Supermoon lights up skies around world

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- People watch the supermoon rising

Different cities around the world have witnessed the largest and brightest full moon in nearly seven decades.

Residents and tourists in cities like Sydney, Bangkok, and Tokyo have seen the brightest moon in almost 69 years. During the event, the moon appears up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than an average full moon.

A Supermoon usually takes place every one to two years. It happens when the full Moon coincides with its closest point to Earth during its monthly orbit.

Los Angeles, California -- A Virgin America Airlinespassenger plane flies in front of the full moon on its way to LAX airport
Rome, Italy -- A full moon rises over the capital’s skyline
New York City, New York -- Two birds fly by the supermoon as it sets behind a building under construction over the Hudson river
Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan -- The supermoon rises over Russia’s Soyuz-FG booster rocket with the Soyuz MS-03 spaceship that will carry new crew to the International Space Station (ISS)
London, UK -- The moon rises behind a cable car in the Docklands
Nuremberg, Germany -- The moon alongside the Kaiserburg castle

 


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