The Moon Is Electric—Especially When It's Full
Published 18 Sept 2018, 17:52 BST
A supermoon is popularly defined as a new or full moon that coincides with the lunar orb making an especially close approach to Earth. This supermoon was just 221,824 miles away.
Photograph by Kent Kobersteen, National Geographic Creative
A panorama shows the March 19th, 2011, supermoon hanging over the monuments of Washington, D.C.
Photograph by Greg Dale, National Geographic Creative
A supermoon sets behind Capitol Peak in Colorado.
Photograph by Robbie George, National Geographic Creative
A supermoon rises behind LeVeque Tower in Columbus, Ohio, on November 13, 2016.
Photograph by Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, Associated Press
The November 2016 supermoon seems to balance on top of the St. Louis Arch in Missouri.
Photograph by David Carson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Associated Press
A commerical jet flies in front of the November 2016 supermoon on its approach to Heathrow Airport in London.
Photograph by Adrian Dennis, AFP, Getty Images
A supermoon rises behind apartment buildings in Beijing, China, in November 2016.
Photograph by Ng Han Guan, Associated Press
The November 2016 supermoon looms over a ferris wheel in Hong Kong.
Photograph by Anthony Wallace, AFP, Getty Images
A supermoon moon seems to mirror the rounded top of Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas, in November 2016.
Photograph by Tom Fox, The Dallas Morning News, Associated Press
A man stands on a balcony in Madrid as the supermoon rises in November 2016.
Photograph by Gerard Julien, AFP, Getty Images
The November 2016 supermoon rises near the castle of Almodovar in Cordoba, Spain.
Photograph by Micuel Morenatii, Associated Press
Small sculptures on a tower in China's Forbidden City stand silhouetted against the November 2016 supermoon.
Photograph by Nicolas Asfouri, AFP, Getty Images
The November 2016 supermoon hangs above the Valley of the Gods near Mexican Hat, Utah.
Photograph by Jim Lo Scalzo, Epa
