As the first of August nears, celestial energy rises with the appearance of the Full Sturgeon Moon. Native Algonquin fishing tribes named this moon after sturgeons—large, prehistoric fish of the Great Lakes—that were key to the tribes’ survival. With the sultry haze of summer giving the moon a red hue, tribes further south named this moon the Full Red Moon. August’s full moon has also been dubbed the Fruit Moon, the Grain Moon, and the Green Corn Moon, for the ripening of these foods during the approaching harvest season.