If you glanced up at the sky last night and your view was not obscured by cloud you will have seen the spectacular Blue supermoon – and readers have made the most of the opportunity to capture some super snaps of this celestial event.
Scroll through this page and enjoy some wonderful pictures taken by members of the Watford Observer Camera Club who have managed to capture the moon appearing in several different colours, depending on the light.
Although the name suggests the blue moon is named after a colour, it is referred to in this way because it is the second full moon in a calendar month. This is a rare event, hence the saying ‘once in a blue moon’.
The moon appeared larger than usual on Wednesday night, peaking at around 2.35am this morning.
A supermoon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point of orbit to the earth at just over 222,000 miles away, while typically it is around 252,000 miles away at its furthest point.
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