--- title: See the Supermoon From the International Space Station description: Astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this breathtaking photo of the Supermoon from the International Space Station canonical: https://time.com/2981417/supermoon-photo-international-space-station/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-14T13:14:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:07.526Z article:section: Science og:title: See the Supermoon From the International Space Station og:description: Astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this breathtaking photo of the Supermoon from the International Space Station og:url: https://time.com/2981417/supermoon-photo-international-space-station/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b93e1786d862a9a/69869b911eebf71fc6371d89/super-moon-international-space-station-alexander-gerst.png?branch=production&width=1014&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1014 og:image:height: 570 og:image:alt: The Supermoon captured from the International Space Station. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Supermoon From the International Space Station twitter:description: Astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this breathtaking photo of the Supermoon from the International Space Station twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b93e1786d862a9a/69869b911eebf71fc6371d89/super-moon-international-space-station-alexander-gerst.png?branch=production&width=1014&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Supermoon from the International Space Station > Sponsored content. 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Alexander Gerst—NASA by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 14, 2014 1:14 PM UTC Astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted this amazing picture of the above-earth view of a supermoon early Monday, when the moon was still behind the horizon. Gerst is a German astronaut aboard the International Space Station and among many astronauts using the social media site to share incredible pictures of the view from space. Gerst often uses the hashtag #bluedot, a nod to the [iconic image](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/the-carl-sagan-of-our-time-reprises-the-pale-blue-dot-photo-of-earth/281414/) of Earth taken from Saturn. And earlier in July, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman tweeted above-earth images of [Super Typhoon Neoguri](http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/astronauts-reid-wiseman-and-alexander-gerst-tweet-amazing-pictures-from-on-board-the-international-space-station/story-e6frfm9r-1226987244066). Three astronauts recently spoke to TIME about life above the earth, read their comments in [this week’s issue](http://time.com/2972321/10-questions-with-3-space-station-astronauts/). ### Behold the Supermoon: Photos from Around the World  A plane flies pasts a supermoon as a palm tree grows in the foreground during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium, July 12, 2014, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill—AP  The Supermoon rises over houses in Olvera, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz, July 12, 2014. Jon Nazca—Reuters  The full moon rises above the castle of Somoskoujfalu, 123 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, late Saturday, July 12, 2014. Peter Komka—AP  The Supermoon rises over downtown Kansas City, Missouri July 12, 2014. Dave Kaup—Reuters  A perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, rises over a crescent of a minaret of grand Faisal mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 12, 2014. Anjum Naveed—AP  Aircraft passes in front of a Supermoon rising over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa July 12, 2014. Blaire Gable—Reuters  A stork is silhouetted against the Supermoon in its nest in downtown Arriate, in the southern Spanish province of Malaga early July 13, 2014. 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