Photos: Supermoon around the world

A supermoon descends over the Holy Family Catholic Church spires on Nov. 15, 2016, in Phoenix.

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Nov. 14, 2016 4:22 AM PT

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The supermoon that peaked before dawn Nov. 14, 2016, was the closest such moon to Earth since January 1948. We won’t see the full moon this close again until Nov. 25, 2034, according to NASA.

In this U.S. Navy handout photo, the supermoon sets behind the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on Nov. 14, 2016, in Coronado, California.

(Abe McNatt / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Alaa Badarneh / EPA)

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.

(Jack Dempsey / AP)

A view of the full moon over the Volcano of Fire in Chimaltenango, Guatemala, on Nov. 14, 2016.

(Santiago Billy / EPA)

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

(Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)

The supermoon rises over the church of Our Lady of Conception in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal, on Nov. 13, 2016.

(Pedro Sarmento Costa / EPA)

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

(Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

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

(Travis Heying / AP)

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

(Ramon Espinosa / AP)

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

(Yasser Al-Zayya / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Aris Messinis, AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Boris Horvat / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Rodrigo Buendia / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Jorge Torres / EPA)

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

(Timm Schamberger / EPA)

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

(L.E. Baskow / AP)

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.

(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

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

(Seth Perlman / AP)

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

(Hau Dinh / AP)

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

(Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA)

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

(Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune)

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

(Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune)

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

(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

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

(Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Narinder Nanu / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Adrian Dennis / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Christopher Polk / Getty Images)

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.

(Yuri Kochetkov / EPA)

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

(Miguel Morenatti / AP)

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

(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

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

(Aamir Qureshi / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(David McNew / Getty Images)

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

(Frank Gunn / AP)

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

(Dean Lewins / EPA)

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

(Narendra Shrestha / EPA)

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

(Frank Rumpenhorst / EPA)

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

(Sakchai Lalit / AP)

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

(Nicolas Asfouri / AFP/Getty Images)

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

(Vincent Yu / AP)

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

(Tom Fox / AP)

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

(Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images)

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