Supermoon eclipse: Stargazers from around the world marvel at rare phenomenon

The Earth's shadow obscures the view of a so-called supermoon during a total lunar eclipse over Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Earth's shadow obscures the view of a so-called supermoon next to the statue of the angel Moroni atop the Los Angeles California Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Los Angeles. The rare confluence has prompted such widespread fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mormon Church was compelled to issue a statement cautioning the faithful to not get caught up in speculation about a major calamity. It's the first time the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

A supermoon passes behind a clock on the Palace of Culture during a lunar eclipse in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. The supermoon, or perigee moon, occurs when the full moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger, both events have made a twin appearance first time since 1982, and they won't again until 2033. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

The so-called supermoon appears behind the Golden Boy at the Manitoba Legislature during a lunar eclipse in Winnipeg Manitoba, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

The perigee full moon, or supermoon appears red on the autumn sky, seen from Vigeland Park in Oslo, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Stargazers were being treated to a rare astronomical phenomenon when a total lunar eclipse combined with a so-called supermoon. Those in the United States, Europe, Africa and western Asia can view the coupling, weather permitting, Sunday night or early Monday. (Haakon Mosvold Larsen/ NTB scanpix via AP) NORWAY OUT

A statue of a cow is silhouetted against a partially eclipsed so-called supermoon Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo., before a total lunar eclipse. It was the first time Sunday that the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Earth's shadow begins to obscure the view of a so-called supermoon during a total lunar eclipse Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, as the moon rises above several saguaro cactus Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Earth's shadow begins to obscure the view of a so-called Supermoon during a total lunar eclipse above Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

The perigee full moon, or supermoon appears red on the autumn sky from the vicinity of Salgotarjan, 109 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, early Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP)

The so-called supermoon is seen through branches of a tree during a lunar eclipse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A so-called supermoon is seen during a lunar eclipse in Cape Town, South Africa, in the early hours of Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

The perigee full moon, or supermoon, appears red behind the quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday morning, Sept. 28, 2015. The combination of a supermoon and total lunar eclipse last occurred in 1982 and will not happen again until 2033. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

The so-called supermoon rises during a total lunar eclipse behind the state Capitol, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Cheyenne, Wyo. It was the first time the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033. (Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Earth's shadow begins to obscure the view of a so-called supermoon during a total lunar eclipse Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

People sit on Spanish Banks Beach as the so-called supermoon rises during a lunar eclipse in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. It was the first time Sunday that the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

A blood moon casts its glow over a Christian Orthodox church in Anthoupolis, a suburb of Nicosia in the early hours of Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. A lunar eclipse has given the moon a red tint and makes it appear larger than usual. The rare confluence of an eclipse and supermoon wont happen again for 18 years. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A full moon silhouettes television and radio antennas on Boutilier Mountain, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Sunday Sept. 27, 2015. The full moon was seen prior to a phenomenon called a "Super Moon" eclipse that will occur Sunday night. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

A seagull sits on the cross that tops St. Peter's Square's obelisk, at the Vatican, as the earth's shadow obscures part of a so-called Supermoon during a total lunar eclipse, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)