The Moon seen from Nanjing in China’s eastern Jiangsu province

A supermoon on Tuesday night lit up the sky across the world, coinciding with a rare partial lunar eclipse.

Supermoons happen when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit.

A rare partial lunar eclipse – when the Earth’s shadow covers part of the Moon – also happened with about 4% of the Moon’s disc covered in darkness.

Over night from Tuesday into Wednesday, the partial lunar eclipse was visible across the globe – with some of the clearest sightings in the UK and the US.

In the UK it occurred between 01:40 BST and 05:47, reaching its peak at 03:44.

For those in the US, the eclipse is visible between 20:41 EST and 00:47 – or 22:44 at its maximum.

The eclipse was also visible in Latin America, Europe and Africa, as well as small parts of Asia and the Middle East.

The Moon seen from Caracas, Venezuela. Getty Images
The silhouette of climbers descending from the summit of Sydney Harbour Bridge
A passenger jet is seen crossing in front of the supermoon in Gloucestershire.  BBC Weather Watchers/Woody’s Elf

This month’s full moon – known as the Harvest moon – is the second of four “supermoons” this year.

The next partial eclipse will be in August 2026, which will be special as around 96% of the Moon will be in shadow.

BBC contributed to this report

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