October's full Moon created a glow across the evening and night sky on Monday as the first of three Supermoon 's to end the year.
If you missed it, that's OK. The Moon will also appear full for several more days, even after peak illumination.
Meanwhile, photographers and skygazers around the world captured the stunning sight as the 30% brighter Moon cast a bright show across the sky on Monday and early Tuesday.
A Supermoon occurs because the Moon’s orbit of Earth is not a perfect circle but elliptical. During its 27-day orbit, the Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, known as perigee, and its farthest, known as apogee. When perigee coincides with the full Moon, we have a Supermoon. According to NASA, this term isn’t an astronomical definition but is usually used to describe a full M