This Was What The Supermoon Looked Like Around The World
Closest moon in nearly 70 years = pictures of a lifetime.
Monday night's supermoon marks its closest distance to earth since 1948, appearing approximently 14% bigger and 30% brighter, according to NASA. The next time the moon will appear this bright will be in 2034.
Here are some of the most remarkable pictures taken of this spectacular sight:
1. Fremantle, Australia
Crowds look on as the super moon rises behind the Fremantle War Memorial at Monument Hill in Fremantle, Australia.
2. London, England
A commercial jet flies in front of the moon on its approach to Heathrow airport in west London.
3. Frankfurt am Main, Germany
4. Lake Morskie Oko, Poland
The supermoon is seen over Lake Morskie Oko in the Tatra Mountains near Zakopane, Poland.
5. Dael, Syria
A Free Syrian army fighter sits on a pick-up truck mounted with a weapon, as the supermoon partly covered by clouds is seen in the background, in the west of the rebel-held town of Dael, Syria.
6. Ancient Corinth, Greece
The Supermoon above the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
7. Los Angeles, California
8. New York City
The supermoon appears near the Statue of Liberty.
9. Silverthorne, Colorado
Evergreen trees are silhouetted on the mountain top as a supermoon rises over over the Dark Sky Community of Summit Sky Ranch in Silverthorne, Colorado.
10. Phoenix, Arizona
A supermoon descends over saguaro cactus in Phoenix, Arizona.
11. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
13. Yinchuan, China
14. Baikonur, Kazakhstan
The supermoon rises behind the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft, ahead of its upcoming launch to the International Space Station, at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
15. Glastonbury, Britain
The moon rises near Glastonbury Tor a day before the supermoon spectacle, in Glastonbury, Britain.
16. Cordoba, Spain
The moon rises behind the castle of Almodovar in Cordoba, southern Spain.
17. Nanjing, China
18. Dunhuang, China
19. Ankara, Turkey
The supermoon can be seen behind a cable car line in Ankara, Turkey.
20. Athens, Greece
A rising supermoon is seen through the Propylaea, the ancient Acropolis hill gateway in Athens, Greece.
21. Managua, Nicaragua
The supermoon is seen behind a metal tree at the Juan Pablo II square in Managua, Nicaragua.
22. Marbach am Neckar, Germany
The moon rises over the Schiller museum in the village of Marbach am Neckar, near Ludwigsburg, Germany.
23. Skopje, Macedonia
24. Kuwait City, Kuwait
25. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
26. Prague, Czech Republic
27. Vienna, Austria
The supermoon rises above a statue at Praterstern in Vienna, Austria.
28. Lahore, Pakistan
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Gabriel H. Sanchez is the photo essay editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York City.
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