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A man looks at his phone as a “supermoon” rises over the desert near Tabuk, some 1500 kilometers northwest of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on November 14, 2016. The phenomenon happens when the moon is full at the same time as, or very near, perigee – its closest point to Earth on an elliptical, monthly orbit. It was the closest to Earth since 1948 at a distance of 356,509 kilometres (221,524 miles), creating what NASA described as “an extra-supermoon”. (Photo by Mohammed Albuhaisi/AFP Photo)
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