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The boffins at NASA say that although the zenith of the supermoon has passed, the moon will still appear much larger tonight, after it made its glorious debut in the night sky worldwide last night.
Most casual observers will not be able to tell the difference.
And the good news for lunar-fans is that while the main event is over, there are two more chances to catch supermoons in the upcoming weeks – as they’re scheduled to take place in January and February 2018.
Noah Petro, Nasa’s deputy scientist of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter said that the moon will still appear much larger over the next few days.
He said: “The difference in distance from one night to the next will be very subtle, so if it’s cloudy on Sunday, go out on Monday.”
Last night, the moon lit up Britain’s night skies from Brighton to Yorkshire.
But the hypnotising sight was omnipresent worldwide and glowed over the Indonesian island of Bali, lighting up a smouldering Mount Agung.
The effervescent bright orange and yellow moon was also seen glowing over the Philippines, Hawaii and Cyprus according to eyewitnesses.
And experts said that it appeared 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than usual – offering stargazers a chance to indulge in the rare occasion.
A supermoon occurs when Earth’s natural satellite approaches the planet as close as possible, in what is known as its perigee.
This happens because the moon’s orbit around our home planet is elliptical and not perfectly round, according to Nasa.
This makes the moon approach and move away from the planet at different times throughout the lunar cycle.
Last night’s moon was 222,443 miles from Earth and it became a full moon sitting opposite the sun at 3.47pm on Sunday.
Captain Dave Wallsworth, a pilot for British Airways captured the after glow of the supermoon whilst flying past the south coast of England this morning on BA flight 56.
He described how the supermoon lit up the skies near Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings at around 7am this morning.
He tweeted: “Amazing view illuminated by the supermoon.”