Overview

• The name “Sturgeon Moon” comes from indigenous North American tribes timing their peak sturgeon fishing season to August’s full moon
• Viewers in Mexico City can catch peak brightness around 1:54 a.m., with the moon’s glow remaining strong on the nights of August 8 and 9
• At a distance of 380,044 kilometers and spanning 31.4 arcminutes in the sky, this full moon meets supermoon criteria defined by INAOE
• Astrologers note that with the moon in Aquarius, it symbolizes cycle closures, introspection and harvesting achievements before embracing new beginnings
• Following its peak, the Sturgeon Moon will herald the end of Mercury’s retrograde and precede a string of conjunctions with Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Mars