The sturgeon supermoon rises over the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul on Wednesday. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A supermoon on July 3 in Kansas City, Missouri. The next two supermoons of 2023 will take place at the beginning and end of August. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
The Flower Moon is seen through trees in May 2021 in Amesbury, United Kingdom. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images hide caption
Istanbul, Turkey: The Sturgeon full moon rises next to Istanbul's Camlica Mosque. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
A supermoon rises over Washington, D.C., in November 2016. After this week's Strawberry Supermoon, there will be two more in July and August. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
June's full moon, known as the strawberry moon, was named for its appearance during the strawberry picking season. Here, the strawberry moon rises above the Apollo Temple in ancient Corinth, on June 17, 2019. Valerie Gache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A U.S. flag flies in the foreground of this image of the moon during the lunar eclipse as seen from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night. J. David Ake/AP hide caption
The moon rises beyond the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 13, 2016. The 2017 supermoon will appear Dec. 3. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption
With the Nov. 13 supermoon rising in the background, a man looks out from a balcony in Madrid. At its closest pass to Earth, the full moon can look up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter, NASA says. Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A full moon rises behind Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in September in New York City. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images hide caption
Putting the "moo" into super moon: the full moon rises behind a cow in Kansas last night, before a full lunar eclipse. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption
The supermoon rises over Beijing on Sunday. The phenomenon, which scientists call a "perigee moon," occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
The moon appeared bigger and brighter when it went supermoon on June 23, 2013 — especially when it was seen next to objects on the horizon, such as the helicopter from the original Batman television show at the New Jersey State Fair last year. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
The "supermoon" over Athens Saturday night. Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption