![Supermoon rises over London, Britain - 10 Aug 2014 A plane flies in front of a supermoon above Westminster in London enroute to Heathrow airport on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon10.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![Biggest Supermoon Of 2014 Lights Up The Sky Over Europe A plane flys across the supermoon surrounded by a Madrid skyscraper on August 9, 2014 in Madrid.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Spain Supermoon People gather in the park as a perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, rises in Madrid on August, 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon_1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Children play on the grass while a full moon known as "supermoon" rises over the skyline of New York and the Empire State Building, as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey, Children play on the grass while a full moon known as "supermoon" rises over the skyline of New York and the Empire State Building, as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Germany Supermoon People wait for the upcoming Super Moon in the Olympic Park in Munich, Germany on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon9.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Supermoon rises over China - 10 Aug 2014 The Supermoon rises in Hebei, China on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![BRAZIL-SUPERMOON The supermoon rises at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon_again.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Tonight's No Supermoon, But Close The moon shines through the Four Towers Madrid skyscrapers on August 11, 2014 in Madrid, Spain.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Poland Supermoon A supermoon rises above a Jesus Christ statue in front of the Holy Cross church in Warsaw, Poland on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Spain Supermoon A couple talk as they sit against the perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, in Madrid on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Fireworks streak past in front of the supermoon outside the town of Mosta Fireworks streak past in front of the supermoon outside the town of Mosta, celebrating the feast of its patron saint, in central Malta on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon7.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Spain Supermoon A monument to Christopher Columbus stands against the perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, in Madrid on August 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/supermoon13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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