Astronomy lover and photographer Stojan Stojanovski wanted to remember the brightest supermoon of 2013 in a creative way. He photographed it in Ohrid, Macedonia, while tracing the word "supermoon" with a flashlight that he captured at a slow shutter speed. 
Photographer Lidia Grigorean had her eight-year-old daughter give the moon a goodnight kiss in McKinney, Texas. 
Catherine Villar was standing on the terrace of her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, when she saw the supermoon. She got a little creative, and placed a candle under the moon before photographing it. "I used (a candle) because I thought about the brightness of the Supermoon like a candle flame. The Supermoon shines like fire," she said. 
Jonathan Molai, 16, pinched the moon through the window of his house in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. 
Sarah Schmidt captured her daughter Katelyn in an E.T.-inspired pose in Neenah, Wisconsin. 
Jim Grant photographed the supermoon in the La Jolla area of San Diego. "When I saw the moon rising, I thought I might have a good chance to get the trumpet player in the frame. So I pulled off the freeway into a shopping center and drove around looking for just the right angle," he said. 
Stefano De Rosa sat on top of a hill in Turin, Italy, in order to feel closer to the supermoon that was shining over the city. "I had to plan the shot a few days in advance and I was lucky to have a clear sky at the moment of the click," he said. 
In Galax, Virginia, photographer Jess Zuniga Davis said her 8-year-old daughter Eva "wanted to wrap her heart around the moon." 
Marlon Flores photographed the supermoon from Weehawken, New Jersey, while it appeared to be wedged between Manhattan buildings. The aspiring astronomer says the more he photographs the moon and stars, "the more I'm into it." 
Andy Clinton photographed the supermoon in Montgomery, Alabama. "I think what struck me most was how happy I was when, after about twenty attempts, I finally captured just the right shot of one of nature's wonders being devoured by an eighties video game icon," he said. 
Cory Boehne was lying on the pavement in Socorro, New Mexico, when he photographed the supermoon. 'It was a great night for it. A perfect desert evening with temperatures in the high fifties and just a light bit of wispy cloud cover. I went out for a bike ride by the moonlight, looking for just the right shot. The church here is a major focal point, and has been since the town has existed, so naturally it is a great subject," he said. 
"My mother always tells me the story about me crying for the moon when I was a baby," Janie Lambert from Hughesville, Maryland, said. "She tells me that I would reach up towards it and say 'I want, I want.'" Lambert recreated her mother's tale of reaching for the moon while photographing the supermoon over the weekend. 
Robin Hadder hiked into the foothills of the Boise Mountains in Idaho and used a compass to estimate where the supermoon would rise. "Looking up and seeing the moon is not a unique experience as a human being, but photos always bring an emotional response. Perhaps it is because of the symbolism of the moon in every culture throughout time. Such a large moon, in frame with landmarks that define a city or region, can be awe-inspiring," she said. 
Joyce Kelley Clinton and her husband, Andy, wanted to flip some supermoon pancakes for their creative photograph. "We did not know how difficult it would be to arrange the photo so that the moon was an equivalent size with the pan," she said. "It required a lot of crouching, shifting, stepping, lifting, and maneuvering. And also giggling." 
Andrew Rosenstein was standing on the Santa Monica pier in California when he photographed the supermoon shining brightly next to a neon-colored ferris wheel. "I find it to be an important endeavor of science to understand the universe around us," he said. 
Daniel Mueller shot this image of the supermoon in Portland, Oregon, as it peeked through the grass stalks. Also an amateur astronomer, Mueller says, "I find that photography and astronomy are both contemplative and humbling pursuits." 
Jennifer Uhrig photographed her son, Hayden, capturing the supermoon outside their home in Wheeling, West Virginia. As a science fan, Hayden talked about the supermoon all weekend, and later in the evening the pair went outside to reach for the moon. "Ten-thirty is pretty late for us, so it really turned into a giggle session as we tried to get the right shots," Uhrig said. 
Billy Ocker stood on the pier of the Sebastian, Florida, inlet, photographing the supermoon peeking through the thick clouds overhead. "The moon was late in its showing and I almost thought I might not be able to see it because of the clouds. But just when I was about to give up, the Sun went completely down and I could see the clouds starting to glow white and then the Supermoon," he said. 
Munawar Ahmed photographed the Supermoon in Lahore, Pakistan. "I love to work on the beautiful nature of God, and capturing beautiful effects is my hobby, which gives me a lot of energy and refreshes my mind, heart and soul," he said. 
Jon Pierce woke early to catch the supermoon. At 5 a.m., he stood outside his home with a camera in hand to photograph it above the Rocky Mountains in Billings, Montana. "The fact that the moon was setting and the sun was rising all over the Rockies is what fascinated me the most," he said. 
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- June's supermoon was the biggest and brightest supermoon for 2013
- The supermoon is 14% larger and 30% brighter than most full moons
- For the event, people used forced-perspective and other tricks to photograph the moon
(CNN) -- The incredible lunar spectacle over the weekend known as a supermoon didn't stir werewolf sightings or make animals go wild -- as far as we know.
But it did spark a bit of supercreativity in people as they set out at all hours of the night to photograph the supermoon in uniquely amazing ways.
Why camp out on top of a hill or pull over on the side of a highway to photograph a supermoon, as some people did? The supermoon is an astronomical rarity, sometimes only happening once a year. It occurs when the moon is full at the same time it reaches perigee, the point when its orbit is closest to Earth, according to NASA. This supermoon happened to be the biggest and brightest one for 2013.
To mark the occasion, some people got a bit creative shooting the moon. Some used forced-perspective, squeezing the moon into their hands, while others situated it between towering skyscrapers. On CNN iReport, we received dozens of photographs of people goofing off with the moon, so we wanted to highlight the top supercreative shots that resonated on the site.
Click through the gallery above to check out these fun and creative shots of the supermoon, and share your own on CNN iReport.
Julia Carpenter contributed to this story
