12 beautiful photos of the blue moon from around the world

Friday night saw the first rise of a blue moon in three years.

The lunar phenomenon only happens when there are two full moons in the space of one calendar month - and last night it coincided with a supermoon phrase, when the moon is the closest it gets to the earth.

1. London

2. Folkestone

3. Glastonbury

4. Manila

5. Suez

6. Kuwait City

7. Istanbul

8. Rome

9. Kansas City

10. New York

11. Washington D.C.

12. Brasilia

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