The partial eclipse of the moon is due to take place in a matter of minutes and you can follow it live by the stream below from the Griffith Observatory in southern California.

While cloud cover was also a frustration in the West Country last night, the unsual brightness of the moon lighting up the night sky is there for all to see in this shot.

Amateur astronomers were out in force in Bristol to capture the moment.

Meanwhile, this was the scene from the Trooper’s Hill nature reserve to the east of the city overlooking the River Avon.

While the exquisitely-named “super flower blood moon” may have proven a spectacular sight across the United States, stargazers in the UK were not so lucky last night as cloud cover contrived to obscure the show in some areas.

May’s full moon coincided with the satellite being at its closest point to the Earth during its orbit, making it appear larger and brighter.

During the celestial event, the moon typically appears around 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter, according to the experts, but large parts of the UK were frustrated by a cloudy night going into Wednesday.

People who travelled to Stonehenge in Wiltshire in the early hours of the morning could only see part of the supermoon, with the rest bathed in cloud.

The full moon in April is known as the “flower moon” because its appearance coincides with the blossoming of spring flowers.

May’s supermoon also coincides with a lunar eclipse that will see the moon turn red, because it drifts into the shadow of the earth.

The Earth’s atmosphere then bends light from the sun and bathes the moon in a crimson red light, hence the name, but that effect will only be visible in parts of South America, Australia and South East Asia.

Stonehenge made for an incredibly atmospheric, even ghostly setting nonetheless.

In a rare coincidence, Wednesday’s full moon will be brighter and larger than usual, as well as appear rusty red in colour across some parts of the world due to a total lunar eclipse.

Nasa says people living in western North America, eastern Asia and western South America will have the best view of the “Blood Moon”.

Vishwam Sankaran has more details of the best time to look out for the eclipse depending on where you are in the world:

The National Weather Service in Seattle has told its Twitter followers where the best place for them to catch the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse will be.

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“Supermoon + total lunar eclipse? It’s showtime,” tweeted the US space agency.