Photos: Supermoon: Photos from around the world

Moonrise over downtown Los Angeles, the night before supermoon.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A supermoon descends behind the Nossa Senhora da Penha Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP/Getty Images)

The supermoon rises at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP/Getty Images)

A supermoon rises above an oil platform and container ship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

People gather in a park in Madrid as a supermoon rises.   (Andres Kudacki / Associated Press)

A woman watches the supermoon rising in front of the Apollo’s temple at ancient Corinth, southwest of Athens.  (Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press)

A plane flies past the supermoon in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province.  (AFP/Getty Images)

People watch as the supermoon appears from behind the clouds in Miami Beach, Fla.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

A supermoon rises above the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va.   (Win McNamee / Getty Images)