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Supermoon Around the Globe

The supermoon lights up Waikiki and Diamond Head Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Honolulu.

(AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

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Supermoon glows ... It may have been only an optical illusion, but what a sight. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrived Saturday, May 5, and glowed around the world.
In Brazil it illuminated the landmark Christ the Redeemer statue (above) and later set behind a shanty town. In Florida, fishermen worked their lines amid the moonlight in Bal Harbour. And near Athens, tourists watched as the moon rose behind the Temple of Poseidon.
The moon was the closest it will get to the Earth this year — and appeared 14 percent larger because of that. At its peak it was about 221,802 miles from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average.
Here are images of the supermoon from around the world.

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Rio de Janeiro The supermoon appears behind the Mare shanty town complex in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, May 6, 2012.

(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Honolulu The supermoon lights up Waikiki and Diamond Head Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Honolulu.

(AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

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Bal Harbour, Fla... A fisherman casts a line from a jetty as the supermoon appears over the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, May 5, 2012, near Bal Harbour, Fla.

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Athens, Greece The supermoon appears behind the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens, Greece, while tourists watch, on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

(AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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Mumbai, India The supermoon appears over the landmark Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, India, Saturday, May 5, 2012.

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Minsk, Belarus The supermoon appears behind a steeple with crosses of an Orthodox church in the town of Novogrudok, 150 km (93 miles) west of Minsk, Belarus, late Saturday, May 5, 2012.

(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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St. Petersburg, ... The supermoon appears behind statues of angels fixed at the St. Isaak's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 5, 2012.

(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Atlantic Ocean The moon rises in the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, May 5, 2012 near Bal Harbour, Fla.

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Belgrade The supermoon rises behind the Partizan Belgrade stadium light during a Serbian national soccer league derby match Saturday, May 5, 2012.

(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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Kosovo The supermoon rises behind a Statue of Liberty replica atop of a hotel in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

( AP Photo / Visar Kryeziu )

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Cyprus The supermoon rises behind a steeple with a cross of Ayia Thekla (Saint Thekla) christian orthodox church near coastal resort of Ayia Napa, Cyprus, Saturday, May 5, 2012.

(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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New Delhi, India The supermoon is seen from behind an arched structure in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 5, 2012.

(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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