A rare blue supermoon rose over the world Wednesday night.
Supermoons happen when the moon is full during the closest point in its orbit around Earth. The moon was at its closest point all year — 17,000 miles closer to Earth than it usually is — making this the biggest and brightest supermoon of 2023.
And this supermoon was extra special because it was also a blue moon, a term used to refer to when a moon is full twice in one month. A blue supermoon won't come again until 2037.
If you missed it (or you want to relive last night's lunar show), here's a look at photos from across the globe:
A rare blue supermoon rises over Lake Michigan as spectators watch from Chicago's 31st Street beach Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)A supermoon rises over the Colosseum in Rome. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)Akıncı unmanned aerial craft passing in front of the supermoon during a demonstration flight on the first day of Teknofest technology and aerospace festival in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Emrah Gurel/AP)A woman takes pictures of the supermoon rising above Lisbon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Armando Franca/AP)The supermoon rises near the equestrian statue of Damdin Sukhbaatar on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (Ng Han Guan/AP)The blue supermoon sets behind the St. Basil's Cathedral, right, as people walk in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)The blue supermoon rises between the Salesforce Tower and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. (Eric Risberg/AP)
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