The night sky over Swindon and Wiltshire looked more spectacular than usual as stargazers got to see a supermoon and a partial lunar eclipse on the same evening.
The two astronomical events coincided on Tuesday, September 17, and our Camera Club members eagerly captured the stunning sight.
Supermoons happen when the moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit.
A rare partial lunar eclipse - when the Earth's shadow covers part of the moon - also happened with about four per cent of the moon's disc covered in darkness.
Over night from Tuesday into Wednesday, the partial lunar eclipse was visible across the globe - with some of the clearest sightings in the UK and the US.
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In the UK it occurred between 1.40am British Standard Time and 5.47am, reaching its peak at 03.44am.
This month's full moon - known as the Harvest moon - is the second of four "supermoons" this year.
The next partial eclipse will be in August 2026, which will be particularly special as around 96 per cent of our lunar neighbour will be in shadow.
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