KentOnline

bannermobile

News

Sport

Business

What's On

Advertise

Contact

Other KM sites

CORONAVIRUS WATCH KMTV LIVE SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERS LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS LISTEN TO KMFM
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE
News

Blue supermoon moon in Kent

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 19:55, 31 January 2018

People in Kent have been enjoying the chance to take in a lunar event that has not been seen for around 150 years.

The moon was flooded with colour as skywatchers witnessed an amalgamation of a supermoon and blue moon.

Shae Molloy took this picture of the moon in Maidstone
Ian Ridgers took this photo from Leeds Castle
Emily Savage, 16, from Loose in Maidstone, took this shot

A blue moon is the name given to the second full moon in a month.

A 'supermoon' is when the moon appears larger and brighter, because it is closer than normal to the earth.

Many parts of the world are also being treated to a so-called blood moon - a total eclipse which causes a reddish hue.

Tweet your photos to @Kent_Online or email news@thekmgroup.co.uk

More by this author

sticky

© KM Group - 2024