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On Sunday, September 27, the world saw its first supermoon lunar eclipse in 30 years.
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The moon turned red, which is normal for a lunar eclipse, but for this rare event, it was even bigger and brighter than usual. That's because the lunar eclipse coincided with a supermoon, where the moon appears up to 14% larger and 30% brighter, according to NASA.
The eclipse started Sunday night at 10:11 p.m. EDT, peaked around 10:47 p.m. EDT, and lasted until 11:23 p.m. EDT.
We've rounded up some of the best photos of the rare astronomical event from around the world. These include some photos where the moon is partially eclipsed and some of the full eclipse, where the moon appears full and red.
Oslo, Norway.
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A time lapse of the stages of the eclipse over Cape Town.
REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
St. Florence, Tenby, Wales.
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Over a house in Brussels.
REUTERS/Yves Herman
Over the Alexander III bridge in Paris.
REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
From a live stream of the eclipse in Poland.
REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Behind the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C..
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Near a church in Brussels.
REUTERS/Yves Herman
A reader-submitted photo from the midwestern US.
Eric Teske
The state capitol building in Denver, Colorado.
Photo by (NASA/Bill Ingalls
Brussels.
REUTERS/Yves Herman
Cape Town.
REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
The Las Vegas strip.
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Frankfurt, Germany.
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Behind the London Eye Ferris wheel in London.
REUTERS/Toby Melville
Brighton in southern England.
REUTERS/Toby Melville
Renton, Washington.
Cheryl Schmit
Paris, France.
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Kelly was a science reporter at Tech Insider, covering space and physics. She graduated from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism with an M.A. in science and health reporting. She received at B.S. degree in biology and a B.A. degree in communication from Berry College. Kelly has previously written for Live Science, Space.com, and Psychology Today.
