Amazing photos show enormous harvest moon rising over London and UK
A spectacular Harvest Moon with an orange hue shone over the UK overnight.
Incredible photos showed it bright in the sky, with many onlookers entranced by the occurrence.
A Harvest Moon appears larger than usual and has a distinct hue, different to its usual white light.
It is the full moon that falls closest to the fall equinox visible from countries across the Northern Hemisphere and was described by onlookers as “totally bewitching”, “literally magical” and “breathtaking”.
#HarvestMoon2018 setting here in #Shropshire this morning #fullmoon #harvestmoon #stormhour #loveukweather pic.twitter.com/AGya9ic7dq
— Tom Lowe (@saloplarus) September 25, 2018
Breathtaking #HarvestMoon this evening across the Thames to Greenwich. This snap does not do it justice pic.twitter.com/yVDV9eYTvI
— Tim Aldrich (@TimAldrich) September 24, 2018
#sunrise and #Moonrise today in #Huddersfield 😍🌞🌝#Yorkshire #loveukweather @StormHour @EarthandClouds @WizardWeather @Examiner @SnapYourWorld @metoffice #HarvestMoon pic.twitter.com/ESctk3EDyI
— Jane Brook (@jayceb19) September 24, 2018
Thanks for sending your #HarvestMoon pics to #loveukweather which capture stunning detail of the surface of the moon in quite vivid colours, like this sent in from Exeter. Further images may feature on our Instagram channel later today. Follow us on IG 👉https://t.co/kvNcsZWLoP pic.twitter.com/meCtu8aEoV
— Met Office (@metoffice) September 25, 2018
Eluding to its unusual size one even called it “gobsmackingly large”.
Thanks to clear skies in the capital it was particularly visible over the city, with people gazing at it across the Thames, and in other areas including Tooting, Wanstead and Dalston.
Some said that photos did not do the sight "justice".
Harvest moon tonight. Looks amazing! #loveukweather pic.twitter.com/tvTuxdQxNa
— The UK Weather (@HertsLondon) September 24, 2018
As the Harvest Moon sets over West London, there's red sky on the other side. #harvestmoon #london pic.twitter.com/WqOb5PqJv9
— Dr Helgi (@traumagasdoc) September 25, 2018
Tonight! Get a load of the full Moon #harvestMoon; a name given by Neil Young to the full Moon closest to the north's autumnal equinox. Every time the Moon is near full, lots of folks, come along saying not to bother with the sky. pic.twitter.com/hOcnrWoEg5
— Scott Levine (@scottlevine13) September 24, 2018
The Harvest Moon occurs annually somewhere around September 23 or 22, though it can fall up to a fortnight each side of that date.
It is followed by the Hunter’s Moon, or Blood Moon, which occurs at some point in October, and has a similar appearance.