The supermoon rises over Auckland’s North Shore last night. PHOTO: NZMELast night’s supermoon was the first of three chances in two months to view the phenomenon, but a bank of cloud spoiled the opportunity for some southern viewers. Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin, who is an astronomer and photographer, recently tweeted photographs of the moon, including an image he took early yesterday morning. If you missed last night’s supermoon sighting — the first this year — there will be a second supermoon on January 2, and a third on January 31. The third supermoon was expected to be the most interesting, becoming a blue moon, the second full moon in a calendar month.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 04, 2017 18:45 UTC