There is nothing more captivating than the site of a bright full moon,
Last night our skies were illuminated with a much bigger and brighter moon otherwise known as a supermoon, which occurs when it is closest to the earth during its elliptical orbit.
If you didn't get a chance to see this wondrous phenomenon due to cloudy conditions fear not - here are some amazing images captured from around the world.
Johnny Horne captured this brilliant image of the moon in all its glory through an amateur astronomer's 5-inch refractor telescope near Stedman N.C.
Supermoon 2013 in pictures...See gallery below best viewed in fullscreen
Keen moon watchers took to Twitter to share their snaps of the extraordinary lunar event
If you missed it last night due to cloud cover, here's the supermoon from London area pic.twitter.com/4d2ljydS
— Hyde Park Feed Store (@HydeParkFeeds) May 6, 2012
wowRT @firstworldpics: Last night's #SuperMoon lit up the sky. The moon was closer to earth than usual pic.twitter.com/KzGYxbSUAy”
— winda rahmah fadila (@windarahmaah) June 23, 2013
Ken Lee, shared this amazing photo of an airplane in front of the #supermoon ! #cawxpic.twitter.com/e67T3fvRGj vía @NWSSacramento / Súper!
— Webcams de México (@webcamsdemexico) June 23, 2013
Did you see the Supermoon last night?!? Brian Luenser did in downtown Fort Worth. Here's one of his pictures. pic.twitter.com/o1938MrYXM
— Pete Delkus (@wfaaweather) June 23, 2013
PIC: “Supermoon” rises over the Temple of Poseidon in Greece http://t.co/1EEFTpiDxM (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters) pic.twitter.com/uVb8XHL9wF
— The Times of London (@thetimes) June 23, 2013
This is so amazing! "Super Moon". Captured by me. Cool? ☺ Just available on the "Malam Nisfu Syaaban". #DkyaPhtgrphypic.twitter.com/Fa9UHP8DtH
— Phtgrphr (@dekyaa_) June 23, 2013
Fab. RT @hillsrain_: @MelodyHorrill7 "supermoon" from near Peake in mallee. Pretty cool view I reckon. Uncropped. pic.twitter.com/8eqo0LYEq5
— Matthew Abraham (@KevCorduroy) June 23, 2013
Take a look at the sky tonight for a spectacular #supermoon! pic.twitter.com/ubNIis8QjU
— WWF UK (@wwf_uk) June 23, 2013
probably the best I got of the super moon earlier pic.twitter.com/j2hfJsnfsB
— Karma Lee (@_karmalee_) June 23, 2013
Today in #Japan Super Moon! :) pic.twitter.com/KIDOJyJwL9
— Amador Vargas B. (@AVargasBellido) June 23, 2013
Hey everyone, just about time for us all to post pics of the moon. RT @ESPNMcGee#SUPERMOONpic.twitter.com/j5RL9iz4Lf
— Craig Kanalley (@ckanal) June 23, 2013
