This weekend, the moon reached its perigee, or the point in its orbit closest to Earth. When the perigee moon coincides with a full moon, the astronomical event is known as a "supermoon."
In the video below, you can watch this weekend's supermoon rise in Australia and China, where the spectacle appeared bigger and brighter than anywhere else in the world.
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If you missed out on this supermoon, the next one is expected to rise on Sept. 28, 2015, and astronomers say the largest will appear sometime in 2034.