Supermoon and lunar eclipse delight star gazers

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Supermoon and lunar eclipse delight star gazers

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A skygazer in Birmingham, ***, photographs the Moon

A supermoon has lit up the sky across the world coinciding with a rare partial lunar eclipse.

The Moon could be seen to appear brighter and ******* on Tuesday night.

Supermoons happen when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit.

A rare partial lunar eclipse – when the Earth’s shadow covers part of the Moon – also happened with about 4% of the Moon’s disc covered in darkness.

Over night from Tuesday into Wednesday, the lunar phenomenon was visible across the globe – with some of the clearest sightings in the *** and the US.

The eclipse was also visible in ****** America, Europe and *******, as well as small parts of Asia and the Middle East.

This month’s full moon – known as the Harvest moon – is the second of four “supermoons” this year.

The next partial eclipse will be in August 2026, which will be special as around 96% of the Moon will be in shadow.

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Supermoon rises over a country house in Warwickshire, ***

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The Moon seen from Caracas, Venezuela

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The Moon seen from Nanjing in China’s eastern Jiangsu province

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A star gazer sets up a telescope in Indonesia

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The supermoon rises over the ********-occupied Golan Heights

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The silhouette of climbers descending from the summit of Sydney Harbour Bridge

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The Moon rises behind the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey

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A plane flies in front of the Moon in Toronto

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