Pictures: Supermoon seen around the world

A supermoon rises in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty sitting atop the Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. December’s full moon appears bigger and brighter in the sky as it sits closer than average to Earth. Sunday’s moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The next two will occur on Jan. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)  (Julio Cortez / AP)

In this handout provided by NASA, the moon is seen as it rises on December 3, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Today’s full Moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full.

A ‘supermoon’ is seen behind plants on a balcony of a residential block in Hong Kong on December 3, 2017. The lunar phenomenon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to earth.

The moon rises in its waxing gibbous stage behind a statue atop the Erie County Court Building, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The Dec. 3 full moon will be the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that approximately coincides with the closest distance that the moon reaches to Earth in its elliptic orbit, resulting in a larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)  (Julio Cortez / AP)

A picture taken on December 3, 2017 shows a “supermoon” rising over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

A full moon also known as a frost or supermoon sets Monday morning December 4, 2017 in the western sky behind Universal’s Volcano Bay. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel)

A ‘supermoon’ is seen behind plants on a balcony of a residential block in Hong Kong on December 3, 2017. The lunar phenomenon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to earth.

A picture shows a “supermoon”, seen from Trebons-sur-la-Grasse, southern France, on December 3, 2017. The lunar phenomenon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to earth.

A supermoon rises in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty sitting atop the Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. December’s full moon appears bigger and brighter in the sky as it sits closer than average to Earth. Sunday’s moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The next two will occur on Jan. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)  (Julio Cortez / AP)

The ‘supermoon’ rises over a building in the Israeli city of Netanya, on December 3, 2017. The lunar phenomenon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to earth.

A picture taken on December 3, 2017 shows a “supermoon” rising over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

This NASA photo released on December 4, 2017 shows the Moon as is rises, on December 3, 2017 in Washington,DC. This full Moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on January 1 and January 31, 2018. A supermoon occurs when the moons orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full.

A picture taken on December 3, 2017 shows a “supermoon” rising over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

The supermoon rises over a highway near Yangon on December 3, 2017. The lunar phenomenon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to earth.

The moon rises over a building in Netanya, Israel, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The other two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)  (Ariel Schalit / AP)

The ‘supermoon’ is seen in the Israeli city of Netanya, on December 3, 2017. The lunar phenomenon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to earth.

A full moon, referred to as a supermoon, rises over the University of Notre Dame’s main building Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)  (Robert Franklin / AP)

The Supermoon rises above Whitby Abbey in Whitby, north east England, Sunday Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon will be the first of three consecutive supermoons. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)  (Danny Lawson / AP)

The supermoon is seen in the sky while a farmer walks with cows in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon will be the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)  (Aung Shine Oo / AP)

The moon rises behind the Uppatasanti Pagoda seen in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018.(AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)  (Aung Shine Oo / AP)

The Super Moon seen from Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)  (Aung Shine Oo / AP)

The moon rises over Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, after President Donald Trump returned from New York where he attended a trio of fundraisers. The Dec. 3 full moon will be the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that approximately coincides with the closest distance that the moon reaches to Earth in its elliptic orbit, resulting in a larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)  (Susan Walsh / AP)

The moon rises above the Uppatasanti Pagoda seen from Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018.( (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)  (Aung Shine Oo / AP)

A Supermoon sets behind buildings in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 14, 2016.

The moon rises behind Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas on Nov. 13, 2016.

The moon rises near a Ferris wheel in Hong Kong on Nov. 14, 2016. T

A “supermoon” rises behind small sculptures standing on the roof of a tower in the Forbidden City in Beijing on Nov. 14, 2016.

The moon rises over the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 14, 2016.

The moon rises over Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Nov. 14. 2016.

The moon rises over an upper portion of the Boudha stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov. 14, 2016.

A crowd watches the full moon between the clouds from Balg Hill south of Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 14, 2016.

The supermoon sets behind the CN tower in Toronto on Nov. 14, 2016.

Surf breaks as the moon makes its closest orbit to the Earth since 1948 on Nov. 14, 2016, in Redondo Beach, California.

Pakistani people take photographs on their mobile phones as the supermoon rises over the skyline of Islamabad on Nov. 14, 2016.

The supermoon is seen over Chicago on Nov. 14, 2016.

The moon rises behind the castle of Almodovar in Cordoba, Spain, on Nov. 13, 2016. T

The supermoon rises behind the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft at the launch pad in the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 14, 2016.

The moon sets during its closest orbit to the Earth since 1948 on Nov. 14, 2016, in Venice Beach, California.

A commerical jet flies in front of the moon on its approach to Heathrow airport in west London on Nov. 13, 2016.

The supermoon rises over the Sikh Shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, on Nov. 14, 2016, in India.

Cambodian people watch as the supermoon rises over the Mekong river in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Nov. 14, 2016.

The supermoon is seen behind a high rise building at East Roosevelt Road and South Lake Shore Drive in Chicago on Nov. 14, 2016.

Visitors to Evanston’s Lighthouse Beach wait for the supermoon to appear from behind clouds on Nov. 14, 2016.

Visitors to Evanston’s Lighthouse Beach watch the supermoon on Nov. 14, 2016.

A nearly full moon rises above the Valley of the Gods near Mexican Hat, Utah, on Nov. 13, 2016.

The supermoon appears behind a statue on the roof of the Opera House in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 14, 2016.

The moon rises beyond Springfield, Ill., on Nov. 13, 2016.

A supermoon sets behind the Congress Hotel in Chicago on the morning of Nov. 14, 2016. This full moon is occurring at the closest point to Earth since 1948.

