Glowing September supermoon lights up the sky – in pictures
Stargazers around the world enjoyed the supermoon – sometimes called the harvest moon in the northern hemisphere – that coincided with a partial lunar eclipse
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The supermoon rises over a pagoda during the mid-autumn festival in Nanjing, in east China’s Jiangsu province.
Photograph: AP
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The supermoon between cathedral towers in Molfetta, Italy.
Photograph: Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
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The supermoon rises over a canola field north-east of Cootamundra on the south-west slopes of New South Wales, Australia.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
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The supermoon seen in Istanbul, Turkey. The September moon coincided with a partial lunar eclipse.
Photograph: Dia Images/Getty Images
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The supermoon, known as the harvest moon in the northern hemisphere, rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Photograph: Deccio Serrano/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
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People watch the supermoon rise at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, in the US.
Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
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The supermoon rises in Rahat, southern Israel.
Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters
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Onlookers watch the supermoon at the Teufelsberg, Devil’s Hill, in Berlin, Germany.
Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP
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Fishing boats float under the supermoon as it rises over gulf waters off the coast of Kuwait City.
Photograph: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images
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Photography enthusiasts set up their cameras as they wait to capture the full supermoon at Beihai Park in Beijing.
Photograph: Andy Wong/AP
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The supermoon rises in Moscow, Russia.
Photograph: Pavel Bednyakov/AP
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A surfer rides a wave as the full moon rises at Manly beach in Sydney.
Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
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A Bedouin rides a horse against the supermoon in Rahat, southern Israel.
Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters
