In pictures: Stunning Sturgeon Moon lights up the skies
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People around the world have been enjoying the fourth and final supermoon of 2022.
Known as the Sturgeon Moon, it was at its closest point to Earth at 02:36 BST on Friday.
Photographers captured the lunar event alongside stunning landscapes and famous landmarks.

The supermoon rises near the Shard skyscraper and St Paul's Cathedral in London

A plane is seen with the full moon behind, also in London

The moon glows over the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool

The Dovercourt Lower Lighthouse in Essex with the supermoon rising behind

People on the ferris wheel at the International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol with the moon glowing behind

The moon rises above the statue of the Ancient Greek god Poseidon in Ancient Corinth near Athens

The moon rises over Cape Sounio and the Temple of Poseidon, east of Athens

Here the moon sinks behind the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul

The moon shines behind Edinburgh Castle during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo fireworks display


The last supermoon of the year rises over Lower Manhattan, New York

One observer captures the event near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

The moon rises in the sky behind world's tallest building of Burj Khalifa in Dubai

The moon shines over Hay El Hidhab, Benarous, Tunisia
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