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A plane flying past the supermoon in Brisbane, Australia Alamy

The Supermoon dazzled the world last night

Irish stargazers got a particularly clear view of the phenomenon.

LAST NIGHT’S FULL moon dazzled onlookers around the world.

A ‘supermoon’, as it’s become known, occurs when the moon is closest to earth on its orbit and there’s also a full moon in the sky.

The phenomenon makes the moon appear larger and brighter and photographers across Ireland and the world were out capturing it in the September sky.

A spate of astronomical phenomenons have graced Ireland in recent months, with more set to arrive. 

Poolbeg Towers, Dublin

The Stacks, Tralee, Co Kerry

Lambay Island, North Dublin

Belfast Lough, Co Antrim

Lurgan, Co Armagh

Capture Mourneview Park Alamy Alamy

New York City

Capture Alamy Alamy

Istanbul, Turkey

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Glastonbury, Somerset, UK

Capture St Michael's Tower Alamy Alamy

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    Mute Lydia Mcloughlin
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    Sep 18th 2024, 8:20 AM

    Glastonbury moon look like it’s massive and close compared to the others?

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    Mute honey badger
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    Sep 18th 2024, 8:42 AM

    @Lydia Mcloughlin: They used a big zoom lens. It compresses the scene, and it looks great!

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    Sep 18th 2024, 9:34 AM

    @honey badger: Might as well just use photoshop in that case

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    Sep 18th 2024, 9:42 AM

    @Niall Conran: I bet you wipe with both hands at once.

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    Sep 18th 2024, 9:49 AM

    @Niall Conran: Explain why? It’s much easier to zoom and click.

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    Sep 18th 2024, 10:18 AM

    @Niall Conran: Do you know what Photoshop is for?

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    Sep 18th 2024, 10:20 AM

    @honey badger: Did the photo look like that in real life? No. Why not also include a shooting star?

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    Sep 18th 2024, 10:30 AM

    @Niall Conran: Gotta love the journal comments section! Lad gets irate because a photographer uses a long zoom lens. I’m not certain you understand what photoshop is for, either. Go get a cup of tea for yourself and enjoy the photos!

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    Sep 18th 2024, 11:05 AM

    @honey badger: Not certain you understand what irate means.

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    Mute Laois Weather
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    Sep 18th 2024, 9:40 AM

    Very bright moon last night and the air was so clear. Fantastic night if a little chilly. No sign of the Northern Lights though.

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    Sep 18th 2024, 11:42 AM

    @Laois Weather: No but the partial lunar eclipse for once was clearly visible.

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    Sep 18th 2024, 9:28 AM

    Some sight

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    Sep 18th 2024, 10:34 AM

    Was so bright and clear the past two nights here in the South East.

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    Sep 18th 2024, 12:35 PM

    All together now!
    It’s a fabulous night for a moondance …..
    I know it was an October sky but hey a bit of poetic licence!

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    Sep 18th 2024, 12:29 PM

    The Lambay one is fake. The moon was 15 km further to the left and nowhere near as low by the time it was over Lambay.

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    Sep 18th 2024, 12:49 PM

    @Kangaroo Kev: Does that not depend on where the person who took the photograph was standing, say several miles further north, in comparison to yourself?

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    Sep 18th 2024, 1:47 PM

    @Pat Barry: aren’t you worse for heeding him..

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    Sep 18th 2024, 1:49 PM

    @Julio’s Evil Twin: probably

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    Sep 19th 2024, 5:05 PM

    @Pat Barry: because I know the area,

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    Sep 18th 2024, 8:27 PM

    On younder hill there was a cow it must be gone cause it’s not there now

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    Sep 18th 2024, 9:48 PM

    @Robert Halvey: he jumped over the moon

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