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Photos: Supermoon around world
November 14, 2016, 7:10 AM
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See photos of the supermoon from around the 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
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)
Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Surf breaks as the moon makes its closest orbit to the Earth since 1948 on November 14, 2016 in Redondo Beach, California. The so-called supermoon appears up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter as it comes about 22,000 miles closer to the Earth than average, though to the casual observer, the increase appears slight. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
The moon sets during its closest orbit to the Earth since 1948 on November 14, 2016 in Venice Beach, California. The so-called Supermoon appears up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter as it comes about 22,000 miles closer to the Earth than average, though to the casual observer, the increase appears slight. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images
The moon rises over Coit Tower, at right, in San Francisco, 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/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Evergreen trees are silhouetted on the mountain top as a supermoon rises over over the Dark Sky Community of Summit Sky Ranch in Silverthorne, Colo., Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
AP Photo/Jack Dempsey
A full moon rises behind a monument depicting Cuba’s revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. November’s full moon is the brightest since 1948, according to NASA. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
Partially obscured by clouds, a full moon rises behind the cross atop Lenexa Baptist Church, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in Lenexa, Kan. November’s full moon is the brightest since 1948, according to NASA. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
The supermoon, right, rises behind clouds near the Lower Manhattan skyline, seen from the Port Liberte neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Palestinian boys use their mobile phones to take pictures as they sit on top of a tree watching the moon rises over Gaza in Monday, Nov. 14, 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/ Khalil Hamra)
AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra
The supermoon rises over the Chugach Mountains on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The phenomenon known as the supermoon occurs because the moon follows an elliptical orbit around the Earth. This week, the moon is coming closer to the Earth than at any time since January 1948. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
AP Photo/Dan Joling
The moon rises over Coit Tower in San Francisco, 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/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
A passenger plane heading to Los Angeles International Airport passes by the supermoon Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The phenomenon known as the supermoon occurs because the moon follows an elliptical orbit around the Earth. This week, the moon is coming closer to the Earth than at any time since January 1948. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
The supermoon rises over the bay area as seen from San Francisco, 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/Jeff Chiu)
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
Korean tourists pose for a photo as they come to watch the supermoon at the Jumeirah beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili
The supermoon appears near the Statue of Liberty, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in New York. Monday’s supermoon, a phenomenon that happens when the moon makes a close pass at the earth, is the closest to earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
The moon rises over the Mediterranean sea as a couple stand by the “Ayious Saranta” church in Cape Greco at the eastern part of the island of Cyprus, 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. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
The moon rises over the Arch in St. Louis, as seen from the Compton Hill Water Tower on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. On Monday, Earthlings will be treated to a so-called supermoon – the closest full moon of the year. Monday’s supermoon will be extra super – it will be the closest the moon comes to us in almost 69 years. And it won’t happen again for another 18 years. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
The moon is slightly covered with clouds as it rises over the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, 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. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
AP Photo/Michael Probst
The moon rises over an illuminated wooden boat making the way along the Tonle Sap river for a boat race in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, during the annual water festival. The three-day festival that dedicates to the kingdom’s ancestral naval warriors coincides with the phenomenon known as the supermoon, the brightest moon in almost 69 years, on Monday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
AP Photo/Heng Sinith
The moon rises over an office building in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The brightest moon in almost 69 years lights up the sky this week in a treat for star watchers around the globe. The phenomenon is known as the supermoon. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
AP Photo/Andy Wong
The supermoon rises through the clouds over a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
The moon rises over a local mosque in the suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 14, 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/B.K. Bangash)
AP Photo/B.K. Bangash
The moon rises over Tehran in Iran, Monday, Nov. 14, 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/Ebrahim Noroozi)
AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi
The supermoon rises over Russia’s Soyuz-FG booster rocket with the Soyuz MS-03 space ship that will carry new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) installed at the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The start of the new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for early Friday, Nov. 18 local time. The Russian rocket will carry French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and U.S. astronaut Peggy Annette Whitson. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
The supermoon appears near the Statue of Liberty, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in New York. Monday’s supermoon, a phenomenon that happens when the moon makes a close pass at the earth, is the closest to earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
The moon rises over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The brightest moon in almost 69 years lights up the sky this week in a treat for star watchers around the globe. The phenomenon is known as the supermoon. The tall building is the International Commerce Centre. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
AP Photo/Kin Cheung
The supermoon sets behind the CN tower in Toronto on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The brightest moon in almost 69 years lights up the sky this week in a treat for star watchers around the globe. The phenomenon is known as the supermoon. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP
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)
AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis
The supermoon rises over Longport, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Vern Ogrodnek/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Vern Ogrodnek/The Press of Atlantic City via AP
The moon rises over the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The brightest moon in almost 69 years lights up the sky in a treat for star watchers around the globe. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
The supermoon rises over the city skyline in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili
A supermoon sets behind Ocean Beach Pier Monday morning, Nov. 14, 2016, in San Diego. (Peggy Peattie/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
Peggy Peattie/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP
