The first of two supermoons expected this month put on a dazzling display Tuesday night.
In North America, the full moon in August is typically known as the"sturgeon moon."
"The Maine Farmer’s Almanac began publishing Native American names for the full moons in the 1930s, and these names have become widely known and used," NASA says on its website.Yasin Akgul / AFP - Getty Images "According to this almanac, as the full moon in Aug. the Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern United States called this the Sturgeon Moon after the large fish that were more easily caught this time of year in the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water."The supermoon rises over New York City on Tuesday.The moon will come even closer to earth on Aug. 30 at just 222,043 miles away, according to The AP.
The last time two full supermoons were spotted in the sky in the same month was in 2018 and it isn't expected to happen again until 2037, Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project,
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