At 11.38 pm yesterday, the moon came closest to the Earth at 356,907 kilometres which made it the biggest and brightest of the year 2020, reports Business Today. And despite the coronavirus lockdown, we Indians had a date with the stunning beauty at 8.05 am this morning. Don’t worry if you missed it though; because Twitter didn’t.
Photography enthusiasts around the world captured the breathtaking celestial event with their cameras and here are some of the best shots we found.
We are LIVE and our panel of NASA lunar experts are ready and eager to take your questions about tonight's #supermoon! #AskNASA. pic.twitter.com/8Kxi8GTJLa
— NASA Moon (@NASAMoon) April 7, 2020
tonight’s super pink moon from my backyard 💕✨🌕 pic.twitter.com/2Da26Yky0w
— Jubilee ❣️ (@16pxl) April 8, 2020
Full super pink Moon tonight in Libra, allowing us to see things for what they are pic.twitter.com/kDblw74tDd
— astro🔭 (@starsNcharts) April 8, 2020
super pink moon
apr 8, 12:19am ✨ pic.twitter.com/pAygGDQ7Sj
— 🐸 giero 🌿 (@gierodenas) April 7, 2020
Super Pink Moon rising over Senja, Norway. Very pretty 🙂🌕 @StormHour @StormchaserUKEU @EpicCosmos #fullmoon #supermoon #PinkMoon pic.twitter.com/1NVfWSw5Ft
— Matt Robinson (@Astro_Matt27) April 7, 2020
The Super Pink Moon rises behind the Empire State Building lit in red to honor COVID-19 healthcare workers in New York City Tuesday evening #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc @EmpireStateBldg #SuperPinkMoon #covid19 @agreatbigcity #moon pic.twitter.com/5DfMXgEyyn
— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) April 8, 2020
Jackie Sparrow captured the Super Pink moon tonight in Tampa. @WFLA #Florida @WFLA pic.twitter.com/4aH20urkAM
— Steve Jerve (@sjervewfla) April 8, 2020
Super Pink Moon. But I was a little late getting out there tonight so it’s NOT so pink! #ShelterInPlaceCA #fullmoon @NikonUSA #nikonphotography #nikon #moon #supermoon #SuperPinkMoon #SuperPinkMoon2020 pic.twitter.com/R5aw0pmRkV
— Jose Carlos Fajardo (@jcfphotog) April 8, 2020
Watching the Pink Supermoon rise over @visitdenver. What a rooftop view on a beautiful evening! #cowx #supermoon pic.twitter.com/8M3QO05fFJ
— Jennifer Broome (@JenniferBroome) April 8, 2020
The brightest moon of the year “The Pink Supermoon” was captured perfectly by Cody Hughes tonight🔥 pic.twitter.com/tUkjkH8XVf
— CLTGuide (@CLTGuide) April 8, 2020
Here's a little reminder to keep shining amidst the darkest days. ✨
A teaser shot of tonight's #SuperMoon.
📸: @monicainfiesto pic.twitter.com/8pHojE1IdD— Monica Infiesto (@monicainfiesto) April 7, 2020
Captured a little while ago; around 8pm. #supermoon pic.twitter.com/2hFRAev2H7
— Waz Tennakoon ✨ (@imWazNotWas) April 7, 2020
Don't forget to look at the sky tonight: the pink #supermoon is the biggest and brightest moon we'll see in 2020.
Already spotted in places like:
🇬🇧UK
🇩🇪Germany
🇮🇩Indonesia
🇷🇺Russia pic.twitter.com/VH0SrCxfs4— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 8, 2020
Super Pink Moon rising over the Magway, Myanmar. #SuperMoon #PinkMoon pic.twitter.com/x2KRlInATo
— Zaw (@zaw__ht) April 7, 2020
A great shot of the #PinkSupermoon rising above Mt. Hood tonight.
Photo courtesy @BrentWeisberg. pic.twitter.com/LqTRyeweqE
— Lincoln Graves (@LincolnGraves) April 8, 2020
Shot I got of the #PinkSupermoon tonight pic.twitter.com/AgJcSvpvvg
— iAMjesseGORDON (@JesseGDesigns) April 8, 2020
#PinkSupermoon rising in Seattle this evening pic.twitter.com/Ew8dL8DagV
— Mio Monasch (@Monascherie) April 8, 2020
I went outside and actually managed to get some images of the rare “Pink Supermoon”-enjoy📸
-IG: @ rawfocvs pic.twitter.com/goFsqv8RJJ— thatphotographerRudy (@rudym_7) April 8, 2020
According to CNN, the next supermoon will grace the night sky on May 7 and later this year, the month of October will have two full moons which is also named the ‘Blue Moon’. However, the next pink supermoon (or “sprouting grass moon” or “egg moon”) will be visible in the spring of 2021.
Looking at these images was the perfect start to the day, wasn’t it?