Blue supermoon pictured in skies above Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

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Image caption, The blue supermoon rises over Leeds

Sky gazers in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have been treated to a blue supermoon, which appeared for the first time since 2009.

A blue Moon has nothing to do with colour but comes when there are 13 full Moons instead of the usual 12 in a year and will not be seen again until 2037.

A supermoon happens when the Moon is at its closest point to the Earth at the same time as a full Moon.

Here's some images of the rare sight above Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Image source, Tom/Weather Watchers

Image caption, This image was taken at Haworth near Bradford

Image source, Humber Watcher/Weather Watchers

Image caption, The moon seen above a P&O ferry at Hull docks

Image source, Gez Robinson/Weather Watchers

Image caption, The blue supermoon seen in the night sky above Rotherham

Image source, Tom/Weather Watchers

Image caption, People in Filey had a great view of the moon

Image source, PostmanBob/Weather Watchers

Image caption, This shot taken at Caistor, in Lincolnshire, shows how bright the moon was

Image source, Ali n Debs/Weather Watchers

Image caption, This image, including a plane in the night sky, was taken at Rothwell, near Leeds

Image source, Anne Howard Webb/Weather Watchers

Image caption, Anne Howard Webb captured this picture of the moon above Goole docks

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