Supermoon 2017! Amazing Full Cold Moon Photos by Stargazers

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Colorado Supermoon

Gandhi Kumar/@gmnkumar

A supermoon-gazer stops to admire the view in this photo by Gandhi Kumar near Boulder, Colorado.

Supermoon in Washington, D.C.

Bill Ingalls/NASA

The supermoon rises over the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. in this photo by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls.

Supermoon Sets in New Jersey

Steve Scanlon

The supermoon sets behind the south tower of the Twin Lights of Navesink Highlands, New Jersey in this photo taken by astrophotographer Steve Scanlon on Monday morning (Dec. 4).

Airplane Crosses the Supermoon

Nate Laurant

An airplane flies in front of the supermoon in this photo taken by Nate Laurant near Michigan's Ann Arbor airport.

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Hanneke Weitering
Hanneke Weitering
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Hanneke Weitering is a multimedia journalist in the Pacific Northwest reporting on the future of aviation at FutureFlight.aero and Aviation International News and was previously the Editor for Spaceflight and Astronomy news here at Space.com. As an editor with over 10 years of experience in science journalism she has previously written for Scholastic Classroom Magazines, MedPage Today and The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her hometown of Knoxville, she earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. Hanneke joined the Space.com team in 2016 as a staff writer and producer, covering topics including spaceflight and astronomy. She currently lives in Seattle, home of the Space Needle, with her cat and two snakes. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains, basking in nature and looking for dark skies to gaze at the cosmos.