Photos: Supermoon delights skygazers around the world

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A trilogy of supermoons began Dec. 3, 2017, with a full cold moon that could be viewed in person or online. The others will occur Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018.

A supermoon rises in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty sitting atop the Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. December's full moon appears bigger and brighter in the sky as it sits closer than average to Earth. Sunday's moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The next two will occur on Jan. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: In this handout provided by NASA, an aircraft taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport is seen passing in front of the moon as it rises on December 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Today's full Moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. A supermoon occurs when the moon's orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls via Getty Images)

The moon rises behind the Uppatasanti Pagoda seen in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018.(AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A full moon, referred to as a supermoon, rises over the University of Notre Dame's main building Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: In this handout provided by NASA, the moon is seen as it rises on December 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Today's full Moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. A supermoon occurs when the moon's orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls via Getty Images)

The Supermoon rises above Whitby Abbey in Whitby, north east England, Sunday Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon will be the first of three consecutive supermoons. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

VAN, TURKEY - DECEMBER 03: An aircraft flies in front of a full moon in Van, Turkey on December 03, 2017. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - DECEMBER 3: A full "Supermoon" rises in the early hours of December 3, 2017 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Supermoon is a condition when the Moon reaches its closest point to the Earth and appears much brighter and bigger. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)

The moon rises over a building in Netanya, Israel, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The other two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The weathervane on Cullercoats Clock Tower with the Supermoon behind. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)

A supermoon frames a flight into Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017.

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A supermoon rises in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty sitting atop the Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. December's full moon appears bigger and brighter in the sky as it sits closer than average to Earth. Sunday's moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The next two will occur on Jan. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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