Supermoon Photos: Biggest Full Moon of 2013 in Pictures

Supermoon Rises Behind Washington Monument

NASA/Bill Ingalls

A supermoon rises behind the Washington Monument, Sunday, June 23, 2013, in Washington. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon Rises Over Washington Monument

NASA/Bill Ingalls

A supermoon rises behind the Washington Monument, Sunday, June 23, 2013, in Washington. This year the supermoon is up to 13.5 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than a typical full moon is. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon Rises Over Banff National Park

Paul Zizka | www.facebook.com/paulzizkaphotography

Paul Zizka sent SPACE.com this photo June 24, 2013 of a full supermoon rising behind Mount Rundle's "Peak 3" at Banff National Park. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon Rises Over Tucson

Sean Parker | www.facebook.com/seanparkerphotography

Sean Parker sent SPACE.com this photo June 23, 2013 of a supermoon rising over Tucson Ariz. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon Over Statue of Liberty

Ameer Hassoun

Ameer Hassoun sent SPACE.com this photo from Liberty Park, New Jersey on June 23, 2013 of a supermoon rising over the Statue of Liberty. He used a Canon Rebel t2i 250mm, iso 400, f16 and Shutter 1/40 to capture the image. [Read the Full Story]

‘Almost’ Supermoon Over Arizona

Fred Gamble

Fred Gamble took this photo of the moon before sunset in front of his home in Chandle, Ariz. Gamble used a Canon Rebel t2i 250mm, iso 400, f16 and Shutter 1/40 to capture the image. “To my eye, it is an interesting image of the supermoon the day before it becomes super,” he wrote SPACE.com in an email on June 23, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon Climbs Over Grand Mesa National Forest

Jim Hamlin Photography

Jim Hamlin took this photo of a supermoon rising over Grand Mesa National Forest, Colo. on June 23, 2013 at 5:54 a.m. Hamiln a Nikon D5100 camera to capture the image. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon Rises Over Chesapeake Bay Beach

Medford Canby

Medford Canby of Annapolis, Md. sent SPACE.com this photo June 23, 2013 of a supermoon rising over the beach at Chesapeake Bay. Canby used a Pentax k-5 camera with a Pentax 55-300 lens at 300 mm to capture the image. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon Glows Over Idaho

Beth Elzinga

Beth Elzinga sent SPACE.com this photo June 23, 2013 of a supermoon rising over Salmon, Idaho. She used an Olympus E - 520 camera on a tripod to capture the image. [Read the Full Story]

Supermoon and a Lake

Greg Diesel

Astrophotographer Greg Diesel Walck sent in a photo of the supermoon through clouds taken June 23, 2013 from North Carolina. [Read the Full Story]

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