So last night I wandered out into the yard and took these picture of the almost full August moon, a gently warm night, fragrant with the smell of earth and rain on foliage. Luna was playing tag with the clouds, occasionally surrounded by a halo of rainbow haze, so common this time of year and giving it another name, the Red Moon. I don't have a personal name for this moon, may-be the Shy Moon.
The Sturgeon moon will be full at 11:05Am EST. The Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon, as it is also know, will not be visible here, not only because it is daylight, but because it is also overcast. This full moon is the farthest from the earth , March of 2011 it will be at its closest, a roughly 7 month cycle of near and far.
