It appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter than usual because the moon was at its nearest to Earth – a mere 226,000 miles away. The scientific term for the moon’s closest approach to Earth is “perigee“.

The eclipse – which made the Moon appear red – has been visible in North America, South America, West Africa and Western Europe.

Hundreds flocked to Assiniboine Park to watch the combined supermoon and lunar eclipse on Sunday night.

The so-called “super blood moon” is taking place, which hasn’t happened since 1982 and won’t happen again for another 18 years.

The lunar eclipse can be viewed by the naked eye, Fox 59 reports, and can be seen simply by looking up at the sky. Earth’s shadow blanketed the full moon as the planet passed between the sun and the moon. The fact that it’s coinciding with a supermoon, making it a Supermoon Lunar Eclipse.

Hranac says because a lot of light scatters off the Earth’s atmosphere, the moon will not look dark but more red or orange.

NASA TV will be streaming video of Sunday’s supermoon eclipse starting at 8:00 p.m. ET. That means the moon will rise in the eastern sky already partly inside the shadow of the Earth.

Conditions were good for moon-gazing last night and this morning, with relatively cloudless skies giving a clear view of the moon.

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The full eclipse started about 10:11 p.m. E.T. and lasted a little over an hour.

A plane flies in front of the supermoon during a lunar eclipse Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Geneva, Illinois.

The eerie light created from a lunar eclipse with the moon near to its closest point to the Earth delighted amateur astronomers while filling others with dread.