China's New Year 'Supermoon'

Pictures have captured the “Supermoon” seen across China at midnight on New Year's Day. /VCG

What we call a “Supermoon” is what astronomers would call a perigean full moon. /VCG Photo

It only happens when a full moon occurs when the moon is at its closest point in its orbit around the Earth. /VCG Photo

It is rare for the first full moon of the year to be a “Supermoon”. /VCG Photo