Stargazers across the county have observed a blood red "supermoon" in the skies for the first time in 30 years.
The eerie light created from a lunar eclipse with the moon near to its closest point to the Earth delighted amateur astronomers and photographers
The spectacle began to unfold from 1.10am in the UK, with the "total" phase - when the moon is completely in shadow - lasting from 3.11am to 4.24am. It was to go on until the moon emerged from the Earth's shadow at 6.24am.
When the moon is at perigee, its shortest distance from the Earth, it is 226,000 miles away and appears 14% larger and 30% brighter than when it is at its furthermost point.
The last time this coincided with a lunar eclipse, when the moon is covered by the Earth's shadow, was in 1982 and the event will not be repeated until 2033.
During a lunar eclipse, the moon turns a deep rusty red, due to sunlight being scattered by the Earth's atmosphere.
Well worth the wait!! @TheOxfordMail @BBCOxford @VirtualAstro #LunarEclipse #PerigeeFullMoon pic.twitter.com/P5EvDZYLlo
— Andy Fitzpatrick (@AFPhotographic) September 28, 2015
#SuperBloodMoon next to some #Oxford landmarks (can anyone guess where?) @UniofOxford @BBCOxford @TheOxfordMail pic.twitter.com/UIuYlI4fv0
— Richard Muscat (@RAMuscat) September 28, 2015
@TheOxfordMail 04:30am with phone on way to work pic.twitter.com/1Aug1ZQA9g
— TIM (@tbuktwo) September 28, 2015
The whole super moon lunar eclipse on Monday 28th September 2015. Photos by @Mark_Hemsworth @TheOxfordMail pic.twitter.com/PTUDiyJC0D
— Mark Hemsworth (@Mark_Hemsworth) September 28, 2015
Some religious groups and believers in astrology were convinced it is a sign that the End of Days is approaching.
Through the ages, so-called "blood moons" have been viewed as ill omens by superstitious people.
- Did you witness the blood moon? Send us your photos to news@oxfordmail.co.uk or, Tweet @theoxfordmail
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