Super moon - in pictures

A perigee moon rises in Washington, DC Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP

Revellers stand beside St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor watching the moon Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The moon rises from behind the hills of the Peak District Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA

A couple skate under a full moon on Pigeon Lake near Bobcayeon, Ontario Photograph: Fred Thornhill/Reuters

Moon rise over Vina del Mar city in Chile Photograph: Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters

Behind the top of the Funkturm radio and television tower in Berlin, Germany Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

The moon behind street lamps in Lausanne, Switzerland Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

A full moon rises over the skyline of Manhattan along the Hudson River Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters

A group of sightseers watch the the moon rise from the top of the St Augustine Lighthouse in Florida Photograph: Daron Dean/AP

The moon rises over downtown Los Angeles, California Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

The moon rises behind Century Tower at the University of Florida Photograph: Matt Stamey/AP

Moon rises over the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

The statue of freedom, on top of the US Capitol Hill, pictured against the moon as it rises in Washington, DC Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP