First of two supermoons in August on display today. Stunning shots from skies worldwide
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- In August, skywatchers will be treated to two supermoons. The first one will be visible on Tuesday and following is the ‘blue moon’ on August 30.
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The first of two supermoons in August graced the skies on Tuesday. Here are some beautiful visuals captured by netizens. (Twitter/@GaryHershorn)
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The supermoon sets behind the Statue of Liberty just before 5am. A supermoon is broadly defined as a full moon that is closer to the Earth than normal. That makes it appear slightly brighter and bigger in the sky. (Twitter/@@DanTVusa)
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The supermoon rises over the ancient Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in Greece. (Twitter/@insiteimage)
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Supermoon visible from the skies of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Check out the sky (if you are lucky enough for a clear sky) at 12.01 am on Wednesday to witness the peak of 'sturgeon moon' from India. This phenomenon is nothing but a full moon when the moon is at the closest distance from Earth in its orbit.(Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)
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Supermoon seen from West Bengal's Siliguri on Tuesday. It is also a sturgeon moon because during this time in the past, a lot of sturgeon fish were found in the Great Lakes in North America.(AFP)
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A day before the ‘sturgeon moon’,the waxing gibbous moon rises behind trees on a hill in Jindayris, in the rebel-held part of Syria's northwestern province of Aleppo, on Monday.(AFP)
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A passenger aircraft flies past a Sturgeon moon rising as seen from Singapore on Tuesday.(AFP)
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Supermoon from the skies of Bengaluru in Karnataka on Tuesday. In India, people can witness the supermoon at its peak at 12.02 am on Wednesday.(PTI)
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Supermoon over the Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii or Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday.(REUTERS)
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