Delighted stargazers captured stunning images on Friday evening as the first full moon of 2020, also known as the ‘wolf moon’, coincided with a lunar eclipse.
Astronomical enthusiasts witnessed the celestial event, also known as a penumbral lunar eclipse, with the moon passing through the earth’s shadow.
The phenomenon, which began at 5pm, saw the moon move into the Earth’s penumbra, or outer shadow, causing the earth’s natural satellite to look darker than normal.
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The January full Moon is called a Wolf Moon as it is when the wolf packs were said to first emerge after a long winter in native American culture.
But those expecting the moon to turn red, a phenomenon dubbed the blood moon, were disappointed.
Ed Bloomer, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: ‘Unfortunately, we won’t get one of those until 2021, though there are another three penumbral eclipses to look forward to in 2020.’
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