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A plane flys in front of a “super moon” or “wolf moon” on its approach to London Heathrow Airport on January 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS)
Ushering in the New Year, the evening of January 1 hosted the first ‘supermoon’ of 2018. A supermoon occurs when the moon is full at the same time its orbit is closest to Earth – also known as ‘perigree’.
This supermoon is the second of this winter season and another, “Super Blood Blue Moon,” is expected this month on Jan. 31. That supermoon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse.
Supermoon 2018: Beijing, China
(PHOTO: VCG)
Supermoon 2018: Beijing, China
(PHOTO: VCG)
Supermoon 2018: Makati, Phillippines: Las Vegas, NV USA
The first supermoon of the new year rises above the Vegas Strip on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Supermoon 2018: Makati, Phillippines
The moon appears in the first supermoon of 2018 as seen from suburban Makati city east of Manila, Philippines on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Supermoon 2018: Montemayor, Spain
The first supermoon of 2018, seen from the countryside in Montemayor near Cordoba, southern Spain, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Supermoon 2018: Jalandhar, India
This photograph taken on January 1, 2018, shows a 'supermoon' rising in the sky next to decorative lights in Jalandhar. (AFP PHOTO / Shammi MEHRA)
Supermoon 2018: London, UK
A plane flys in front of a "super moon" or "wolf moon" on its approach to London Heathrow Airport on January 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS)
Supermoon 2018: Asuncion, Paraguay
The 'supermoon' is pictured rising over Asuncion on January 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / NORBERTO DUARTE)
Supermoon 2018: Dubai
A picture taken on January 1, 2018 shows a "supermoon" rising over a mosque in the Dubai Marina. (AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE)
Supermoon 2018: Marseille, France
A picture taken on January 1, 2018 shows the "super moon" rising in the sky of Marseille. (AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT)
Supermoon 2018: Bulgaria
A picture taken on January 1, 2018 shows the "super moon" or "wolf moon" rising over a Christmas tree in Sofia. (AFP PHOTO / Dimitar DILKOFF)
Supermoon 2018: Italy
A picture taken on January 1, 2018 shows the "super moon" rising over Piazza del Popolo, in Rome.
(AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI)
Supermoon 2018: Italy
People admires the "super moon" from the Terrazza del Pincio, in Rome, on January 1, 2018.
(AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI)
Supermoon 2018: Trenton, New Jersey - USA
A bronze statue of General George Washington by William Rudolf O'Donovan stands on top of the Trenton Battle Monument while silhouetted by a supermoon, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Supermoon 2018: Bear Lake, Utah USA
(PHOTO: Carol Dyer)
Supermoon 2018: Chicago, IL USA
(PHOTO: Craig Newman)
Supermoon 2018: Washington, DC
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