The sturgeon supermoon rises over the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday. (Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images)
Photographers from all over the world caught the sturgeon supermoon in all of its splendor last night. Earth’s satellite appeared bigger and brighter because its orbit brought it a little closer to home.
But if you missed the show, no worries. Last night’s lunar event was the first of two supermoons taking place this month. The next will be a rare blue supermoon, on Aug. 30.
In the meantime, enjoy these pictures from across the globe.
A supermoon rises over the West End Tower at Vanderbilt University, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The Sturgeon moon is the second of 4 supermoons to appear in 2023. (George Walker IV/AP)A cable car moves toward Sugar Loaf mountain as a supermoon rises on the night sky in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday. (Silvia Izquierdo/AP)With the city of Johannesburg and a rising supermoon in the background, young football players practice in Johannesburg, South Africa. The moon appears slightly brighter and bigger than normal because it is closer than usual, just 222,159 miles away, thus the supermoon label. (Jerome Delay/AP)The moon shines through clouds over the lower Manhattan skyline, as seen from New Jersey. (Seth Wenig/AP)The second supermoon of 2023, also known as the sturgeon supermoon, rises before the start of the Copa Libertadores soccer match at the Mâs Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. (Juan Mabromata/AFP via Getty Images)The supermoon ascends into the sky with Isle au Haut in the distance and North Haven Island in the middle ground, as viewed from Camden, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)The first supermoon of the month rises behind angel sculptures on St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. The next lunar spectacle, a blue supermoon, will take place on Aug. 30. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)The supermoon rises over the Andes in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday. (Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images)The full moon rises behind the Korean Bell of Friendship pavilion in Angel’s Gate Park in Los Angeles. (Richard Vogel/AP)
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