The moon became the “star” of the night sky as it turned red in colour during the unusual phenomenon, which involved it appearing 14% bigger. “Combine this with a lunar eclipse, when the moon passes directly behind the earth into its shadow, giving it a red tint”.

The combination of a “supermoon” and total lunar eclipse last time occurred in 1982 and those who had missed it will not see ever as the next one is in 2033.

The supermoon last night was the closest the moon will get to us all year, just 221,753 miles from Earth. Because it is slightly closer, it will appear larger and brighter than a normal full moon.

The Moon takes an elliptical orbit around Earth, which means that its average distance changes from as far as 405,000km (its apogee) to as close as 363,000km at the perigee.

Unlike the solar eclipse, a total lunar eclipse event is safe to watch with naked eyes and needs no special equipment. This is a special full moon, because this is the Harvest Moon.

A super blood moon occurred on September 27, 2015. He said that causes the earth to block sunlight from the moon, casting a shadow.

A swollen “supermoon” bathed in the blood-red light of a total eclipse is seen in Strasbourg, eastern France.

In the early hours of Monday morning, a “blood moon” was visible as a dramatic lunar eclipse took place.

In the United States, the eclipse begins at 8:11pm EDT.

What’s nice about the Supermoon lunar eclipse?

“You always want to see the eclipse because they’re always very different”, Krupp said, adding that the additional component of the earth’s atmosphere adds “all kinds of twists and turns to the experience”.