--- ---  # See Photos of Last Night's 'Supermoon' by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 30, 2015 2:41 PM UTC  Cyclists and wheelchair users leave streaks of light behind as they travel on a country lane in front of a backdrop of an evening sky near Hanover, Germany on Aug. 29, 2015. Cyclists and wheelchair users leave streaks of light behind as they travel on a country lane in front of a backdrop of an evening sky near Hanover, Germany on Aug. 29, 2015.Julian Stratenschulte—picture-alliance/dpa/AP by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 30, 2015 2:41 PM UTC  Cyclists and wheelchair users leave streaks of light behind as they travel on a country lane in front of a backdrop of an evening sky near Hanover, Germany on Aug. 29, 2015. Julian Stratenschulte—picture-alliance/dpa/AP  The moon rises behind One World Trade Center in New York City on Aug. 27, 2015. Gary Hershorn—Corbis  The moon shines during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Malaga CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Aug. 29, 2015. Josep Lago—AFP/Getty Images  The super moon seen from Elvas, Portugal on Aug. 29, 2015. Nuno Veiga—EPA /Landov  A perigee moon, also known as a super moon, rises above the remains of a medieval fortress in the town of Novogrudok, Belarus on Aug. 29, 2015. Sergei Grits—AP  The silhouette of a girl appears as against the backdrop of of a bright moon in Hanover, Germany on Aug. 29, 2015. Julian Stratenschulte/picture-alliance/dpa/AP  A perigee moon, also known as a super moon, rises above the Orthodox Church in the town of Novogrudok, Belarus on Aug. 29, 2015. Sergei Grits—AP  A boat on the sea passes under the light of the full moon at Protaras resort in the southeast part of the island of Cyprus on Aug. 29, 2015. Petros Karadjias—AP See the Best Supermoon Photos ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4016248/super-moon-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4016248/super-moon-photos/"},"headline":"See Photos of Last Night's 'Supermoon'","datePublished":"2015-08-30T14:41:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:52.746Z","description":"One of the three largest full moons of this year rose in the sky last night","url":"https://time.com/4016248/super-moon-photos/","keywords":["Space","astronomy","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf14269d1d48d9c5b/69886190f887dc0314e92211/super-moon-1.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/bltf14269d1d48d9c5b/69886190f887dc0314e92211/super-moon-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"super moon august 2015","caption":"super moon august 2015","creditText":"Julian Stratenschulte—picture-alliance/dpa/AP","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":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4016248/super-moon-photos/","name":"See Photos of Last Night's 'Supermoon'"}}]}] ```