Moonscapes from around the world
People witnessed the closest moon in almost 7 decades in spectacular fashion. The supermoon appeared up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter as it came about 35,000 km closer to the Earth than average.
The super perigee full moon sets behind the CN tower Monday morning in Toronto.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
The 'supermoon' rises over the Sikh Shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.Narinder Nanu/AFP / Getty Images
A man stands on a balcony of a building of Madrid as the moon rises in background on the eve of a "supermoon".Gerard Julien/AFP / Getty Images
A "supermoon" is seen rising beyond a ferris wheel in Hong Kong.Anthony Wallace/AFP / Getty Images
The moon sets behind people fishing on a pier in Redondo Beach, California.David McNew/Getty Images
A rising moon is pictured as colourful lights flicker in the foreground outside the Victoria Memorial monument in Kolkata, India.Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
A jet plane flies across the moon seen from Beijing, China.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press
A "supermoon" is seen past the dome of the Prime Minister's Office complex in Putrajaya, Malaysia.Mohd Rasfan/AFP / Getty Images
The supermoon is seen behind the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft set on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP / Getty Images
The moon rises beyond the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, as seen from the Compton Hill Water Tower.David Carson/The Associated Press
The moon rises over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.Kin Cheung/The Associated Press
The moon as seen over Monterey Park, east of downtown Los Angeles, California.Frederic J. Brown/AFP / Getty Images