Stunning Images From Round The World Show Lunar Spectacle That Last Happened 33 Years Ago

The eerie light created from the lunar eclipse with the moon near to its closest point to the Earth delighted astronomers while filling others with dread. Some religious groups and believers in astrology were convinced the spectacle is a sign that the End of Days was approaching. When the moon is at perigee, its shortest distance from the Earth, it is 226,000 miles away. This makes it appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent 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 it will not be repeated until 2033. Pictured: The supermoon rises into the sky over St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside (left), and in Lisbon, Portugal (left inset), Glastonbury Tor in Somerset (top right) and Big Ben in London (bottom right).