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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Rare 'supermoon' eclipse Sunday Sep 27,2015

 
Sky-watchers around the world are in for a treat on Sunday night and Monday Sep 28,2015 when the shadow of Earth casts a reddish glow on the moon, the result of rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year.
Guide: These are the times in GMT that the eclipse started and ended over Britain, with the total eclipse happening at 3.47am BST

 The total "supermoon" lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon" is one that appears bigger and brighter than usual as it reaches the point in its orbit that is closest to Earth.
"There’s no physical difference in the moon. 

It just appears slightly bigger in the sky," planetary geologist Noah Petro, with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said. 

 If skies are clear, the phenomenon will be visible from North and South America, Europe, Africa and parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific. In the United States, the eclipse begins at 8:11 p.m. EDT/0011 GMT. 

The total eclipse starts two hours later and lasts for one hour and 12 minutes.

It has been more than 30 years since a supermoon combined with a lunar eclipse, said NASA. 

The next total lunar eclipse will not be until 2018

The moon gradually changed from a regular full moon to a blood moon over Bogota, Colombia
Eclipse: The moon gradually changed from a regular full moon to a blood moon over Bogota, Colombia



The supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor in Somerset,home to St Michael's Tower, where dozens of people gathered
UK: The supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, home to St Michael's Tower, where dozens of people gathered

 The vibrant supermoon rises above the Stuart mansion of Bolsover Castle near Chesterfield in Derbyshire,UK
UK: The vibrant supermoon rises above the Stuart mansion of Bolsover Castle near Chesterfield in Derbyshire last night

The supermoon illuminated the night as it rose into the sky over St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside,UK
UK: The supermoon illuminated the night as it rose into the sky over St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside 
 
The supermoon rises above Brighton beach in East Sussex,UK
UK: The supermoon rises above Brighton beach in East Sussex last night as sky-watchers enjoyed the spectacle
 
The bright red supermoon rises over the Washington Monument,USA
USA: The bright red supermoon rises over the Washington Monument late on Sunday night, to astronomers' delight

Sightseers casting their eyes up to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City also got a view of the supermoon
USA: Sightseers casting their eyes up to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City also got a view of the supermoon
 The blood moon appeared to rise directly above the Baha'i Temple in Wilmette, Illinois,USA
USA: The tremendous blood moon appeared to rise directly above the Baha'i Temple in Wilmette, Illinois, last night
The huge, bright moon filled the sky behind the state capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah,USA
USA: The huge, bright moon filled the sky behind the state capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, late on Sunday night
 
 
A supermoon rises over the minaret of a mosque in Wadi El-Rayan Lake at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, near Cairo,Egypt
EGYPT: A supermoon rises over the minaret of a mosque in Wadi El-Rayan Lake at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, near Cairo

It was supermoon time in Warsaw,Poland as the lunar phenomenon was visible next to a clock on the Palace of Culture
POLAND: It was supermoon time in Warsaw as the lunar phenomenon was visible next to a clock on the Palace of Culture

The supermoon almost appeared to be sitting on top of a skyscraper in Warsaw,Poland  as it passed over the Polish city
POLAND: The supermoon almost appeared to be sitting on top of a skyscraper in Warsaw as it passed over the Polish city
 
The red-appearing moon was visible behind this colourful Orthodox church in the city of Turets, west of Minsk,Belarus
BELARUS: The red-appearing moon was visible behind this colourful Orthodox church in the city of Turets, west of Minsk

A supermoon rises in the sky over the Rio de La Plata in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: A supermoon rises in the sky over the Rio de La Plata in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires last night 
 
The full supermoon sets over the central business district of Sydney on the south-eastern coast of Australia
AUSTRALIA: The full supermoon sets over the central business district of Sydney on the south-eastern coast of Australia
 
A supermoon rises in the sky near the Eiffel tower as seen from Suresnes in the west of the Paris
FRANCE: A supermoon rises in the sky near the Eiffel tower as seen from Suresnes in the west of the French capital last night

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