During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isn’t bigger, but it can appear that way in the night sky.
The super moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio, south of Athens, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. , the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isn’t bigger, but it can appear that way in the night sky, although scientists say the difference can be barely perceptible.
A cable car heads toward Sugarloaf Mountain as the supermoon rises into the night sky in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Aug 19, 2024. A cyclist rides at sunset before the rise of the supermoon next to the “Memorial JK,” a monument in honor of the founder of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. The supermoon rises over a gilded bronze sculpture of a two-headed eagle, Russia’s state emblem, installed atop the Telegraph Tower of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.
The supermoon rises through clouds over the city centre in Tallinn, Estonia, late Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. A man stands on the Floating bridge at Zaryadye Park while the supermoon rises in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. The super moon rises behind the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. A nearly full supermoon rises behind the April 25th Bridge across the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024.
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