Supermoon Photos 2012: Pictures Snapped By Skywatchers All Over (SLIDESHOW)

Supermoon Saturday has come and gone. But supermoon photos are still here for those who missed seeing the dazzling lunar display in person and those who simply want to see how things looked elsewhere in the world. No matter which part of the planet the photos came from, they look pretty dramatic.

The supermoon was at its most super at 11:34 p.m. EDT, when the moon was about 221,802 miles away from Earth, the Associated Press reported. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average, making the moon appear about 14 percent bigger than it would appear if it were at its farthest distance during its elliptical orbit.

Some people were too busy indoors to see the supermoon. And in some areas, weather got in the way.

"Clouds are more scattered, but still obstructing views in some areas," the Washington Post reported in an 11:10 p.m. blog post. One user commented on HuffPost Science's own live blog:

Our live blog brought in scores of photos from around the globe--from Maine to Florida, from Canada to Scotland and France. And some moonwatchers got lucky:

To all those who shared their snaps and their thoughts, we say thank you!

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• Bailey Island, Maine

  View of the Bailey Island Cribstone Bridge and the supermoon.

• SUPERMOON over Frankfurt ,Germany.

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Kevin_Kain"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/508059869/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Kevin_Kain">Kevin Kain</a>:<br />Big MOON over Frankensteiner Platz, Sachsenhausen-Nord, Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt, Germany

• Supermoon Over the Haight

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Susan_Leas_Latham"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/100000400611255/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Susan_Leas_Latham">Susan Leas Latham</a>:<br />Looking west from Stanyan and Page Street, San Francisco.

• Super Moon & Sandhill Cranes

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/imtruthmonger"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/955553-tiny.png?20101230100445" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/imtruthmonger">imtruthmonger</a>:<br />Sandhill cranes traverse the face of the super moon. San Luis Valley, Colorado

• moon over Arroyo Hondo Mesa, New Mexico

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ron_Hagg"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://s.huffpost.com/images/profile/user_placeholder.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ron_Hagg">Ron Hagg</a>:<br />Great to be here

• A "supermoon" is seen above the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, May 6, 2012. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon (or a new moon) with the closest approach the moon makes to the Earth. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

• Super Moon Lake Havasu City

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Cory_Michael_Hall"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1757992258/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Cory_Michael_Hall">Cory Michael Hall</a>:<br />Super Moon 2012 Lake Havasu City

• The full moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, south east of Athens, Greece, while tourists watch, on Saturday, May 5, 2012. Saturday's event is a "supermoon," the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

• Moon Appears Bigger And Brighter, As Its Closer To Earth Than Normal

  PALM SPRINGS, CA - MAY 5: A perigee moon, or supermoon, rises behind wind turbines on May 5, 2012 near Palm Springs, California. The moon appears especially big and bright during this once-a-year cosmic event as the full moon is at its closest to the Earth in its elliptical orbit. The perigee side of its orbit is about 31,000 miles closer than the opposite, or apogee, side. The bright light of the full moon also hides all but the brightest meteors of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, the remnant debris trail of Halley's Comet. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

• Big Moon Budapest

  Budapest Moon

• A supermoon lights up Waikiki and Diamond Head Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Honolulu. A "supermoon" event happens when the moon is closest to the earth therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

• Super Moon

  May 4, 2012 over Palmer Alaska

• Dublin City, Ireland

  Supermoon over Marino, three miles north of Dublin City, Ireland. The small light is the top of the Spire monument on Dublin's O'Connell Street - in the centre of the city!

• A fisherman casts a line from a jetty as the "supermoon" appears over the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, May 5, 2012, near Bal Harbour, Fla. The moon was the closest it will get to the Earth this year _ and appeared 14 percent larger because of that. At its peak it was about 221,802 miles from Earth. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

• The "supermoon" appears behind a steeple with crosses of an Orthodox church in the town of Novogrudok, 150 km (93 miles) west of Minsk, Belarus, late Saturday, May 5, 2012. The moon was the closest it will get to the Earth this year _ and appeared 14 percent larger because of that. At its peak it was about 221,802 miles from Earth. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

• Moon over Pawtucket

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/RobertinBeirut"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://s.huffpost.com/images/profile/user_placeholder.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/RobertinBeirut">RobertinBeirut</a>:<br />This was taken from Central Falls, over the downtown area of Pawtucket, RI.

• Super Moon in Chicagoland

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Druuna"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/1336379-2-tiny.png?20110427170134" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Druuna">Druuna</a>:<br />Super Moon May 5th, 2012 in Chicagoland

• Hartsgrove, Ohio

• Super moon Ft Smith AR

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lodza"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1284260836/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lodza">Lodza</a>:<br />

• Livermore, Maine

  Taken at moonrise.

