‘Super moon’ rises over Singapore’s Bay Garden clearing from haze

A full moon sets behind a building of the Forbidden City in Beijing, capital of China, June 23, 2013. The moon looks 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than usual on Sunday. The scientific term for the phenomenon is “perigee moon”, but it is also known as a “super moon”. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Chen Duo>

The super moon rises over the Supertrees of the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore’s Marina South, on June 23, 2013. Singapore’s Pollution Standards Index (PSI) dropped to 75 at 7 o’clock on the evening of Sunday due to a change of wind direction. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Then Chih Wey>

A supermoon sets behind the Statue of Liberty, Sunday, June 23, 2013, in New York. The larger than normal moon called the “Supermoon” happens only once this year as the moon on its elliptical orbit is at its closest point to earth and is 13.5 percent larger than usual. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Julio Cortez>