--- description: The stunning lunar event occurs when the moon is full at the point in its orbit where it is closest to Earth title: Supermoon Rising: Photos of Lunar Event Around the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta975ea37499c2bde/69869b87f983e7363004ec8b/2014-07-13t021540z_295952962_gm1ea7d0s.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Behold the Supermoon: Photos from Around the World by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2014 3:30 PM CUT  Aircraft passes in front of a Supermoon rising over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa July 12, 2014. Aircraft passes in front of a Supermoon rising over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa July 12, 2014.Blaire Gable—Reuters by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2014 3:30 PM CUT  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. Jon Nazca—Reuters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2979463/supermoon-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2979463/supermoon-photos/"},"headline":"Behold the Supermoon: Photos from Around the World","datePublished":"2014-07-13T15:30:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:07.577Z","description":"The stunning lunar event occurs when the moon is full at the point in its orbit where it is closest to Earth","url":"https://time.com/2979463/supermoon-photos/","keywords":["Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta975ea37499c2bde/69869b87f983e7363004ec8b/2014-07-13t021540z_295952962_gm1ea7d0s.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta975ea37499c2bde/69869b87f983e7363004ec8b/2014-07-13t021540z_295952962_gm1ea7d0s.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Aircraft passes in front of a Supermoon rising over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa","caption":"Aircraft passes in front of a Supermoon rising over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa","creditText":"Blaire Gable—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2979463/supermoon-photos/","name":"Behold the Supermoon: Photos from Around the World"}}]}] ```