Art by Minah Kim
This August 2018 will experience a full sturgeon moon for three nights in a row. This will be on the 25th, 26th and the 27th August. Surprisingly August moons are associated with the best season for fishing because sturgeons were in abundance in lakes and rivers. Other names for the August full moon is a "Green Corn Moon" by the Cherokee. "Young Ducks Moon" by the Cree. And "Black Cherries moon" by various other tribes. There is also "Corn moon" and "Grain moon" by the English. "Dispute moon" by the Celts. "Lightning Moon" and "Wyrt moon" by Pagans and Wiccans. More moon names are as follows of 2018:
January 1st - Wolf moon
January 31st - Snow moon
March 1st - Worm moon
March 31st - Sap moon
April 29th - Pink moon
May 29th - Flower moon
June 28th - Strawberry moon
July 27th - Buck moon
August 26th - Sturgeon moon
September 24th - Harvest moon
October 24th - Hunter's moon
November 23rd - Beaver moon
December 22nd - Cold moon
Moon names by Native American tribes
https://www.wwu.edu/skywise/indianmoons.html
More moon names at Celtic myth moon
http://www.celticmythmoon.com/moon.html
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