VIDEO: First of two August supermoons rise over Portland Tuesday
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The first of two supermoons in the month of August rose over Portland Tuesday evening. Recent wildfire smoke in Oregon helped turn the the sturgeon full moon a bright reddish, orange color over the the Portland skyline just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.
A supermoon is when the moon's orbit is slightly closer to the earth. That makes the moon appear slightly bigger and slightly brighter to the untrained eye. Another rare, blue moon happens on Aug. 30, making that the second full moon in the month of August.