Today is a full supermoon. It's worth looking at the sky

The full moon in August is called the Full Sturgeon Moon. Its culmination will occur on Tuesday at 20:28. The full moon coincided with the super full moon. During this time, the moon's disk is particularly large and bright.

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A supermoon or superfull moon is a phenomenon that looks spectacular in the sky. This term is commonly used to describe a full moon during which it is close to the perigee of its orbit, which is the point closest to the Earth. Depending on how strictly we define the criterion for what we consider “close to perigee”, a supermoon can occur even several times a year.

During a super full moon, the Moon appears larger and brighter than during an average full moon. According to data provided by NASAthe difference between the full moon at perigee (closest to Earth) and apogee (furthest from Earth) is 14 percent of the size of the disk of Earth's natural satellite, and the brightness is up to 30 percent greater.

Where does the name for August's Full Sturgeon Moon come from? The names given to each full moon come from Native American tradition. They gave their names to individual full moons, drawing inspiration from plant growth, animal behavior, or weather patterns.

As for the Full Sturgeon Moon, the name comes from the observations made by Native American tribes that it is during this period that sturgeon fishing, especially in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, is at its most abundant.

The Moon is visible in the sky with the naked eye. It is also worth looking at it through binoculars, although the full moon is not the best time to admire craters and mountains on the surface of the Earth's natural satellite. They are better visible when the Moon is in a phase other than full. Then, in a telescope, the craters and their shadows are picturesquely visible near the line between the illuminated and unlit parts of the Moon (this line is called the terminator).

The forecast shows that at night in the east and south-east of the country there will be moderate and large cumulus clouds with rain. In other regions it will be sunny.