Supermoon lights up the night sky over the City of Toronto

The next opportunity to see the moon this close to Earth will be in 2034.

November’s full moon appeared Monday, the second of three consecutive so-called “supermoon” full moons for 2016.

But much of Britain missed out on the spectacle on Monday as cloudy conditions hampered efforts to see the natural satellite – which appears up to 30% brighter and 14% bigger than average.

The rare proximity of “spectacular supermoon” to Earth means it will appear 30 percent brighter and 14 percent bigger as it reaches just 356,509km from Earth, according to NASA.

“Tuesday’s moon will be nearly as large and bright as Monday’s, so we still have a chance to enjoy the sight if the weather obliges”.

While many sky gazers had their views hampered by thick cloud, some lucky photographers in Lincolnshire managed to get some great pictures of the celestial event. So let’s freeze time and have a look at some of the best snaps on Instagram of last night’s supermoon. He further added, “Tuesday’s moon will be almost as vast and splendid as Monday’s, so despite everything we have an opportunity to appreciate the sight if the climate obliges”. Though the small body is constantly moving around our planet, its distance to Earth changes throughout the year.

A supermoon occurs because the moon’s orbit around the earth is not circular but elliptical.

The moon orbits the Earth in an oval shape. Its closest position to earth is called the perigee and its most distant is the apogee. The last quarter of 2016 is a bounty for supermoon fans, with October, November and December all sporting the phenomenon.

However, supermoon is rarely used within the scientific community as many researchers prefer to use perigee full moon or perigee new moon.