'Supermoon' Photos from Around the World: March 19, 2011

by Tariq Malik,
Managing Editor
from: SPACE.com

Click here for the Full GALLERY: http://www.space.com/11178-supermoon-photos-2011-skywatcher-images.html

Washington MoonriseCredit: Tim McCord

Skywatcher Tim McCord of Entiat, Washington caught this amazing view of the March 19, 2011 full moon - called a supermoon because the moon was at perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit - using a camera-equipped telescope.

Info about Perigee Moon: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/18/nasa.moon/index.html?hpt=C2

Click here for this Amazing 25 Full Gallery of the SUPERMOON