![A couple sits on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River as the full moon rises in the distance](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250110861/e11b6736-8efa-421c-981b-5fc85faa6039-620x516.jpeg)
![The moon shines behind the Lanterns at the Wonderland Mid- Autumn festival at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, China](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250177728/3dd38047-5ad3-47e3-bf35-e0ab10ff8fb8-620x406.jpeg)
![A full moon, also a harvest moon, rises over a horse pasture in Halton Hills, Ontario outside Toronto, Canada](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250270995/800691c8-933c-4747-8f49-17e3fec37fa9-620x372.jpeg)
![The full moon next to the red star on a building in central Minsk](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250339135/6162f6f7-4101-4a42-ae63-0d418ff2524d-323x480.jpeg)
![The last Supermoon of 2014 peeks out from behind a layer of clouds and smoke from nearby wildfires over the Willamette Valley near Eugene, Oregon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250371845/bd29bf82-c3a7-488a-9577-49178870042e-620x372.jpeg)
![The moon rises over the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250508397/f7ab53f7-881f-408c-96c3-0cffa6c88ee7-620x372.jpeg)
![The moon behine thunder clouds near Encinitas, California](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250637874/ee090e49-207e-4a7e-b1ee-1a94f28f5dee-620x418.jpeg)
![The moon is seen rising in the sky above the domes of the Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250988996/1ed556dc-1c98-4083-956e-9cf8220fc92b-620x412.jpeg)
![The full moon silhouettes the statue of the Virgin Mary on top the University of Notre Dame's golden dome in South Bend, Indiana](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410251099001/ed29cf98-5917-409f-8f4c-7a6012c0f8ee-620x385.jpeg)
![Setting sun illuminates cumulus clouds as full moon rises in Apfeltrang, southern Germany](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410252344359/5b4186fe-930b-4c38-8454-34b968818075-620x372.jpeg)
![A passenger aircraft descends towards Heathrow Airport with a full moon seen behind, in west London](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410251798757/ae9f64da-be57-44b5-be25-381679934016-620x405.jpeg)
![The moon rises over office buildings in Springfield, Illinois](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410251838402/e5d1ea1b-a835-4cc7-a4e4-779ca23707e4-620x404.jpeg)
![The moon rises behind Scrabo Tower on in Newtownards, Northern Ireland](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410250459753/a1042075-5449-420c-8e9f-454b680fcafb-620x372.jpeg)
![A full moon, also a harvest moon, rises over Halton Hills, Ontario, outside Toronto](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410251874654/35a6172a-7709-4417-9445-e460ac2cf6a8-620x372.jpeg)
![A moon appears behind a windmill in Consuegra, in Toledo province, Spain](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410261332240/d0644df2-7243-485c-87bb-f268dd340dd8-620x372.jpeg)
![Picture taken with a long exposure time on shows full moon rising in a cloudy sky as cars drive on the A70 highway in Hainert, southern Germany.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410340679709/88691e94-3b96-4b7b-82c8-ad931d5fdf09-620x413.jpeg)
![The super moon rises behind Providencia favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410340715135/c5be2e26-0ae7-4f89-8155-c4a2a687653f-620x394.jpeg)
![The Full Moon rising over Pendennis Castle in Falmouth, Cornwall.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410340773394/1c1ea4fb-ea87-42e8-873f-cb3ba9b72adf-620x401.jpeg)
![The moon passes behind The Shard skyscraper in London.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410341238808/c7374c56-905a-40b5-9a4d-20d169db0fb6-620x372.jpeg)
![The full moon rises through the Eiffel Tower in Paris](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410341274576/7af988c9-d0cb-47c1-84f5-de1dda461fe0-620x372.jpeg)
![Supermoon above Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410341430835/37af6810-0a06-43b7-bef0-f70d4803e284-620x401.jpeg)
![Supermoon rises in Kosice, Slovakia](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410341627388/121eb8d0-2556-45e1-a631-499728cb37ba-347x480.jpeg)
![People watch the moon rising in the sky in Madrid Spain](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/untcsid/20140912034133im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/10/1410341740173/45588be4-3bc5-425d-8568-91c8764622c9-620x372.jpeg)
This full moon marks the third in a trilogy of supermoons this summer. July and August’s full moons both fell during the moon’s perigee – when it was at the closest point in its orbit to Earth. It is also a harvest moon, which rises around the same time that the sun sets, giving the moon a reddened, swollen appearance. This was welcome in an agrarian era when farmers worked late into the night trying to harvest their crops before frost set in
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