August's Full Sturgeon Moon Lines Up With Perseids, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter

As long as you're looking at the night sky, August has a ton of cool stuff going on this year. Among those is the full moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon. It's the last full moon of the summer, and it's coming on Aug. 9.

Per The Farmer's Almanac, the full moon will reach its peak brightness at 3:55 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 9. Thus, if you want to see the moon at its brightest, you'll want to look up the evening of Aug. 8 and on into the next morning. It's not a big deal if you miss it, as the moon will be over 90% full from Aug. 6 through Aug. 11, so you'll have plenty of chances to look ...