On Sunday, June 23, a supermoon lit up the night sky.
There are several supermoons each year, but the latest supermoon is the biggest and brightest of 2013. It marks the closest encounter between the Earth and moon until August 2014.
The June supermoon was 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon is, says NASA.
Here's what the giant, glowing moon looked like in pictures from around the world.
The supermoon rises over the temple of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the seas, in Cape Sounion, Greece.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
The supermoon seen over the temple of Poseidon after sunset.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
A close-up of the supermoon rising over the temple of Poseidon.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
The supermoon hangs above the water in Cape Sounion.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
The full moon rises behind street lamps in Georgia's capital city.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
A plane passes in front the supermoon (obscured by haze) over Singapore.
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The giant moon rises over the Tien Shan mountains and the monument to 18th century military commander Nauryzbai Batyr in south-eastern Kazakhstan.
REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
The moon rises over the Ioannovsky Bridge as a pedestrian walks across in St. Petersburg.
REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk
The supermoon rises behind a street lamp in St. Petersburg.
REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk
The supermoon rises over a bonfire on a San Juan beach.
REUTERS/Eloy Alonso
The supermoon rises near the Four Towers business district in Madrid.
REUTERS/Paul Hanna
A silhouetted airplane flies past the supermoon over New York.
REUTERS/Zoran Milich
Tourists look at the rising supermoon from the elevated skywalk of the Supertrees Grove in Singapore.
REUTERS/Tim Chong
People paddle on boards in the moon light as the supermoon rises over the Toronto Beaches.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
The supermoon seen with the Epcot center geodesic sphere in the foreground at Florida's Walt Disney World Resort.
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The supermoon rises behind the Washington Monument.
NASA/Bill Ingalls
The moon rises behind the Peter and Pawel Fortress in St. Petersburg.
REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk
The supermoon is seen rising behind the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem .
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
The supermoon on June 22, 2013.
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