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But there will be a few hours on either side of that time period when you’ll be able to see the shadow passing over the moon, weather permitting.

Stargazers in the state tonight were treated to a rare celestial event: a full so-called supermoon combined with a lunar eclipse, which left the moon shrouded in an eerie red glow. A total lunar eclipse coinciding with a “supermoon” hasn’t happened for 33 years,...

“Together have seen solar eclipse, two planets, now lunar”.

Many earthlings were treated to a rare sight last night, as a “supermoon” coincided with a lunar eclipse.

Sunday’s Blood Moon was the fifth of six supermoons this year alone.

A “blood moon” is created when a supermoon happens at the same time as a total lunar eclipse, making the moon’s face look as if it’s painted in a deep red.

The rare coupling was seen in Canada, the United States, Europe, Africa and western Asia.

Supermoons happen a few times a year, but they rarely coincide with a lunar eclipse, where the moon moves into the earth’s shadow, making it appear eerily blood red.

On Sunday night, the supermoon moved into the Earth’s shadow during a full lunar eclipse which was visible from the Americas, West Africa and Europe. Supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger....

READERS stayed up late to take some stunning shots of last night’s rare supermoon lunar eclipse. Unlike the supermoon event, lunar eclipse occur every three years or less or an average of three to four times in the span of a decade. This combination of events is rare due to...

As a result, perigee full moons, also known as supermoons, appear about 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter in the sky than do apogee full moons (which are also called minimoons).

Doom-mongering had been particularly ramped up as this lunar eclipse combined with a supermoon.

A supermoon occurs when the Moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, meaning it appears larger in the sky. A total lunar eclipse coinciding with a “supermoon” hasn’t happened for 33 years, and won’t be repeated again for another 18 years. At this...

The nights are longer, the temperatures cooler and the bugs will soon be gone. “We’re going to get to watch as the full moon plunges into the ruddy shadow of the earth”. Weather permitting, you can see the supermoon after nightfall, and the eclipse will cast it...

Instagram addicts had to take to their cameras immediately as the next suchlike event will take place in 18 years.