GALLERY: Did you see the Blood Moon this morning?
See our Lunar Eclipse gallery below.
Moon gazers were able to observe a rare celestial event this morning between 3am and 4am, as a lunar eclipse coincided with a so-called “supermoon”.
A supermoon occurs when the moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, meaning it appears 7-8% larger in the sky.
The eclipse – which made the Moon appear red – was visible in North America, South America, Africa and Western Europe.
This phenomenon was last observed in 1982 and won’t come again until 2033.
During the lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow is visible creeping across the moon’s face, and this shadow will grow until it completely covers the moon. Then at totality, when the moon is fully covered by the Earth’s shadow, the blood red tinge will appear.
Did you see the lunar eclipse this morning?
Scroll through our Lunar Eclipse gallery below to see the eclipse.
