1. Noticed the moon looking a bit bigger lately? It’s a harvest supermoon.
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Supermoons take place when the moon is at its closest to us in its orbit, making it appear especially large and bright. Harvest moons take place just before the autumn equinox, when the sun sets and the moon rises at around the same time. Both phenomena are taking place at the moment.
2. Here is the supermoon above the sky of Brixton as a plane passes by.
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3. It has been looking glorious all across Britain, from Roker lighthouse in Sunderland in the northeast…
5. It’s also a beautiful sight to see above Swansea Bay.
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REX USA / Rex
6. Whitehall looked beautiful as the harvest supermoon shone above Horse Guards Parade and through the London Eye on the evening of 10 September.
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7. It seemed even closer later that night in this shot, right behind the London Eye.
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8. The blinking light at the top of One Canary Wharf is insignificant compared to the light from the supermoon.
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9. Here it is behind The Shard on the evening of 9 September.
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REX USA/Javier Garcia/BPI / Rex
10. Before rising above it like a hero.
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11. Good on you, supermoon. You officially rock.
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