THE SUPERMOON WAS an incredible sight last night – if you could see it.
The moon was the closest its been to Earth for 68 years last evening – meaning it appeared unusually bright and large in the night sky.
5pm was the best time to see it yesterday – but, unfortunately, cloudy skies spoiled the view in many areas.
In case you were wondering, a ‘supermoon’ happens because the moon does not orbit around the Earth in a perfect circle. Instead, its elliptical orbit means that the moon’s distance from Earth can vary by up to 14%. The point at which the moon is closest to earth is called the ‘perigee’.
Now, here are your photos:
Emma Hynes had a clear view over Dublin:
DJ Robbie Kane was making the most of the view in Baldoyle, in north Dublin:
But this was taken by Brendan Rogers in Carrickmines, Dublin 18:
And Guy Boggan captured this great shot over the capital too:
This incredible shot was taken in Co Waterford:
While there was a pretty good view in Donegal too:
The PSNI snapped some incredible shots:
It took us a few seconds to make sense of this one from Kevin Griffin:
And we guess it was cloudy in Sligo. This was send in by an anonymous reader early this morning:
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