The moon rises over the Parthenon on the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece.

The full moon is framed between the two colored painted and illuminated concrete columns of the Floesser Bridge in Frankfurt, Germany.

The full moon rises over the Liberty Monument in capital Nicosia, Cyprus.

An Emirates Air Line cable cars is silhouetted against the backdrop of the 'supermoon' in Greenwich, London.

The full moon rises behind the Graca Monastery in Lisbon. It is the year's second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer pos...

The full moon rises behind the statue of the "Madonnina" Virgin Mary atop Milan's gothic-era Duomo Cathedral, in Milan, Italy. It is the year's second supermoon, when a full moon a...

The full moon rises behind a steeple with crosses of an Orthodox church in Minsk, Belarus. The phenomenon of "supermoon'' happened when the orb was the closest point to the earth a...

The full moon passes behind the World Trade Center in New York City.

A super snow moon rises over the Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas.

A passenger jet is silhouetted against the rising full moon as it takes off from Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix.

A lunar eclipse progresses behind the "Monumento a la Carta Magna y Las Cuatro Regiones Argentinas" in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A blood moon rises above Christ the Redeemer statue during a lunar eclipse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It's also the year's first supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger...

A lunar eclipse progresses behind statues on the roof of the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg, Russia. The moon experiences an eclipse when the earth moves directly between ...

Passenger airliners fly past the moon in the capital city in Beijing. China exchanged data with NASA on its recent mission to land a Chinese spacecraft on the far side of the moon,...

The moon turns red during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from Lucerne, Switzerland.

A blood moon rises over Gaza City. Skywatchers around much of the world are looking forward to a complete lunar eclipse that will be the longest this century. The so-called "blood ...

Lunar Eclipse as seen in Chennai.

Lunar eclipse seen in Kozhikode.

The International Space Station, center, passes in front of the Moon in its Earth orbit as photographed from Salgotarjan, Hungary.

The full moon sets behind the Lincoln Memorial as people line the steps to watch the sun come up across the other end of the National Mall in Washington.