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 blue supermoon (Image: Anelise Coomber / Watford Observer Camera Club)
The moon appeared larger than usual on Wednesday night, peaking at around 2.35am this morning.
The blue supermoon (Image: Watford Observer)
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.
A cloudy supermoon and Saturn above (Image: Rory Robinson / Watford Observer Camera Club)
The moon with a glow around it (Image: Claire Tessier / Watford Observer Camera Club)
The moon over Kings Langley (Image: Jo Kedgley / Watford Observer Camera Club)
The moon rising through the clouds (Image: Christine Clb / Watford Observer Camera Club)
The supermoon has a red glow in this shot (Image: Mark Ward / Watford Observer Camera Club)
Whereas it is a grey-white colour in this image (Image: Jo Reid / Watford Observer Camera Club)
The moon captured through branches (Image: Tracey Phillipps / Watford Observer Camera Club)
Some of the detail of the lunar surface is captured in this photo (Image: Trudie Antrobus / Watford Observer Camera Club)
The blue supermoon (Image: Sarah Clarke / Watford Observer Camera Club)
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