17 Stunning Photos Of Last Night’s ‘Bloodmoon’ Taken Over Ireland

Last night, a very special and rare thing happened in our skies.

The supermoon and lunar eclipse combined to create a phenomenon known a ‘bloodmoon’, where Earth’s only natural satellite appears enormous in the night sky and takes on a rusty red colour.

But with the event occurring between 2am and 6am this morning, many of you probably missed it.

However, lots of moon-gazers around the country managed to capture some amazing photographs of the event, which we’ve gathered below.

Enjoy your belated bloodmoon.

Before the #LunarEclipse Sandymount Strand yesterday evening. @PicThisDublin @PhotosOfDublin @LovinDublin #themoon pic.twitter.com/M0EXh28aEJ

— Dave Keegan (@davepaulkeegan) September 28, 2015

Lunar eclipse as viewed from Coolbawn, Tipperary, Ireland at 4.45am #SuperBloodMoon #SuperMoon2015 pic.twitter.com/1GZKqAqGws

— Coolbawn Cross (@coolbawncross) September 28, 2015

One of my photos from the eclipse this morning. #superbloodmoon Dublin Ireland pic.twitter.com/evUd2i69zg

— Eoin Kenny (@Eoin_K) September 28, 2015

Two more #LunarEclipse photos from Longford #Ireland #SuperBloodMoon #eclipse #eclipselunar #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/zKw1J5pHoT

— Deirdre O’Byrne (@deirdre_dub) September 28, 2015

#SuperMoon2015 rising over Mount Argus Church, Dublin. @LovelyDubley @LovinDublin @GoToIrelandGB pic.twitter.com/UXrISbgSuJ

— Alan Morton (@Mightymorto) September 27, 2015

A view from Donegal! Beautiful pic of #SuperBloodMoon by @DonnaMartin03 #ireland pic.twitter.com/5lVMV6STaW

— discoverireland.ie (@discoverirl) September 28, 2015