Supermoon rises above UAE and around the world - in pictures

The last supermoon of the year was on show on Sunday night, providing the opportunity for some spectacular photos

The "supermoon" rises over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Giuseppe Cacace / AFP

The "supermoon" rises over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Guiseppe Cacace / AFP

A so-called 'Supermoon' dominates the sky while traffic rolls in the streets in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hein Htet / EPA

The supermoon rises over a highway near Yangon, Myanmar. Ye Aung Thu / AFP

The moon rises in its waxing gibbous stage behind a statue atop the Erie County Court Building in Buffalo, NY. Julio Cortez / AP Photo

A fishing boat sails as so-called 'Supermoon' rises in Larnaca, Cyprus. Katia Christodoulou / EPA

The Supermoon rises above Whitby Abbey in Whitby, north east England. Danny Lawson / PA via AP

The so-called 'Supermoon' is seen in Jakarta, Indonesia. Adi Weda / EPA

A Supermoon rises over the World Heritage Site Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA

The full moon is seen in the sky over Al-Ameen Mosque and St. Gregory church, Beirut, Lebanon. Nbail Mounzer / EPA

The super moon rises above the lighthouse of San Maurizio in Brunate, near Como (Milan), Italy. Matteo Bazzi / EPA

A multiple exposure image shows the so-called 'Supermoon' near the Buddha statue in Yangon, Myanmar. Nyein Chan Naing / EPA

A person walks along the 'Puente Nuevo' (New Bridge) as it is silhouetted against the supermoon during its rise in Ronda, southern Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters

The 'supermoon' rises behind the US Capitol in Washington, DC, viewed from Arlington, Virginia, US. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA

The 'supermoon' rises behind the US Capitol, right, and the Jefferson Memorial, bottom, in Washington, DC. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA

The supermoon rises behind a MARTA commuter train in Avondale Estates, Georgia, US. Erik Lesser / EPA

An airplane crosses in front of the supermoon, in Avondale Estates, Georgia, US. Erik Lesser / EPA

The supermoon is seen next to electric lines near Yangon. Ye Aung Thu / AFP

The National

The full moon on December 3 was the first of three consecutive supermoons. The other two will occur on January 1 and January 31, 2018.

A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that approximately coincides with the closest distance that the moon reaches to Earth in its elliptic orbit, resulting in a larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.

It could be seen in the UAE, and was captured in the sky above the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.

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