Super blood wolf moon

Skygazers  were treated to a rare astronomical spectacle of a “ super blood wolf moon” , when the moon turned a deep shade of red, part of a lunar eclipse makes  the surface of the moon appear a reddish hue and won’t be seen again for another 18 years. The red moon was visible for a total of five hours with early risers able to catch a glimpse as late as 7:48am.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned and the full moon turns red as it is covered by the Earth’s shadow – creating a so-called “ Blood Moon”. The eclipse began at 02:35 GMT on Monday and ended 7:49GMT, but the point of greatest eclipse occurred at 05:12 GMT. In  the UK, the Moon was above the horizon throughout the eclipse, though form the extreme south-east of England the Sun had risen as the eclipse ended. The eclipse also was visible from Spain, France Portugal, some parts of West Africa, North and South America, the eastern pacific and north-eastern tip of Russia.