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Supermoon eclipse photographed in south of England

News imageBBC Weather Watcher JamesGuymer Hedge lined fields with a windmill and large orange moon rising behindBBC Weather Watcher JamesGuymer
News imageBBC Weather Watcher Nicky Wisdom Large orange moon with people standing on heathland watchingBBC Weather Watcher Nicky Wisdom
The supermoon rising behind a windmill in Bembridge, as captured by BBC Weather Watcher JamesGuymer
The full harvest supermoon rising above Barton on Sea, as seen by BBC Weather Watcher Nicky Wisdom

Cloudless skies meant the spectacle of a supermoon and the partial lunar eclipse could be seen across the south of England on Tuesday night.

For super early risers, the partial lunar eclipse reached its peak at 03:44 BST.

During the eclipse, Earth cast a small shadow on the top right corner of the moon's surface.

The Harvest moon, the second of four this year, at its fullest on Tuesday, will be visible for the next few nights. The next partial eclipse will be in 2026.

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