• The full moon rises behind Statue of Liberty replica atop of a hotel in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Saturday, May 5, 2012. On Saturday, the moon will be a "supermoon" or perigee moon as the moon is at it's closest approach to the earth. ( AP Photo / Visar Kryeziu )

• Livermore, Maine

  Taken at moonrise.

• Westhaven Supermoon

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Rob_Youngblood"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1832788374/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Rob_Youngblood">Rob Youngblood</a>:<br />SuperMoon over Franklin, Tennessee

• The full moon rises in the clouds behind statues of angels fixed at the St. Isaak's Cathedral in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 5, 2012. Saturday's event is a "supermoon," the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

• Supermoon 2012

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JanetBS"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/twitter_profile_img/3189175.png" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JanetBS">JanetBS</a>:<br />Supermoon over Northern VA breaking through the clouds.

• Full Perigee Moon

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Joel_Caplan"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/883935213/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Joel_Caplan">Joel Caplan</a>:<br />From Savannah GA about 10:45 EDT

• The "supermoon" appears over the landmark Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, India, Saturday, May 5, 2012. The moon was the closest it will get to the Earth this year _ and appeared 14 percent larger because of that. At its peak it was about 221,802 miles from Earth. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)

• My #SuperMoon

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Thalin_Lea"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/yahoo_profile_img/2244009.png" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Thalin_Lea">Thalin Lea</a>:<br />

• Desert Moon, Yuma, Arizona

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/jennahassan"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/aol_profile_img/3189206.png" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/jennahassan">jennahassan</a>:<br />And the desert whispered to the moon, "bring back the ocean."

• The moon rises Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida in Gainesville Fla., on Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Matt Stamey)

• Marino, Ireland

  Simone Rapple

• Brookline, MA

  James Spear

• Maple leaves are silhouetted by the "supermoon" in Spring Lake Township, Mich., Sunday, May 6, 2012. The moon was the closest it will get to the Earth this year _ and appeared 14 percent larger because of that. At its peak it was about 221,802 miles from Earth. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Cory Morse) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

• Chattanooga, TN

  Phyllis Scott

• Charleston, S.C.

  Via Donna W.

• The 'Supermoon" rises over the Angel's Gate lighthouse in San Pedro, Calif. Saturday night. The moon will come within about 221,802 miles (357,000 kilometers) from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles (24,600 kilometers) closer than average. (AP Photo/Chuck Bennett, Daily Breeze)

• Leesburg, VA

  Leah Kosin <a href="http://leesburg.patch.com/" target="_hplink">Leesburg Patch</a>

• Omaha, NE

  Via Pat.

• Supermoon over Calais, Vermont

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/vtphotoguy"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/320695-tiny.png?20100701232123" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/vtphotoguy">vtphotoguy</a>:<br />Moonrise over the peaks of Plainfield, from nearby Calais, Vermont. Tim Seaver/Vermontphoto

• Uppsala, Sweden

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Bjorn47"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/702667588/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Bjorn47">Bjorn47</a>:<br />Supermoon as seen from Uppsala, Sweden a few hours ago.

• The "supermoon" appears over Vancouver, British Columbia Saturday May 5, 2012. The moon was the closest it will get to the Earth this year _ and appeared 14 percent larger because of that. At its peak it was about 221,802 miles from Earth. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

• Supermoon

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Kari_Koji"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/100001947155004/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Kari_Koji">Kari Koji</a>:<br />Supermoon in Greeley, Colorado! Amazing

• Cottonwood ARIZONA

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Richard_G_Bolt_Iii"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1253949099/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Richard_G_Bolt_Iii">Richard G Bolt Iii</a>:<br />Supermoon 2012

• #supermoon

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ahura_Mazda"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/yahoo_profile_img/1143523.png" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ahura_Mazda">Ahura Mazda</a>:<br />

• Montana Big Sky Country

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/firewmn"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/258322-2-tiny.png?20100131224803" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/firewmn">firewmn</a>:<br />Supermoon in the Big Sky...

• Supermoon over Anglin's Fishing Pier

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Edward_Oest"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/100001892959705/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Edward_Oest">Edward Oest</a>:<br />Supermoon over Anglin's Fishing Pier, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida. E Oest

• from Andover. MA

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Teejaye46"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/2532006-tiny.png?20120409193947" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Teejaye46">Teejaye46</a>:<br />

• Super Moon

  The moon rises over the Renkert Building, Saturday, May 5, 2012 in Canton, Ohio. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual. (AP Photo/The Repository, Scott Heckel) MANDATORY CREDIT

• supermoon from tampa florida

  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/May_Lafranchi"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1015404955/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/May_Lafranchi">May Lafranchi</a>:<br />

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Comments

[Smiley Moon]

07:20 AM on 05/12/2012

Glad to see the fake pictures have been shoved down the list, they should have been removed though.

