In Pictures: The Pink Moon - the largest supermoon of 2020

April's full moon is the closest to the earth this year, resulting in the moon looking bigger and brighter. It is also known as the Pink Moon because of the pink flowers that start to appear in the fields this month in some places.

Updated
Apr 09, 2020, 07:12 AM
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Apr 08, 2020, 08:24 AM
A Pink Moon is seen in Pasir Ris on April 8, 2020. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
A Pink Moon is seen above the Central Business District from Tiong Bahru on April 8, 2020. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
A view of the Pink Moon in Singapore on April 8, 2020. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
The Pink Moon is seen over the super trees at the Gardens by the Bay on April 8, 2020. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
The pink supermoon rises behind the Sacre-Coeur du Horn statue depicting the Christ figure during Holy Week in Wolxheim, near Strasbourg, France, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
The Pink Moon rises behind the angel wind vane of the Burgtheater (Imperial Court Theatre) in Vienna, Austria, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The Pink Moon rises behind the former furnace blast 'Phoenix West' in Dortmund, Germany, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A Pink Moon rises above the Salgo Castle pictured from Somoskoujfalu, Hungary, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The Pink Moon rises behind a residential building in Berlin, Germany, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The Pink Moon rises behind the storks in their nest in the village of Rzanicino near Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A girl walks on the roof of a building during the lockdown for the coronavirus,as the spectacular Pink Moon rises in Rome, Italy, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The Pink Moon rises over Mow Cop in Staffordshire in an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual, in Mow Cop, Britain, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
The Pink Moon rises over the Shard skyscraper in London in an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual, in London, Britain, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
The Pink Moon shines in Andraxt, Mallorca, Spain, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The Pink Moon rises behind the Chariot of Glory sculptural group in central Saint Petersburg, Russia on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman photographs the Pink Moon over mountain Smetovi, during an astronomical event that occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual, in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
The Pink Moon takes on a reddish hue as it reflects the light of early dawn while the sun rises over the city, revealing a whispy blanket of smog, in Krakow, southern Poland, on April 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A man stands in the balcony of his home with the moon in the background in Cali, Colombia, on April 6, 2020, during the lockdown ordered by the government to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19. PHOTO: AFP

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