Earth's skies are about to be graced by a full Moon , plump and shining in the sky, swimming across a lake of stars like a giant sturgeon.

Okay, maybe not, but the full Moon that will rise on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 August is called the full Sturgeon Moon, the old US Farmer's Almanac name for the Moon for the late summer month of August.

This particular full Moon will arrive just in time to mess with the Perseid meteor shower , which is due to peak on August 13 – but at least when you look at it, you'll know why we call it the Sturgeon Moon.

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Each of the months in the year has its own Farmer's Almanac name. Each name can be just one of several, too, depending on cultural contexts and geographical locatio

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