[Eserve1]

12:29 AM on 05/09/2012

What, No new articles?

[deckercat]

05:26 PM on 05/08/2012

we're all dead here in michigan

[Col Dax]

02:38 PM on 05/08/2012

The moon was amazing on Saturday, HOWEVER, anyone with a zoom lens on their camera can make the moon look enormous at any time.

[Marc H Cohen]

12:53 PM on 05/08/2012

Big f....in deal

[BarbBrown]

02:20 AM on 05/08/2012

It was beautiful! I remember clearly looking at the moon on Saturday when heading to Target to buy my grand daughter Abi (7) a new Kindle Fire..She pointed it out and said, Gami OMG look at Luna! She is so big and bright and I replied...Wow she is beautiful. One of my most favorable moments with her becasue watching the moon is a favorite shared moment that we share together.

[knyaz istokov]

02:11 AM on 05/08/2012

Форма Земли меняется (шар,эллипсоид,геоид).Глобальное изменение климата это показатель изменения формы Земли а антропогенный фактор это ускоритель этого процесса.Дальнейшее изменение формы Земли приведёт к нарушению равновесия в системе Земля-Луна и Луна начнёт приближаться к Земле.Луна приблизится к Земле на такое расстояни,что попадёт в сферу тяготения Земли (не путать с гравитацией) и начнётся одновременная смена географических полюсов Земли и Луны ( всё это уже происходило,на Земле найден брекчий,на Луне земной грунт а лунный лёд это земная атмосфера,смену полюсов Луны доказали сотрудники парижского Института физики Земли)."Например,только в невесомости две разряженные пальчиковые батарейки,свободно висящие вплотную друг к другу "плюсами"в одну сторону,"минусами"- в противоположную,в течении нескольких секунд(около 10) поворачиваются на 180".Скорость смены полюсов будет происходить со скоростью вращения Земли в это время.Смена полюсов начнётся когда произойдёт лунное затмение в северном полушарии.

[rexy640421]

04:11 AM on 05/08/2012

This comment could contain incredibly obscene things.

But moderators allowed it to be published.

Why?

[Linda Cheragotti]

02:02 PM on 05/08/2012

You feel this way because??? Because you can't read it. Maybe at Huffigton they have an interpreter-they certainly are quite above the National Equirer. I would also like to think anyone out there who CAN read this and DOES find this incredibly obscene would report it. I've seen some incredibly obscene posts in English lately.

[g44g]

02:04 PM on 05/08/2012

I copied the text and pasted in "google translate"....try it....

It has nothing obscene....
that's kinda like thinking that someone who speaks a different language around you is talking about you...usually not true.

[socraticknight]

12:10 AM on 05/08/2012

I think my company truck is bugged. during a long night of driving in 2010, during the brightest moon of the year, I jokingly howled at the moon while driving. after howling at the moon sporadically during the long drive, a message buzzed in to the truck's computer system. It read, "so, when do you want to have home time?" the night dispatcher asked my boss to listen to one of his drivers. he probably almost broke down and thought, "my gosh, I pushed one of my best drivers too hard. I might have broken him."

[special38x2]

12:27 AM on 05/08/2012

LOL, may have to try that tomorrow...

[imlaughlin]

12:09 AM on 05/08/2012

But with photoshop how does one know some of the shots are straight or composite?

[yukidongo1]

10:39 PM on 05/07/2012

BTW... It has still been pretty awesome through the week...

[yukidongo1]

10:38 PM on 05/07/2012

I had no idea it was some spectacular event..."supermoon". I was driving to work that evening and it was huge, and brilliant, then melon colored, later. And, the following morning, it was still visible, huge, and melon colored. I thought it was amazing. How cool!

[Ming the Merciless]

10:01 PM on 05/07/2012

for safety reasons, we didn't go out that evening.

[andrade0005]

11:19 PM on 05/07/2012

lol

[imlaughlin]

12:10 AM on 05/08/2012

Even Ming was afraid?

[rexy640421]

04:11 AM on 05/08/2012

WHO?

[PatrynXX]

09:28 PM on 05/07/2012

Nothing really super about it. Think last nights crescent was bigger than the supermoon. X_X

I'd assume it was just big at sunset. Otherwise pretty typical full moon.

[insrob]

09:03 PM on 05/07/2012

couple more glasses of wine and I'll show you a Super Moon! LOL

[gonro2]

08:31 PM on 05/07/2012

I was playing at a concert off Beltway 8 in South Houston... we were on a stage which was way above all the surroundings....and all I can say is ...Wow!!!!!! I wish my wife had been there to share it with me. Huge ...orange not yellow....and just beautiful right at about the time we kicked off the gig