We hope you had clear skies over the past two days as the extremely rare super blue moon illuminated our night.
It was an incredible sight to have the moon make its closest passing of Earth during its regular orbit.
However, what made this particular supermoon even bigger is that it was a blue moon.
We won't get this phenomenon again until 2037.
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NASA says: "When the Moon is at or near its closest point to Earth at the same time as it is full, it is called a 'supermoon'."
It can usually appear around 14 per cent bigger in the night's sky and it certainly is a gorgeous sight to be seen.
Now, I know what you might be thinking.
The moon looks oddly not blue in all these photos. Well, the word blue isn't referring to the colour of the moon.
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The blue aspect is something that only happens once in a...blue moon.
The phrase comes from the moment where we get two full moons in one calendar month.
The moon goes through a full cycle every every 29.5 days.
NASA says: "Eventually that gap results in a full moon happening at the beginning of a month with enough days still remaining for another full cycle ― so a second full moon in the same month.
"In other words, a full moon that happens on the 1st or 2nd of a month will probably be followed by a second full moon on the 30th or 31st. This happens every two to three years."
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But to have a supermoon and a blue moon on the same night is a very rare occasion.
While it was dazzling for people all around the world, there were fears it could cause problems for those on the south-east coast of the US.
Hurricane Idalia has slammed into Florida as a Category 3 and became the strongest storm to make landfall in the Big Bend region in more than 125 years.
The moon controls ocean tides on Earth and the water experiences a stronger pull from its gravity when the lunar object gets closer.
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As a result, the tides along Florida's Gulf Coast are expected to swell to their highest point of the entire year, which is known as the 'King Tides'.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted that the greatest storm surge from Idalia will be up to 30cm (1 ft) higher than normal due to the Perigee Moon.
Topics: Space
Stewart Perrie