The almost full sturgeon moon rises near sunset tonight — use this link to determine actual moonrise and moonset for your location — in the southeast, just below the moonlight-obscured swath of the Milky Way.

The rising moon may display some lovely yellow-orange color due to being low on the horizon and from a bit of haze from wildfire smoke coming from Canada. WTOP’s weather forecast looks good for Friday night and Saturday night when the almost-full moon rises again in the southeast.

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