‘Supermoon’ witnessed around the world

The year’s largest-appearing and brightest full moon was visible around the world the night of June 22 and morning of June 23. The moon also shone bigger and brighter into Sunday night and Monday morning. Here is a roundup of images as people observed our celestial neighbor.

Pictured: The moon set near the Statue of Liberty on June 23.

The moon rose next to the ancient Greek temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion.

An airplane flew past the “supermoon’’ near Madrid on June 24.

The “supermoon’’ rose behind the Washington Monument on June 23.

The moon illuminated the sky above the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul on Sunday.

The moon rose over the “Judean Desert” in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank.

The moon set behind the top of one of the minarets at the University of Tampa.

Another view as the “supermoon’’ appeared behind a minaret at the University of Tampa. The moon appears 13.5 percent larger than usual at this point in its elliptical orbit.

A view of the “supermoon’’ over Mexico City. It is also known as the “perigee’’ moon.

The “supermoon’’ appeared to pass behind the cross of a church in Vienna.

The “supermoon’’ was seen rising over the monument of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the fathers of Slavonic literature, in the Russian far-eastern city of Vladivostok.

A father and his son watched the “supermoon’’ rise over the skyline of New York from a lookout in Weekhawken, N.J.

A cotton candy vendor walked in front of the “supermoon’’ during the Los Angeles Angels-Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game in Anaheim, Calif.

The “supermoon’’ appeared next the Los Angeles Angels’ “Big A” sign.

People walked through a gazebo as the “supermoon’’ rose in the sky above the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, N.J.

A woman watched the “supermoon” rise from a seat at the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, N.J.

People rode the Luna Park Swing Ride as the “supermoon’’ rose on Coney Island, N.Y.

The “supermoon’’ rose over the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, V.

A view of the “supermoon’’ above the skyline of New York’s Lower Manhattan as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, N.J.