Twitter users share #SuperMoon photos
Twitter was abuzz last night with users sharing their amazing photos of the supermoon.
A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach that the moon makes to the earth on its elliptical orbit.
This usually results in the largest apparent size of the moon although it is not an official astronomical term.
According to reports it was first coined by an astrologer, Richard Nolle, in 1979 when he defined it as 'a New or a Full Moon that occurs when the moon is at its closest to earth in its orbit'.
NASA reports that the moon will be even bigger and brighter tonight and that it won't be this close to earth again until 25 November 2034.
Take a look at some of the amazing pictures:
Dont miss the 2016 #Supermoon tonight! It wont be this big again until 2034. Share YOUR images with us at #NASASuperMoon pic.twitter.com/8IAXr9S1no
— NASA Goddard Images (@NASAGoddardPix) November 14, 2016
New York City's Chrysler Building pierces the #Supermoon (📸 by Alexandre Martin, H/T @OriginalYoni) pic.twitter.com/Gl92mXBLHZ
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 14, 2016
Simply stunning shot of tonight's #Supermoon - keep the pictures coming! (Photo: jl_photography/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/pXEe5IteJh
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) November 14, 2016
Amazing photo of the #Supermoon over the St. Louis arch by @PDPJ pic.twitter.com/oqZeuBkkj5
— Meredith Frost (@MeredithFrost) November 14, 2016
don't miss the #supermoon rise ; the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. pic.twitter.com/sf4isXW7vx #australia #melbourneweather #sydney
— Australia Querry (@Ausquerry) November 14, 2016
Awesome shot of the #supermoon rising from @townofpenfield (Photo by @jdavis2731) pic.twitter.com/GM2VeraBW9
— Meredith Frost (@MeredithFrost) November 14, 2016