Photos: The first supermoon in August rises around the world

The first of two supermoons in August graced the skies on Tuesday

Published: August 02, 2023 12:15 Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor and Agencies

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The 'sturgeon supermoon' rises over Dubai on August 1, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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The full moon is seen in Banda Aceh on August 2, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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The full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion, south of Athens on August 1, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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The Sturgeon super moon rises over the Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii or Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul on August 2, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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Women walk up a mountain with the full moon known as the 'Sturgeon Moon' in the background, in Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, August 1, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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The first of two supermoons in August graced the skies on Tuesday. | The supermoon rises above the Thomas Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington. Image Credit: AP

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A supermoon is broadly defined as a full moon that is closer to the Earth than normal. Image Credit: AP

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That makes it appear slightly brighter and bigger in the sky. | The moon rises through clouds over the skyline of lower Manhattan. Image Credit: AP

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The supermoon rises behind Isle Au Haut in the distance, and North Haven Island, middle ground, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, as viewed from Camden, Maine. Image Credit: AP

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The next one is on the night of Aug. 30. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon. Image Credit: AP

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The supermoon rises Istanbul, Turkey. | The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project. Image Credit: AP

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A cable car moves towards Sugar Loaf mountain as a supermoon rises on the night sky in Rio de Janeiro. Image Credit: AP

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The supermoon rises behind a minaret of a mosque in Beirut, Lebanon. | This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those. Image Credit: AP

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The supermoon rises over the Al-Ahrar Bridge, in central Baghdad, Iraq. Image Credit: AP

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The Sturgeon Supermoon rises over The Graves Lighthouse in Massachusetts Bay, east of Boston. Image Credit: AFP

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The second supermoon of 2023, also known as the Sturgeon Moon, rises behind a passenger aircraft in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Algonquian native American tribes from the Great Lakes region of the United States named this full moon 'Sturgeon Moon' because of the abundance of sturgeon fish in this period of the year. Image Credit: AFP

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The 'sturgeon supermoon' rises above the Mount of the Olives in Jerusalem on August 1, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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