Hunter's Moon lights up sky across the south

Curtis Lancaster

BBC News

18 October 2024

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The Hunter's Moon was in all of its glory in Southampton
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The moody looking moon hid behind a thin veil of cloud in Christchurch
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People in Wokingham could have been forgiven for thinking Halloween had come early as the supermoon took on a pumpkin shade
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Sitting proudly on its own in the night sky in Beedon, West Berkshire
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Roads in Seaview on the Isle of Wight were illuminated for drivers by the brightest moon of the year
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A tiny dot in the distance was keeping the lights on in Lee-on-the-Solent
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No bush was big enough to hide the Hunter's Moon in Oxford
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October's full moon appeared to be seasonably cold in Chinnor, Oxfordshire
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Corfe Castle ruins looked as clear as the sky in Dorset

Thursday's clear night sky was illuminated by the brightest supermoon of the year.

October's full moon is known as the Hunter's Moon.

Photographers from Hampshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire and Berkshire were on hand to capture the lunar event.

A supermoon occurs when the Moon, which follows an elliptical (oval) orbit around Earth, is at its closest point to our planet.

If this coincides with a full Moon, we see a supermoon, making the Moon appear larger.

The supermoon will still be visible in cloudless skies over the weekend.

There have already been two supermoons this year - August's Blue Moon and September's Harvest Moon.

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