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Wednesday night stunning images were captured around the July supermoon world.
Plans for the celestial event were captured in Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Iraq and Wisconsin.
In some photos, the rising supermoon appeared in an orange hue.
Also known as the moon of thunder and the moon of hay or mead, NASA said the moon would look full until Friday morning.
A supermoon rises over the Mediterranean Sea, in front of a residential complex, in the southern coastal city of Mersin, Turkey, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo AP / Hussein Mesh))
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The closer proximity of the supermoon to Earth can make it look a little bigger and brighter.
The full moon rises over a private house in the village of Putilovo, 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday afternoon, July 13, 2022. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky))
The ear moon was named by the Algonquin tribes of the northeastern United States
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The full moon rises over the Mediterranean Sea while people in a boat enjoy, in the southern coastal city of Larnaca, on the southeastern island of Cyprus, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo AP / Petros Karadjias) )
Early summer is usually the time when new deer antlers come out of their foreheads.
The tribes also called it the moon of thunder due to the frequent summer storms.
The full moon rises over Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo AP / Hadi Mizban)
Europeans called it a hay moon, to make hay, and sometimes a mead moon.
An airplane passes in front of a full moon on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in Milwaukee. ((Photo AP / Morry Gash))
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The Buck Supermoon rises behind the lights near the city of Aegio, in the northern Peloponnese, Greece, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo AP / Petros Giannakouris))
The June 14 supermoon was the “strawberry moon,” because it is the full moon at the time of the strawberry harvest.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Julia Musto is a journalist for Fox News Digital. You can find her on Twitter at @JuliaElenaMusto.