The 'Supermoon' Lunar Eclipse 2015

In the early hours of Monday 28th September, 2015 the Earth, Sun and Moon were almost exactly in line and the Moon was on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. Also, the Moon was very near its minimum distance from our planet and it looked about 7 to 8 percent larger in the sky. During this total lunar eclipse, when the full Moon moved into our planet's shadow, it remained visible but very much dimmer. As the remaining light travelled through Earth's gaseous outer envelope, the green to violet part of the light is filtered out more than the red portion so that the light reaching the lunar surface is mostly red in colour.

This dramatic phenomenon was last seen in 1982 and will not come around again until 2033!