Worm Moon 2021: 10 stunning photos of the year’s first supermoon
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By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
The “Worm Moon,” the first supermoon of 2021, brightened the night sky Sunday.
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky The full moon rises Sunday, March 28, 2021 over the sky in Istanbul, with the Camlica Mosque, the largest mosque in Asia Minor. The March full moon is called the "Worm Moon." (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky A couple are silhouetted against the rising full moon as they gather in a park, Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky The full moon rises behind the Church of our Lady in Munich, Germany, Sunday, March 28, 2021. The March full moon in March is called the "Worm Moon." (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky Multi-exposure image shows a full moon rises over the Yellow Crane Tower on March 28, 2021, in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (Zhao Jun/VCG via Getty Images)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky This picture taken on March 28, 2021, shows a view of the rising full "Worm Moon" above Basra International Stadium in the southern Iraqi city. (HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky The full moon appears behind Atakule, a communication and observation tower during the evening hours in the capital city Ankara, Turkey, on March 28, 2021. (Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky The full moon rises over Kars, Turkey, on March 28, 2021. (Huseyin Demirci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky Next to the parish church of Saint Martin, the moon sets in the morning, shortly after sunrise, on March 28, 2021, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Altheim. (Thomas Warnack/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky The full moon appears behind Galata Tower, in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 28, 2021. (Isa Terli/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: Full Worm Moon, first supermoon of 2021, lights up the night sky The full moon rises next to a bank building, Sunday, March 28, 2021, in downtown Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Skygazers took to social media to share their photos. Here are some of our favorites: