The sky in the month of August will witness celestial threats with supermoons.
According to sources, the month’s first full Moon will appear on August 1, around 2.32 p.m. EDT (12.02 a.m. IST on August 2). Around this period, the Moon will be full for three days, from early Monday morning to early Thursday morning.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanack — a reference book collecting weather forecasts — it is traditionally known as the ‘Sturgeon Moon’ because the big sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain in the United States were most easily caught around this time of summer.
A supermoon’s disc size surpasses that of an average-sized Moon by up to 8%, while its brightness exceeds that of an average-sized full Moon by about 16%. The supermoon was last seen in the year 2018, and it won’t take place before 2037.