August’s full sturgeon moon is peaking this weekend, accompanied by meteor showers and shining planets. Here’s how to see the celestial sights.

Along with being the last full moon of summer, August's sturgeon moon will take place within a few days of other celestial events.

August's full 'Sturgeon Moon' rises this weekend, putting on a spectacular lunar light show as it leaps above the southeastern horizon at sunset on Aug. 9. A full moon occurs when the moon is directly opposite the sun in Earth's sky,