Supermoon live: What time to see ‘super flower blood moon’ lunar eclipse and all the latest photos
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Night sky watchers across the world have been enjoying a “super flower blood moon”, a spectacular phenomenon caused by the May full moon coinciding with both the satellite being at its closest point to the Earth during its orbit - making it appear larger and brighter - and a lunar eclipse causing the moon to turn red as it drifts into our planet’s shadow.
The sight has made for extraordinary photographs from the Western United States to Sydney Harbour but, somewhat typically, amateur astronomers in the UK watching the skies from Stonehenge were left frustrated by heavy cloud cover obscuring their view.
While the supermoon is visible across the world, the partial eclipse will only be viewable in parts of the US, eastern Latin Americas and eastern regions of Russia and Asia, although it will be streamable in the UK this morning.
The most spectacular shots of the ‘Super Flower Blood Moon’ from across the world
What a night.
Here’s our collection of the best photographs from around the world of this most extraordinary of lunar events.
The spectacular ‘Super Flower Blood Moon’ in pictures
Rare lunar event captured by photographers from California and downtown Brasilia to the beaches of Sydney
Timelapse film captures eclipse over New York City
If you’re impatient about this kind of thing, here’s the essence of the whole thing over and done with in 11 seconds.
We have a winner
As we’ve seen, there is no shortage of fine pictures of this most photogenic of moons but how about this one from Brasilia?
Oof, I say.
The view from Asia
Here’s a couple more stunning photographs for you as night descends on the Far East, taken in Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Kong respectively.
Throwing a tortilla at the window is cheating
There are some beautiful shots still being posted to Twitter from last night in the US right now, capturing the moon at its brightest, from New York to Nashville.
But guys, come on, this one is fooling no one.
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Behold!
The mighty moon in eclipse. Remarkable.
But if that slender crescent isn’t exciting enough for you, check out this shot of the blood moon at its bloodiest from New Zealand.
Totality of lunar eclipse about to begin
The big moment is about to arrive, with moon expected to be in eclipse for around 15 minutes from 12.11pm (GMT) and achieve totality at 12.19pm.
Remember, you can stream Griffith Observatory’s live coverage from Los Angeles and Lowell Observatory’s broadcast from Arizona.
Here are the latest images of its progress, taken in Santa Monica, California, and Sydney, Australia, respectively.
Extraordinary.
The view from Europe
More pictures you say? Alrighty then.
This is how the supermoon looked over the Czech Republic, Russia, Spain and Turkey last night.
The view from the Americas (and Australia)
As we await the totality of the lunar eclipse, here are some astonishing shots of the super moon from last night, taken in Brazil, Argentina and the United States.
And here’s a couple of beauts from Sydney because why not?
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