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The supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse was seen astir the satellite - with this representation taken from Jerusalem
A supermoon has lit up the entity crossed the satellite coinciding with a uncommon partial lunar eclipse.
The Moon could beryllium seen to look brighter and bigger connected Tuesday night.
Supermoons hap erstwhile the Moon is astatine its closest constituent to Earth successful its orbit.
A uncommon partial lunar eclipse - erstwhile the Earth's shadiness covers portion of the Moon - besides happened with astir 4% of the Moon's disc covered successful darkness.
Over nighttime from Tuesday into Wednesday, the partial lunar eclipse was disposable crossed the globe - with immoderate of the clearest sightings successful the UK and the US.
In the UK it occurred betwixt 01:40 BST and 05:47, reaching its highest astatine 03:44.
For those successful the US, the eclipse is disposable betwixt 20:41 EST and 00:47 - oregon 22:44 astatine its maximum.
The eclipse was besides disposable successful Latin America, Europe and Africa, arsenic good arsenic tiny parts of Asia and the Middle East .
This month's afloat satellite - known arsenic the Harvest satellite - is the 2nd of 4 "supermoons" this year.
The adjacent partial eclipse volition beryllium successful August 2026, which volition beryllium peculiar arsenic astir 96% of the Moon volition beryllium successful shadow.
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This representation of the partial lunar eclipse was captured successful Mexico
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A skygazer successful Birmingham, UK, photographs the Moon
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Supermoon rises implicit a state location successful Warwickshire, UK
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The Moon seen from Caracas, Venezuela
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The Moon seen from Nanjing successful China's eastbound Jiangsu state
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A prima gazer sets up a scope successful Indonesia
The supermoon rises implicit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
The silhouette of climbers descending from the acme of Sydney Harbour Bridge
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The Moon rises down the Galata Tower successful Istanbul, Turkey
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A level flies successful beforehand of the Moon successful Toronto
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