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

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

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...

A blood red “supermoon” has appeared in the skies above Ireland for the first time in more than 30 years. This one coincided with a full lunar eclipse, in which the moon, Earth, and sun lined up, with Earth’s shadow totally obscuring the moon.

The cosmic event will take place on September 27, when both a supermoon and a lunar eclipse will be happening at the same time. It hasn’t happened in 33 years, and it won’t occur again for another 18. Every color except red will be filtered out, resulting in the...

As a bonus, the moon is at its closest point to Earth right now, so it will appear slightly larger than most full moons.

A rare supermoon total lunar eclipse will grace the night sky, coinciding with harvest moon, in a spectacular celestial trifecta that will surely leave astronomers, professionals and amateurs in shared wonder.

The supermoon will be visible after nightfall, and the eclipse will cast it into shadow sometime after 7:00 p.m. The alignment of the Earth and moon will make the eclipse appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter they say. The last supermoon eclipse was in 1982, and it won’t...

It will be a sight to see, if we can see it in north Georgia! You can use this guide to know when the eclipse will start in your city.