The moon rises at Valley of Fire State Park in Moapa Valley, Nev., on Nov. 13, 2016.

The full moon rises behind the Kaiserburg castle in Nuremberg, Germany, on Nov. 14, 2015.

The full moon is pictured against a cross atop the Old Cathedral of Managua, in Nicaragua on Nov. 14, 2016.

A supermoon rises over La Compañía de Jesus church in the historical center of Quito, Ecuador, on Nov. 14, 2016.

A supermoon rises above Marseille, France, on Nov. 14, 2016.

The supermoon rises behind the Propylaea above the Ancient Acropolis hill in Athens on Nov. 14, 2016.

Kuwaitis observe the supermoon spectacle in Kuwait City on Nov. 14, 2016.

A man looks at his phone as a supermoon rises over the desert near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 14, 2016.

Partially obscured by clouds, a full moon rises behind the monument of Christ of Havana in Havana, Cuba, on Nov. 14, 2016.

People watch the moon rise behind Coronado Heights near Lindsborg, Kan., on Nov. 14, 2016.

Tree branches are silhouetted against the supermoon at it rises Nov. 14, 2016, over the Mississippi state Capitol grounds in Jackson, Miss.

The moon rises over Coit Tower in San Francisco on Nov. 14, 2016.

Evergreen trees are silhouetted on the mountain top as a supermoon rises over over the Dark Sky Community of Summit Sky Ranch in Silverthorne, Colo., on Nov. 14, 2016.

Birds fly past the full moon in the West Bank city of Nablus on Nov. 15, 2016.

October’s super moon is seen setting behind the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon shortly after sunrise Monday.   (Jerry Jackson / The Baltimore Sun)

A near full moon is seen behind a street sign in Aravica, Arizona on October 13, 2016. The first of 3 Supermoons closing out the year will appear in the night sky with its bright orange-red hue on Sunday October 16, followed on November 14 and finally on December 14.

A near full moon is seen between branches of dried-out trees in Aravica, Arizona on October 13, 2016. The first of 3 Supermoons closing out the year will appear in the night sky with its bright orange-red hue on Sunday October 16, followed on November 14 and finally on December 14.

The moon rises in its waxing gibbous stage as it approaches its lunar perigree two nights later behind a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. The Katyn Memorial, a 34-feet tall bronze statue of depicting a soldier and created by Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski, commemorates the massacre of thousands of Polish prisoners by order of Joseph Stalin in April and May 1940 after Soviet Union troops had invaded eastern Poland.

The moon rises in its waxing gibbous stage as it approaches its lunar perigree two nights later behind a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. The Katyn Memorial, a 34-feet tall bronze statue of depicting a soldier and created by Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski, commemorates the massacre of thousands of Polish prisoners by order of Joseph Stalin in April and May 1940 after Soviet Union troops had invaded eastern Poland.

The moon rises in its waxing gibbous stage as it approaches its lunar perigree two nights later behind a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. The Katyn Memorial, a 34-feet tall bronze statue of depicting a soldier and created by Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski, commemorates the massacre of thousands of Polish prisoners by order of Joseph Stalin in April and May 1940 after Soviet Union troops had invaded eastern Poland.

A full moon supermoon sets on October 16, 2016 in the Big Bend region of west Texas near Terlingua, Texas. T

The moon approaching its lunar perigree is seen above the scoreboard during game one of the National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field on October 15, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois.

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, sits on launch Pad-0A as the moon sets, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The moon would rise the next day as a supermoon, hitting its lunar perigree, meaning the closest distance to Earth.

The full moon supermoon rises over the Statue of Martyrs created by Italian artist Marino Mazzacurati at Martyrs Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. The square was destroyed in the Lebanese civil war and the statue was restored but intentionally leaving marks of the war damage.

The hunters moon supermoon rises behind a wind farm west of Minco, Okla., Sunday, Oct, 16 2016.

The full moon supermoon is pictured on October 16, 2016 behind the St George church in Stoetten, southern Germany.

The moon rises over the swirling current of the Rio Grande which forms the U.S.-Mexico border on October 15, 2016 in the Big Bend region of West Texas near Lajitas, Texas.

A full moon sets behind a barn at sunrise on October 16, 2016 in the Big Bend region of west Texas near Terlingua, Texas.

A near full moon is seen between branches of dried-out trees in Aravica, Arizona on October 13, 2016. The first of 3 Supermoons closing out the year will appear in the night sky with its bright orange-red hue on Sunday October 16, followed on November 14 and finally on December 14.

The moon peaks out from the clouds as seen in the sky over Greenwich, Connecticut October 13, 2016.

The blood moon rises during a lunar eclipse over the Griffith Observatory.

The blood moon rises during a lunar eclipse over the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

The blood moon rises during a lunar eclipse over the Griffith Observatory.

The blood moon rises during a lunar eclipse over the Griffith Observatory.

The blood moon rises during a lunar eclipse over the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

People await the lunar eclipse at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

People gather at the Griffith Observatory to see the blood moon lunar eclipse.

A plane heading toward LAX shines below the supermoon over Whittier.

The supermoon comes out of the eclipse as clouds move in over San Pedro.

The supermoon eclipse rises over the Korean Bell of Friendship in San Pedro, Calif.

College students watch the supermoon in near-total eclipse as it rises over the Ferris Wheel at the Irvine Spectrum mall.

Photographers look for the supermoon on Tarantula Hill in Thousand Oaks.

The moon above San Sebastian, Spain.

The view from Lisbon, Portugal.