On Monday, a rare, super blue moon rose and lit up the sky – and it did not disappoint.
The lunar spectacle was observed all over the world and captured in breathtaking photographs.
Monday’s full moon was not only a supermoon, but also a blue moon – a rare event that usually occurs once every decade.
It was the first of four consecutive supermoons of the year, which occurs when the full moon is at or near its closest point to Earth.
A seasonal blue moon that rose on Monday is the third of four full moons in a single season instead of the usual three.
According to NASA, the super blue moon will appear full by Wednesday morning.
This is what it looked like in different countries:
On Monday, a supermoon can be seen from Kastellet in Copenhagen.
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On Monday, the supermoon rises over the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Photo by Hakan Akgun/Anadolu via Getty Images
Seen here together on Tuesday is a view of the super blue noon and the Sultanahmet Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
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The supermoon rises over a beer sign during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Angels on Monday in Kansas City, Missouri.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
A rare blue supermoon rises Monday over the Golden Gate Bridge, the SkyStar Wheel at Fisherman’s Wharf and the Oakland Coliseum, as seen from Marin Headlands in Sausalito, California.
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The blue supermoon rises from the clouds behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on Monday, as seen from Jersey City, NJ
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The supermoon can be seen over the Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday.
AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
The supermoon will rise on Monday behind the Dome of the Rock on the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Leo Correa
The sun sets as Shiite pilgrims march on their way to Karbala for the Arba’een festival in Babylon, Iraq, on Monday.
AP Photo/Hadi Mizban
The supermoon will rise on Monday in Brazil over the “Memorial JK”, a monument honoring the founder of Brasilia.
AP Photo/Eraldo Peres
The supermoon rises on Monday behind the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio south of Athens.
AP Photo/Michael Varaklas
The supermoon rises behind a residential building in Berlin on Monday.
AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
The supermoon rises over the Madrid skyline in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain, on Monday.
AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330 in Star Alliance colors approaches landing in Lisbon at sunrise on Tuesday, with a supermoon in the background.
AP Photo/Armando Franca
A supermoon appears at Gulou Ecological Square on Bingmei Street in Congjiang County, Congjiang, China on Monday.
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