The Supermoon may be slowly fading in the night sky, but there are still some incredible photos on the internet.
The Supermoon, which appears larger in the sky due to the moon’s distance to the earth, peaked on June 22 and 23 but people are still passing around photos of the cosmic event.
According to Discovery, the moon appeared 14 percent larger in the sky this week and nearly 30 percent brighter.
It also coincided with the summer solstice and the first day of summer, which gave people one more reason to celebrate the event.
People from all over captured photos of the moon this week, and they’ve been posting them to Twitter.
The photos showcase a spectacular lunar event, but some people were less than impressed when seeing the supermoon in person. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote on Twitter that most of the “beautiful photographs” of the Supermoon were taken with a special lens.
Tyson writes: “Just an FYI: All beautiful photographs you’ve ever seen of the Super Moon were taken with a Super Telephoto lens.”
Did you see the supermoon in person? Here are some of the Supermoon on photos that have been circulating on Twitter.
Last night’s supermoon behind the Statue of Liberty pic.twitter.com/MNxFlQDZcs
— Earth Pics (@Earth_Pics) June 24, 2013
A supermoon rises next to the Greek temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, south of Athens June 23, 2013… pic.twitter.com/wG1HYvCGQG
— Weird World (@TheWeirdWorld) June 25, 2013
Did anyone catch the super moon last weekend? This AP photo of #Utampa was picked up by several national news media. pic.twitter.com/GVHt157fbH
— University of Tampa (@UofTampa) June 25, 2013
Stunning photos of the supermoon from around the globe: http://t.co/3wap36Mxkm pic.twitter.com/Z1rXRQ3BRI
— Forbes (@Forbes) June 25, 2013
2013 Supermoon over a mountain pic.twitter.com/HmadT8jMWM
— Traveling (@traveIing) June 25, 2013
Rising Super Moon brushing past the tree tops in Mount Diablo State Park, California, USA (24hrs ago). pic.twitter.com/GvAnwhxeJP
— Earth Pics (@Earth_Pics) June 25, 2013
Supermoon 2013: Photos from around the world: http://t.co/Mz1D6WCkVt pic.twitter.com/A7vNVRrBbK
— L.A. Times Science (@latimesscience) June 24, 2013
MT @NASAHQPhoto : But wait! There’s more! Another 2013 #Supermoon pic from yesterday in DC. Enjoy! #moon #nasa pic.twitter.com/mf1QzjBPq3
— The White House (@whitehouse) June 25, 2013
Nice snap Trey! RT @TreyRatcliff The #supermoon sets over Queenstown – This was shot this morning #qtwinterfest pic.twitter.com/yfkmlJmyzW
— Ron Garan (@Astro_Ron) June 25, 2013
