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In pictures: Stunning Sturgeon Moon lights up the skies

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People around the world have been enjoying the fourth and final supermoon of 2022.

Known as the Sturgeon Moon, it was at its closest point to Earth at 02:36 BST on Friday.

Photographers captured the lunar event alongside stunning landscapes and famous landmarks.

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The supermoon rises near the Shard skyscraper and St Paul's Cathedral in London

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A plane is seen with the full moon behind, also in London

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The moon glows over the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool

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The Dovercourt Lower Lighthouse in Essex with the supermoon rising behind

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People on the ferris wheel at the International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol with the moon glowing behind

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The moon rises above the statue of the Ancient Greek god Poseidon in Ancient Corinth near Athens

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The moon rises over Cape Sounio and the Temple of Poseidon, east of Athens

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Here the moon sinks behind the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul

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The moon shines behind Edinburgh Castle during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo fireworks display

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The last supermoon of the year rises over Lower Manhattan, New York

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One observer captures the event near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

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The moon rises in the sky behind world's tallest building of Burj Khalifa in Dubai

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The moon shines over Hay El Hidhab, Benarous, Tunisia

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