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Your stunning shots of harvest supermoon and partial lunar eclipse in Wirral

ByReport2

Sep 19, 2024

IF you had your eyes on the skies last night, you would have been treated to a rare sight – a supermoon, harvest moon and partial lunar eclipse.

The spectacle was visible in clear skies across Wirral throughout the night and in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday.

A partial lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the sun and moon, casting a shadow that darkens a sliver of the moon and appears to take a bite out of it.

A supermoon occurs when the moon appears 30% brighter and 14% bigger in the sky, Becky Mitchell, Met Office meteorologist said.

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She said: “The reason for that is the moon has an orbit around the Earth and the moon is in the part of its orbit where it is closest to the Earth.”

The supermoon was at its fullest on Tuesday night and will be visible for the next few nights.

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The partial lunar eclipse – when the Earth’s shadow covers part of the moon – occurred at 3.45am and 4% of the moon was covered.

The partial eclipse was visible for about an hour.

There will be a supermoon four times this year and the next partial eclipse will be in 2026.

Here are a few of your super shots of the moon at its fullest:

Azalea ORourke

Azalea O'Rourke

Dave Venables

Dave Venables

Em Cotgrave

Em Cotgrave

Fion Cheng

Fion Cheng

Gary Beale

Gary Beale

Gosia Czyzewska

Gosia Czyzewska

Hayley Don

Hayley Don

Jan E Peddie

Jan E Peddie

Mandy Williams

Mandy Williams

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