Hunter's supermoon rises: See the largest full moon of 2024
Oct. 17, 2024Updated Oct. 18, 2024, 7:39 a.m. ET

A hunter's moon sets over Mojave, California on October 17, 2024.
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A hunter's moon rises over the the Basra International Stadium in Iraq on October 17, 2024.
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A supermoon rises behind people walking on a headland near Sydney's Bondi Beach on October 17, 2024.
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The hunter's supermoon rises as cranes migrate to their resting places near Linum, Brandenburg, eastern Germany, on October 16, 2024. The harvest moon, which rose in September, is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. The hunter’s moon is the first full moon after the harvest moon.
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The hunter's supermoon rises behind the dome of a mosque in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on October 16, 2024.
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The hunter's supermoon rises on October 16, 2024 near Lancaster, California. The hunter's moon is the largest and brightest of four supermoons this year, reaching its nearest distance to the Earth at around 222,055 miles away.
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The hunter's supermoon at 99.6% full rises Wednesday evening, October 16, 2024, above boats at the Brielle Yacht Club Marina in Brielle, New Jersey.
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A nearly full moon rises in the second quarter of a YAIAA semifinal in New Oxford, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.
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The hunter's supermoon rises on October 16, 2024 near Lancaster, California. The Hunter's Moon is the largest and brightest of four supermoons this year, reaching its nearest distance to the Earth at around 222,055 miles away.
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