because the weather and atmospheric conditions during this season can often make the moon look reddish when it rises through a haze. And finally, because crops grow tall at this time of year, this month’s moon is sometimes called the “Green Corn Moon” or the ‘Grain Moon” from Old English/Anglo-Saxon.

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