PHOTOS: Supermoon illuminates night sky across the globe

In a repeat of 2023, an August Super Blue Sturgeon Full Moon illuminated the night sky Monday. But this time, it’s “blue” for a different reason.

“Although it will not look blue, as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, this will be a blue moon. The first recorded use of “blue moon” in English dates from 1528,” NASA said on its website.

This wordy full moon — each month’s full moon has a variety of names associated with it — began Monday afternoon at 2:26 p.m. As a result, skygazers got to enjoy a bright, almost full moon through Wednesday morning. Tuesday and Wednesday should bring clearer skies for viewing.

Below are photos from around the world of August’s supermoon:

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A Qatar Airways jetliner approaches for landing in Lisbon, with a supermoon in the background, at sunrise Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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The supermoon is seen over the Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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The supermoon rises above a beer sign during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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The moon rises over Shiite pilgrims as they march to Karbala for the Arbaeen ritual in Babil, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) (AP/Hadi Mizban)

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German women on vacation in Portugal react to the strong wind while watching a nearly full supermoon rise over the Tagus river from the roof the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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A supermoon, obscured by cloud, sets behind the April 25 bridge across the Tagus river in Lisbon, at sunrise Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)