IN PICTURES | Largest supermoon of 2020 rises on a world battling Covid-19
The largest, brightest supermoon of 2020 rose in the night sky on Tuesday over hushed cities, stilled factories and countries in lockdown due to the novel coronavirus that has killed tens of thousands worldwide.
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On the N1, near Woodstock in Cape Town on April 7 2020. ( Esa Alexander)
An awareness signboard on the N1 near Plattekloof in Cape Town on April 7 2020.
( Esa Alexander/Sunday Times)
The Pink Supermoon rises over the city of Caracas in an astronomical event that occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 7 2020. (REUTERS/Manaure Quintero)
A 'pink supermoon' rises over the National Mall, near the US Capitol building as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Washington, US, on April 7 2020. ( REUTERS/Leah Millis)
The Pink Supermoon is seen over the City, during an astronomical event that occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Mexico City, Mexico, April 7 2020. ( REUTERS/Henry Romero)
The largest, brightest supermoon of 2020 rose in the night sky on Tuesday over hushed cities, stilled factories and countries in lockdown due to the novel coronavirus that has killed tens of thousands worldwide.
If the moon is within 10% of its closest distance to the earth at the moment of full moon, it is considered to be a supermoon, according the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.
April's full moon will be the closest supermoon of 2020, and it is also known as the 'Pink Moon' after the pink flowers that start to appear in the fields this month in some places.
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The Pink Supermoon sets behind the giant 'Mother of the Motherland' monument in central Kiev, Ukraine April 8 2020. (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
The Pink Supermoon is seen in Minsk, Belarus April 8, 2020. ( REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
The Pink Supermoon is seen next to the statue of Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders on top of the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany, April 8 2020. ( REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)
Watching in Beijing was local resident Ding Linlin, who said: "The epidemic situation in China is getting better and better. This may represent something good... I'm happy when I see it."
Mainland China reported no coronavirus deaths on Tuesday for the first time since the pandemic began and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, was set to lift its lockdown.
In Spain, where the virus is still raging and 743 people died in the last day to take the death toll to almost 14,000, residents of the capital Madrid clapped for health workers from their balconies and windows beneath the supermoon.
Reuters
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