Wells Supermoon
Super Moon over Wells Cathedral – Somerset, UK. ID 824_8318
Blue Supermoon
Like most people on the earth we had a blue supermoon today. A supermoon is created when a full moon coincides with the closest part of the moon’s orbit. So it looks a little bigger. A blue moon happens if there has already been a full moon earlier in the same calendar month.
Some people also had a blood moon. This is when a lunar eclipse can be seen from where they are on the earth. The UK was in the wrong place this time around.
Super Moon over Wells Cathedral – Somerset, UK. ID 824_8320
A gap in the clouds allowed the moon to shine down on Wells. This gave the front face of the cathedral some beautiful nighttime illumination.
Super Moon over Wells Cathedral – Somerset, UK. ID 824_8322
A small confession – the full moon was on the 31st January but I had to wait for the early hours of the 1st February for a gap in the clouds. Officially, there are no full moons in February this year! But like January there will be two full moons in March – so another blue moon.
Earlier This Month
As this is a blue moon there was another full moon earlier in January. I was also out and about back at the start of this (last) month.
Supermoon – Meare, Somerset, UK. ID 824_4836
The supermoon over Glastonbury Tor back on the 1st January. Apparently, that supermoon was sighter bigger (closer) than the current supermoon. Not sure how that works – its either at its biggest or not?
Supermoon over flooded fields – Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, UK. ID 824_4870
That time I was away from the bright city lights and things were a bit more blue.
Supermoon – Stileway, Somerset, UK. ID 824_4759
