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Blood Moon seen around the world.
The combination of a supermoon and total lunar eclipse last occurred in 1982 and will not happen again until 2033.
![The perigee full moon, or supermoon, during a total lunar eclipse over Caracas, Venezuela. [Miguel Gutierrez/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/b6f462a1c7de4a7cbf0b1350f00810d2_6.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780)
28 Sep 2015
A rare supermoon graced the skies as sky-watchers around the world were treated to a spectacular work of nature as two astronomical phenomena converged: the supermoon and a total lunar eclipse, which takes place when the earth moves in between the moon and the sun.
The total supermoon lunar eclipse, also known as a “Blood Moon”, appears bigger and brighter than usual as it reaches the point in its orbit that is closest to Earth.
It has been more than 30 years since a supermoon combined with a lunar eclipse, according to NASA.
The next total lunar eclipse will not be until 2018. The next supermoon-lunar eclipse combination will not happen until 2033.
The blood moon was visible from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific.
![It was the first time that the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033. [Orlin Wagner/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/67f4c6c73d7948b299a276e8bed32fd5_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C896)
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![Clouds break to reveal the supermoon before a lunar eclipse Sunday, September 27, 2015, in Chicago. [Charles Rex Arbogast/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/81530e34261549389ed7c483ddf39848_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C790)
![People use a telescope to view the supermoon during a lunar eclipse in Cape Town, South Africa, in the early hours of Monday. [Schalk van Zuydam/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1554ac6990df45ca979ee7e39b9b8c2e_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![The supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full moon comes closest to the earth, making it appear bigger. [Daniel Reinhardt/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1eb48f7f8ef54051b7c1f1da21e92f32_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C712)
![The supermoon during a lunar eclipse above St Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. [Alessandro Di Meo/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/57fb110b8cb34b3cbc806023db921eb7_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C819)
![A supermoon in Marseille in southern France. [Claude Paris/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/b329783ed0854b1c90133e6fa85cd663_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C837)
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![The perigee full moon, or supermoon, appears red during a total lunar eclipse over Wiesbaden, Germany. [Fredrik Von Erichsen/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/7671d0cc94834892922130d4134be066_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![The supermoon during a lunar eclipse above the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. [Kay Nietfeld/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ebd6c95ce93840be96e1cf3ae3ac04f5_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C829)
![A full moon silhouettes television and radio antennas on Boutilier Mountain in Port au Prince, Haiti. [Dieu Nalio Chery/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/d85ce12277b14547b37e2687c863e455_6.jpeg?fit=1170%2C740)
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