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View image in fullscreenWild geese soar in front of the moon, which is about 99% visible and waxing. A supermoon occurs because the moon’s orbit is not perfectly circular around the Earth.Photograph: Patrick Pleul/dpaShareView image in fullscreenIts proximity makes it appear subtly bigger and brighter than other full moons.

Here, the supermoon rises behind San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenHumans for scale: The supermoon, also known as a ‘beaver’ moon rises over North Bondi in Sydney, Australia.Photograph: Hollie Adams/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenThe beaver moon, the ‘biggest’ supermoon of 2025 is captured framed by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.Photograph: Michael Probst/APShareView image in fullscreenA full moon fills the sky over Berlin, Germany.

The moon appeared 8% larger and about 16% brighter than average.Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPAShareView image in fullscreenThe beaver moon sets behind the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.Photograph: Marina Lystseva/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenThe full moon peaks behind a wooded area in Klein Ossnig, Brandenburg, Germany.

Photograph: Frank Hammerschmidt/dpaShareView image in fullscreenAn airplane flies past the supermoon in Budapest, Hungary.Photograph: David Balogh/SOPA Images/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenThe moon rises behind the Torchbearer statue on the northern shore of the Maschsee, Hanover, Germany.Photograph: Julian Stratenschulte/dpaShareView image in fullscreenThe moon ascends behind apartment buildings in Ukraine.Photograph: Artur Abramiv/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenThe moon can be seen in the sky behind a wind turbine, Germany. Photograph: Patrick Pleul/dpaShareView image in fullscreenThe supermoon turns the Budapest skyline into a sci-fi scene. Photograph: David Balogh/SOPA Images/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenThe full moon peaks behind the clouds over downtown Los Angeles, USA.Photograph: Ethan Swope/APShareExplore more on these topicsAstronomyThe moon