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Photos: Supermoon around world

The supermoon, rises over a logo for AVIC or Aviation Industry Corp in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. AVIC is a Chinese state-owned corporate colossus with 500,000 employees and 140 subsidiaries in businesses ranging from aircraft manufacturing, financial services, auto production and contributing to China's manned space flights. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The supermoon, rises over a logo for AVIC or Aviation Industry Corp in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. AVIC is a Chinese state-owned corporate colossus with 500,000 employees and 140 subsidiaries in businesses ranging from aircraft manufacturing, financial services, auto production and contributing to China’s manned space flights. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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The supermoon, rises over a logo for AVIC or Aviation Industry Corp in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. AVIC is a Chinese state-owned corporate colossus with 500,000 employees and 140 subsidiaries in businesses ranging from aircraft manufacturing, financial services, auto production and contributing to China's manned space flights. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The phenomenon known as the supermoon rises over the Beijing Olympic Towers in the Olympic Green district Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, which occurs because the moon follows an elliptical orbit around the earth. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The moon is seen over the capital Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. The brightest moon in almost 69 years lit up the sky, during its closest approach to earth as the "Supermoon" reached its most luminescent phase. The moon won't be this close again until Nov. 25, 2035. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
The moon rises behind the Propylaia at the Acropolis hill in Athens, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016.  The brightest moon in almost 69 years will be lighting up the sky this week in a treat for star watchers around the globe. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Partially obscured by clouds, a full moon rises behind the monument of Christ of Havana in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The brightest moon in almost 69 years is lighting up the sky in a treat for star watchers around the globe. The phenomenon known as the supermoon reached its peak luminescence in North America before dawn on Monday. Its zenith in Asia and the South Pacific was Monday night. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Partially obscured by clouds, a full moon rises behind the monument of Christ of Havana in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. November's full moon is the brightest since 1948, according to NASA. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 14:  The statue of Victoria stands on the Victory Column as the so-called "super moon" is visible behind on November 14, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The "super moon" is a full moon that is at its closest in its elliptical orbit around the Earth, a confluence that last occurred 70 years ago.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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