The moon rises above a pagoda in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2011. The world saw a super moon on Saturday night as the moon passed the earth at the distance of around 360,000 kilometers, the closest in the past 19 years. [Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao] 

A citizen takes pictures of the rising moon above a statue in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 19, 2011. The world saw a super moon on Saturday night as the moon passed the earth at the distance of around 360,000 kilometers, the closest in the past 19 years. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei]