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Last supermoon of the year lights up the East

Rachael McMenemy
News imageSteJay/WeatherWatchers The shadow of a bird is silhouetted against a full moon on a black sky. SteJay/WeatherWatchers
Weather watcher SteJay caught the perfect silhouette of a bird across the Cold Moon in Hertford

People have witnessed the last supermoon of the year as it illuminated the sky on Thursday.

The Cold Moon was the third consecutive supermoon after October's Harvest Moon and the Beaver Moon in November.

There had been fears cloudy skies would obscure the phenomenon, but the weather cleared in many part of the East of England leaving the skies lit up by the large full moon.

BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing their photos of the sight.

News imageEromittal/WeatheWatchers A clear shot of the white moon against a black sky. Eromittal/WeatheWatchers
The Cold Moon was all that could be seen in the sky across Corby in Northamptonshire
News imagegillybean/WEATHERWATCHERS Moon visible above the trees against a light violet sky. gillybean/WEATHERWATCHERS
The moon was still visible hanging above the trees just before sunrise in Harpenden, Hertfordshire
News imageWendy Windblows/Weather Watchers Cold Moon visible in the distance with branches and leaves in front. Wendy Windblows/Weather Watchers
Wendy Windblows took an atmospheric shot of the Cold Moon in Cambridge
News imagesnapper_rob/WeatherWatchers The moon takes on a yellow hue as it sits on a background of a violet and pink skysnapper_rob/WeatherWatchers
The Cold Moon took on a yellow hue against a violet and pink sky during sunrise in Southend-on-Sea, Essex
News imagePractical Bill/WeatherWatchers A close up of the moon, which looks grey against a black sky.Practical Bill/WeatherWatchers
In Westley Waterless, east Cambridgeshire, the sky was clear allowing for some close-up snaps
News imageKeepOnRunning/WeatherWatchers The moon on an inky blue sky. KeepOnRunning/WeatherWatchers
The silvery moon could be seen shining down in Somerton, Norfolk, even from behind the trees
News imageMrBlueSky/WeatherWatchers The moon on the right gives the illusion of being as large as a Chimney framing it on the left. MrBlueSky/WeatherWatchers
Fortunately not all chimneys are nearly the size of the moon as this shot from Ravenswood in Ipswich, Suffolk, suggests.
News imageSammy/WeatherWatchers The moon against a cloudy sky. Sammy/WeatherWatchers
Even in cloudier conditions, such as in Shotley, Suffolk, people were treated to fabulous views of the year's last supermoon

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