The incredibly rare Harvest Supermoon illuminated the night sky across Cornwall, the UK, and beyond on Tuesday.

The rare lunar event occurs when a full moon reaches its closest point to Earth during its orbit, creating a captivating sight.

The incredible Harvest Supermoon behind the iconic St Michael's Mount The incredible Harvest Supermoon behind the iconic St Michael's Mount (Image: Stuart Wilkes)

The Harvest Supermoon captured in Falmouth The Harvest Supermoon captured in Falmouth (Image: Jon GD Brown) The Met Office explains that a supermoon appears 30 per cent brighter and 14 per cent larger in the sky than a regular full moon.

Social media was flooded with stunning images of the rare wonder, with many expressing awe and sharing how they'd never seen the moon so large and bright before.


Melanie Pain captured this incredible image on the way back from the beach Melanie Pain captured this incredible image on the way back from the beach (Image: Melanie Pain) Jane Stanley described it as beautiful Another beautiful shot from Stuart Wilkes Another beautiful shot from Stuart Wilkes (Image: Stuart Wilkes)

 

 

David Painter also took another incredible picture David Painter also took another incredible picture (Image: David Painter) Ann Shepherd's picture from Penryn Ann Shepherd's picture from Penryn (Image: Ann Shepherd) The picture of the supermoon was taken in Helston The picture of the supermoon was taken in Helston (Image: Melanie Pain) (Image: Jane Stanley/Packet Camera Club)

More pictures of the Harvest Supermoon in Cornwall can be found in the gallery at the top of this article. 

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