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Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moonfirst.gifThe 'supermoon' in the skies over Dublin. Thanks to the phenomenon known as perigee, the point at which the satellite's orbit is closest to Earth, the moon will be around 356,400km away - compared to an average distance of around 384,000km. As a result, the Moon appears up to 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than when it is farthest from the Earth. Photograph: James Murray
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Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon14.jpgThe 'supermoon' in the skies over Dublin. Photograph: James Murray
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Edinburgh
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon1a.jpgA bird flies past the moon as the satellite reaches perigee, the point at which its orbit takes it closest to Earth. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
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Jordan
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon6a.jpgA lunar backdrop to a mosque as birds fly past in Amman. Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters
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West Orange, New Jersey
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon2a.jpgThe full moon over the skyline of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center (L) in New York. Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters
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West Orange, New Jersey
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon3a.jpgPhotograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters
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Arizona
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon9a.jpgA runner makes his way along a trail at Papago Park in Phoenix. Photograph: Darryl Webb/Reuters
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Rio de Janeiro
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon4a.gifThe perigee moon over the Christ the Redeemer statue. The phenomenon can cause higher tides. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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Rio de Janeiro
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon5a.jpgPhotograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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Egypt
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon10a.jpgThe minaret of Mohamed Ali mosque in Cairo. Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
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Lebanon
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/moon8a.jpgA silhouette of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ at the shrine of Our Lady of Mantara in Maghdousheh village, southern Lebanon. Photograph: Ali Hashisho/Reuters
