The full Sturgeon Supermoon put on a dazzling display across the globe as it rose on Thursday night.
The name originates from Native Americans as it occurs around the end of the summer and the beginning of harvest time when tribes in certain regions would catch sturgeon fish in large numbers.
Supermoons occur when the Moon is full while coinciding with its “perigee,” or the point when its orbit brings Earth’s natural satellite closest to the planet, and appear nearly a third brighter than normal and over a tenth bigger in size.
The Sturgeon moon is the considered to be fourth supermoon in a row after the Buck moon in July, Strawberry moon in June and Flower moon in May.
Also, for those who enjoy a heavenly show, the Perseids meteor shower, one of the most popular of the year, will peak Thursday night into Friday morning.
The next supermoon won’t be until August 2023, according to NASA.
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The moon rises beyond a sign in the outfield during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 11: The full Sturgeon Supermoon rises in the horizon seen from Alameda, Calif., on Thursday, August 11, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The Super Moon rises behind The Shard, in London, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 11: A plane passes by as the full Sturgeon Supermoon rises near the Oakland International Airport in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, August 11, 2022. It’s the last Supermoon of 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) The Super Moon rises behind a cross on the dome of a Maronites church St. Maron in Anthoupolis a suburb of capital Nicosia in the southeast Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 11: The full Sturgeon Supermoon rises in the horizon as a ferry moves past the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, Calif., on Thursday, August 11, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 11:The Sturgeon Moon rises over Brooklyn as seen from Pier 17 on August 11, 2022 in New York City. The Sturgeon Moon is the fourth and final supermoon of 2022. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: The moon is obscured by clouds as it passes behind the Washington Monument on August 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. The so-called Sturgeon Moon is the fourth and final super moon of 2022. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ISTANBUL, TURKEY – AUGUST 11: The Sturgeon full moon rises next to Istanbul’s Camlica Mosque on August 11, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Sturgeon Moon is the last super-moon of 2022. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) The moon rises beyond a sign in the outfield during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) A super moon rises over a windmill in Oostzaan, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) A supermoon—also called a sturgeon moon—rises as a jetliner approaches John F. Kennedy International airport, Thursday Aug. 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 11: The full Sturgeon Supermoon rises near the Oakland International Airport in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, August 11, 2022. It’s the last Supermoon of 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Two women watch a super moon rise from a viewpoint overlooking Lisbon and the Tagus river, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