The moon rises behind the castle of Almodovar in Cordoba, southern Spain, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The Supermoon on Nov. 14, 2016, will be the closest a full moon has been to Earth since January 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)
AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti
A jet plane flies across the moon seen from Beijing, China, 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/Ng Han Guan)
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
A woman is silhouetted against the moon while walking her dog Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in La Habra, Calif. Monday’s so-called supermoon will be the closest the moon comes to us in almost 69 years. And it won’t happen again for another 18 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
The full moon rises beyond a statue of a cow Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Kansas City, Mo. Monday morning’s supermoon was to be the closest a full moon has been to Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
The moon rises from behind apartment buildings in Beijing, China, 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/Ng Han Guan)
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
The moon rises over the harbor of the costal town of Lambert’s Bay, South Africa, 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/Schalk van Zuydam)
AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam
The moon rises over the harbor of the costal town of Lambert’s Bay, South Africa, 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/Schalk van Zuydam)
AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam
The moon rises beyond Springfield, Ill., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. On Monday the supermoon will be the closest full moon to earth since 1948, and it won’t be as close again until 2034. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
AP Photo/Seth Perlman
The moon rises beyond downtown buildings Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Kansas City, Mo. Monday’s so-called supermoon will be extra super – it will be the closest the moon comes to us in almost 69 years. And it won’t happen again for another 18 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
The moon rises beyond downtown buildings Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Kansas City, Mo. Monday’s supermoon will be extra super — it will be the closest the moon comes to us in almost 69 years. And it won’t happen again for another 18 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
The moon rises beyond the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kan., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The morning’s supermoon will be the closest a full moon has been to Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
AP Photo/Orlin Wagner
The moon rises beyond flags atop Fraser Hall on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kan., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Monday morning’s supermoon was to be the closest a full moon has been to Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
AP Photo/Orlin Wagner
The moon is seen in its waxing gibbous stage behind the head of the Christopher Columbus statue at Columbus Circle, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
The moon is seen in its waxing gibbous stage as it rises, with the Rainbow Bridge in New York’s Central Park in the foreground, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
The moon rises behind the castle of Almodovar in Cordoba, southern Spain, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The Supermoon on November 14, 2016, will be the closest a full moon has been to Earth since January 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)
AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti
The moon rises behind the castle of Almodovar in Cordoba, southern Spain, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The Supermoon on November 14, 2016, will be the closest a full moon has been to Earth since January 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)
AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti
People stroll along the Tagus riverside in Lisbon as the moon rises Sunday, Nov. 13 2016. The so-called Supermoon on Nov. 14, 2016, will be the closest a full moon will have been to Earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
AP Photo/Armando Franca
The moon rises over the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. On Monday the so-called ‘supermoon’ will be the closest full moon to earth since 1948, and it won’t be as close again until 2034. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
AP Photo/Michael Probst
The moon rises over Hefer Valley in Israel, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The upcoming supermoon, on Nov. 14, will be especially “super” because it’s the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
The moon rises over Hefer Valley in Israel, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The upcoming supermoon, on Nov. 14, will be especially “super” because it’s the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
The moon rises over Hefer Valley in Israel, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The upcoming supermoon, on Nov. 14, will be especially “super” because it’s the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
The moon rises over Hefer Valley in Israel, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The upcoming supermoon, on Nov. 14, will be especially “super” because it’s the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
The moon rises behind St. Benedict The Moor Catholic church in Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. The Supermoon on November 14, 2016, will be the closest a Full Moon has been to Earth since January 26, 1948. The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be on November 25, 2034. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
The moon rises behind St. Benedict The Moor Catholic church in Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. The Supermoon on November 14, 2016, will be the closest a Full Moon has been to Earth since January 26, 1948. The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be on November 25, 2034. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
The moon rises behind St. Benedict The Moor Catholic church in Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. The Supermoon on November 14, 2016, will be the closest a Full Moon has been to Earth since January 26, 1948. The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be on November 25, 2034. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
Light from the moon shines through a U.S. flag in South El Monte, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Monday morning’s supermoon will be the closet a full moon has been to the Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
An American Airlines passenger plane passes in front of the moon, as seen from Whittier, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Monday morning’s supermoon will be the closet a full moon has been to the Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
The moon rises over the San Gabriel Valley, as seen from Rosemead, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Monday morning’s supermoon will be the closet a full moon has been to the Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
An American Airlines passenger plane passes in front of the moon, as seen from Whittier, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Monday morning’s supermoon will be the closet a full moon has been to the Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
The moon rises above California 60 on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Rosemead, Calif. Monday morning’s supermoon will be the closet a full moon has been to the Earth since Jan. 26, 1948. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
The moon rises over Dallas, Texas, Friday evening, Nov. 11, 2016. The upcoming supermoon, on Nov. 14, will be especially “super” because it’s the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. We won’t see another supermoon like this until 2034. The biggest and brightest moon for observers in the United States will be on Monday morning just before dawn. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)
AP Photo/Benny Snyder
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