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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Julia Rampen

Rare Flower Moon over Liverpool captured in dazzling pictures

For some lucky people in Merseyside tonight, the clouds parted long enough to glimpse the last supermoon of the year.

The moon's special brightness comes from the fact it is positioned directly opposite to the sun, meaning its face is fully illuminated.

Named the Flower Moon, or Corn Planting Moon, it cast an otherworldly light over the Mersey as it floated above the Liverpool skyline.

ECHO photographer Andy Teebay caught it just as it appeared above the clouds.

And others too in Merseyside shared their dazzling photos of this rare phenomenon.

According to NASA: "The Moon orbits Earth in an ellipse, an oval that brings it closer to and farther from Earth as it goes around

"The farthest point in this ellipse is called the apogee and is about 253,000 miles (405,500km) from Earth on average.

"Its closest point is the perigee, which is an average distance of about 226,000 miles (363,300km) from Earth.

It also sees the moon at its closest point to the earth, meaning it will look larger and brighter than usual this evening.

2020 has seen four supermoons, with the previous three taking place on February 9, March 9 and April 8.

The next supermoon will take place on April 27 2021.

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