August's full moon, known as the “st-fish moon”, caused a sensation when it crossed above the southern horizon earlier this week on August 9, illuminating the days of the peak of the Perseid Meteor shower.
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The stfish moon is named after the once abundant Great Lakes fish around this time of the year, an important food source for several Native American tribes. It is sometimes called the “Red Moon” because it is well known in the summer Haze that the people of Anishinaabe in the Great Lakes call it “Ricing Moon” and use this as a sign that it is time to bring the harvest.
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Some photographers aimed the camera at the moon during the moon, capturing its dramatic yellow-orange rays as the Earth's atmosphere spreads the blue wavelengths of sunlight in a process called Rayleigh scattering. Others track a low road in the summer sky, recording spectacular details on the moon’s surface while lined up with impressive footage that blends ancient and new frameworks.
Read on to see some of the best full-month photos of August from around the world.
Full st fish moon in August 2025 pictures
On the evening of August 9, Nazley Zeynep Karabulut hung a spectacular view of the entire st-fish moon among New York’s iconic skyscrapers as the moon disk rose to New York and was temporarily abandoned at the location of the Empire State Building.
Images of August's full moon rise to the Manhattan skyline. (Photo source: Nazli Zeynep Karabulut/Anadolu via Getty Images)
That night (August 9) (August 9), Ismael Adnan Yaqoob captured the moon thousands of miles from New York, near the lights of the amusement park in the city of Mosul, Iraq.
The full st-fish moon rises from the amusement park in Iraq. (Photo source: Ismael Adnan Yaqoob/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Tayfun Coskun captured this amazing detailed lunar disk high contrast on August 9 as the moon hangs on Mount Hamilton in San Jose, California. The dark moon can be seen in the range of mountains across the cross-section and prominent impact locations, including majestic forms, including The Tycho Crater, dominating the lower area of the moon's disk.
Detailed footage of the moon taken by Tayfun Coskun in August 2025. (Photo source: Photos taken by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Photographer Riccardo de Luca captures a beautiful shot of the orange-red st-fish moon as it rises above the historic Colosseum of Rome, with the towering arches of Titus of Titus illuminating to the right of the image.
Images of the full moon rise above the Colosseum in Rome. (Photo source: Riccardo de Luca/Anadolu took photos via Getty Images)
Isa Terli's moody composition captures the red form of the old stfish between the support of the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey by catching the red form of the stfish moon.
In August 2025, the full moon rises between the support of the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Türkiye. (Photo source: Photos taken by Isa Terli/Anadolu via Getty Images)
On August 9, photographer Costas Baltas captured an image of a yellow full moon rising near the Poseidon Temple in southern Greece, near the city of Athens.
A yellow full moon rises next to the Temple of Poseidon near Athens. (Photo source: Costas Baltas/Anadolu's photo via Getty Images)
The spotlight shining at the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France seems to have selected the orange form of the rising stfish moon in this dramatic composition by Mustafa Yalcin, which was also taken on August 9.
The full moon emanates during the peak of the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. (Photo source: Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Photography by Getty Images)
Lorenzo di Cola shot a shot on the ruins of Rocca Calascio on August 8, reaching the full moon in the province of L'Aquila, Italy.
The orange moon is depicted above the destruction of Rocca Calascio in Italy. (Photo source: Lorenzo di Cola/Nurphoto taken in photos via Getty Images)
Photographer Yasin Akgul captured the atmospheric disturbance of the stfish moon on August 9, when it shrouded above the roof of Istanbul, Turkey, near the famous Galata Tower.
The stfish moon was imaged on August 9, 2025 and rose on the roof of Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo source: Photos of Yasin Akgul/AFP) (Photos of Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty image)
Faisal Bashir took amazing detailed footage of the moon disk before the full moon phase on August 8 and consisted of subtle silhouettes of overhanging leaves.
The August moon captured the day before the full moon phase over Kashmir. (Picture source: picture bashir/sopa image/lightrocket via Getty image)
Photographer Max Guliani also released an impressive series of Moonrise shots to his X account, showing the complete moon disks looming between the iconic skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan.
The whole st fish moon rises from Hudson River #NYC pic.twitter.com/yczph4fafo rises from Midtown ManhattanAugust 9, 2025
Meanwhile, Gary Hershorn lined up for a long shot that radiated a full moon next to the Statue of Liberty, including an appropriate composition that captured a passenger jet that crossed the moon disk.
The whole st fish moon rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, Saturday night #NewYorkcity #NYC #Newyork #StatueOfliberty #fullmoon #moon #sturgeonmoon @statueellisfdn pic.twitter.twitter.twitter.com/kbkip40g8xAugust 10, 2025
There is no doubt that the August st-fish moon has a dramatic performance, but the full moon phase will be even more spectacular next month. From September 7 to 8, a lunar eclipse will be swept across the surface of Earth's natural satellites, temporarily transforming it into a red “blood moon” of Skywatchers in Asia, Australia, Europe, Europe and Africa. You can keep up with all lunar eclipse actions through our lunar eclipse live blog.
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