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Amazing pictures of the Super Worm Moon illuminating skies around the world

Amazing pictures of the Super Worm Moon illuminating skies around the world
Amazing pictures of the Super Worm Moon illuminating skies around the world
The Worm Moon setting on a clear Saturday morning over St Andrew’s Church in Sutton in the Isle, Cambridgeshire. (Credits: Andrew Sharpe/Bav Media)

The March full moon, the first of two 2021 supermoons, lit up the night sky last night and photographers around the world were out to capture it.

Turning an eye to the sky, these remarkable images show the full moon shining over locations across the globe.

This moon is known as the ‘Worm Moon’. So-called because of the earthworms that start to wriggle out of the ground as it thaws due to the warmer weather.

It’s one of two official supermoons in 2021. These are ever-so-slightly closer to Earth than a regular full moon and therefore appear (fractionally) bigger in the night sky.

The other full supermoon will take place right after this one, in April 2021.

Picture supplied by Lee Mansfield/Bav Media 07976 880732. Picture dated March 27th shows the Worm Moon rising on a clear Saturday evening over Stoodley Pike, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. It is known as a Worm Moon due to the worms coming out of the ground in the warmer spring weather.
The Worm Moon rising over Stoodley Pike, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. (Credits: Lee Mansfield/Bav Media)
The full Worm Moon is seen over Bangkok's skyline on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)
The Worm Moon seen above Bangkok (AFP)
The full Worm Moon is seen behind the clouds in the sky over Bangkok on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)
The Worm Moon in the sky above Bangkok (AFP)

Although the full moon in March has come to be known as the Worm Moon, there are a number of other names for it. You may hear it referred to as the Crow Moon, Sap Moon, Crust Moon, Lenten Moon and Wind Moon.

Royal Observatory astronomer Emily Drabek-Maunder explains: ‘The March full moon is known as the worm moon, named after earthworms that emerge towards the beginning of spring as the ground thaws.’

‘Traditionally, monthly full moons are named from Native American tradition, but many also have Anglo-Saxon and Germanic origins.’

The full moon rises behind the Church of our Lady in Munich, Germany, Sunday, March 28, 2021. The March full moon in March is called the
The Worm Moon behind the Church of our Lady in Munich, Germany (AP)
epa09103901 The full moon rises above the Karancs Hills pictured from Karancskeszi, Hungary, 28 March 2021. EPA/Peter Komka HUNGARY OUT
The Worm Moon rises above the Karancs Hills pictured from Karancskeszi, Hungary (EPA)
This picture taken on March 28, 2021 shows a view of the rising full
The Worm Moon above Basra International Stadium in the southern Iraqi city. (AFP)

‘From those different origins, the March full moon has also been called the chaste moon, death moon, crust moon and even the sap moon after sap flowing from sugar maple trees.’

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