In pictures: Stunning ‘pink supermoon’ lights up skies across the world
First supermoon of 2021 light up the skies across the world. In its closest approach to Earth, the bigger and brighter supermoon delighted sky-watchers. Check out these stunning images.
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This supermoon, which appeared on April 27-28, 2021, is said to be the first of at last two supermoons of 2021. Also known as the pink moon, named after the pink phlox that blooms in springtime, it is the full moon in all its glory, which appears bigger and brighter when it is closest to Earth. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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The full moon has other names as well, including the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and the Fish Moon. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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A full moon rises over capital Nicosia in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, April 26, 2021. This April full moon is called Pink Supermoon. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Supermoon visible from the capital Nicosia in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Coutinho states that since our outer environment is in our little or no control, we need to control our inner environment and that could be done through our lifestyle. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Birds fly by as the moon rises over the Opera House in Sydney, Australia. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
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The moon rises through clouds in London, UK. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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The moon rises next to the columns of the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, about 70 Km (45 miles) south of Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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The moon rises over a replica of Statue of Liberty in Kosovo capital Pristina. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia forms the foreground for this image. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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The full moon seen from Quezon city, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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A pink supermoon rises in the night sky over Coit Tower in San Francisco on Monday, April 26, 2021. A supermoon appears larger than an average full moon because it is the closest that the moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit. (AP Photo/Frederic Larson)
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A jet is silhouetted by the rising moon as it approaches Louisville International Airport, Kentucky, (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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The next supermoon will occur on May 26 – the closest supermoon of the year at 357,463km (222,117 miles) away from the Earth. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)