Your photos of the ‘Super Blue Moon’ over Birmingham
Last night’s “Super Blue Moon” had quite a few of you watching the skies.
While a lunar eclipse – or ‘blood moon’ as Twitter hashtags will remind you -was visible on the other side of the world (Australia, Asia and some parts of the US and Eastern Europe), the UK had to settle for a ‘blue moon’. No less stunning, we might add.
In fact, it was actually the first time a lunar eclipse, supermoon and a blue moon have all coincided since 31st March 1866, over 150 years ago! As expected, the event has been aptly dubbed the “Super blue blood moon”.
Rising at around 5pm on Wednesday 21st January, and staying visible until around 8am on Thursday, It is the second ‘supermoon’ of the month after the year’s first full moon a the start of January.
Although quite difficult to capture to beauty of it all on most smartphones, the Moon did appear around 7% larger and 15% brighter than usual because of its closer proximity to earth.
Here’s some of the photos you all captured of last night’s ‘Super Blue Moon’ over Birmingham:
Here's a photo of tonight's #SuperBlueBloodMoon over #Birmingham, captured for @IAmBirmingham by staff photographer Rangzeb Hussain.#SuperBlueBloodMoon2018 #supermoon pic.twitter.com/A8mLPIdml9
— I Am Birmingham (@IAmBirmingham) January 31, 2018
Supermoon or blue moon – after the snow flurry had cleared. Too late for a decent moonrise over the city of Birmingham 🙁 #TheSuperBlueBloodMoon #Supermoon2018 #moon pic.twitter.com/PwJmoKKCdt
— Peter Lopeman (@Moeran1944) January 31, 2018
Supermoon shining over #harborne this evening! #supermoon #birmingham pic.twitter.com/BeXKowdDTY
— Victoria Aspinall (@vickygoodwin83) January 31, 2018
#SuperBlueBloodMoon uk 🇬🇧 wow sure looks a lot closer #SuperBlueMoon #Supermoon2018 pic.twitter.com/StrtPy52kT
— Vijee Djega (@ViDje) January 31, 2018
Great away trip to Ebley Full Moon H3, lots of Shiggy and good company ➰#onon #bullmoonh3 #bmh3 #hashhouseharriers #hhh #h3 #birmingham #running #jogging #walking #funfitsocial #fun #fit #social #fullmoon #supermoon https://t.co/lYtZvOKR6P pic.twitter.com/uLiAIHptq1
— Bull Moon H3 (@bullmoonh3) January 31, 2018
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Super blue blood moon over #chinatown #birmingham #chinatownbirmingham #superbluebloodmoon #weallshootphotos #brummie_gems #igersbirmingham.
Super blue blood moon over #chinatown #birmingham #chinatownbirmingham #superbluebloodmoon #weallshootphotos #brummie_gems #igersbir… pic.twitter.com/Hp4UdPazl3— Pete Davies (@petedaviesphoto) January 31, 2018
Super moon!
*Outside the restricted window access of a premier inn over the gas works in Birmingham.
I thang yew! pic.twitter.com/MXKojgg15l— Dolly ™ (@Seasidedolly) January 31, 2018
Couple of images of tonights ( 31 Jan 2018) Moon over Birmingham B31, at 2200hrs pic.twitter.com/n42Y00ySIH
— Busman (@Farestage) January 31, 2018
@jessops Super Moon over Castle Bromwich Birmingham this evening. pic.twitter.com/EH0xbv5LpI
— Darryl (@ClassOf82) January 31, 2018
And here’s NASA’s International Space Station – orbiting Earth 250 miles above – flying past the moon last night, as captured from Birmingham:
The @Space_Station transiting the Super Blue Blood Moon as it flew over Birmingham UK this evening #SuperBlueBloodMoon #Birmingham https://t.co/Q6G8k0HOXl
— theimagetree (@beingthere) January 31, 2018