East Lancashire stargazers have been sharing their pictures of a lunar phenomenon that took place in the early hours of the morning (September 18).
The super harvest moon, the full moon nearest the autumn equinox meaning it only occurs once a year, was in full bloom.
Stargazers were also witnessed a partial lunar eclipse, when the earth passes between the sun and moon meaning a shadow passes over the moon.
Some of the Lancashire Telegraph’s camera club members have been sharing their own pictures of the moon last night.
Photographer, Peter McGuire, took a picture of the partial lunar eclipse at its peak at 3.45am. It was taken from his Blackburn home.
Mandy Fletcher took a picture of the harvest moon, glowing yellow, from Rishton.
A supermoon occurs when the moon appears 30 per cent brighter and 14 per cent bigger in the sky, Becky Mitchell, Met Office meteorologist said.
She said: “The reason for that is the moon has an orbit around the Earth and the moon is in the part of its orbit where it is closest to the Earth.”
While the supermoon was at its fullest on Tuesday night, it will be visible for the next few nights.
There will be a supermoon four times this year, and the next partial eclipse will be in 2026, the forecaster added.
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