A traditional name for the full moon of August is "Sturgeon Moon". The exact time of the full moon was 1:56 am MDT on Saturday 09 August. These photos were taken on the same date, but 20 hours later with the moon still 99% illuminated. Equipment: AT60ED f/6 refractor + Olympus E-M5iii.
There was thick wildfire smoke on Saturday, and this colored the rising moon Saturday night. There are several nearby (within 60 miles or so) wildfires, but Canadian smoke is apparently also a factor.
Color-balanced to mitigate the smoke tinge:
Daylight color balance ("true color", sort of):
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