Loud cheers went up among the crowd as the moon made brief appearances between heavy, grey clouds before disappearing. "I've never seen a moon this big," said Lee Pak-kan, 44, who was watching at the Hong Kong waterfront. It's so big, so round, so bright," said Julia Lee, who was peering through a telescope outside the hall. In Thailand, astrologers were variously predicting the supermoon would bring disaster or great fortune. But the holiday island was overcast and rainy when the moon rose, with surfers deciding not to take to the waters.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 14, 2016 11:58 UTC