The full moon hitting its peak at 8:02 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, will be the third of four full moons this summer, making it a blue moon under one modern definition for that term.

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August Blue Moon: Nicknames explained. The August Full Moon has several names — these include the Green Corn Moon, the Grain Moon, and the Sturgeon Moon, according to the Farmers’ Almanac ...

The corn moon, the next full moon in September 2020 arrives too early to be called a harvest moon. It sets up a blue moon in October – two full moons in the same month.

Eyes to the sky tonight! We won't see another "Blue Corn Moon" until 2024! Sunday night's Full Moon will be a special one to see. It is the first summer Blue Moon we've seen in five years, and ...