Blue moon – in pictures
A blue moon rose in the skies for first time in three years on Friday. The event occurs when there are two full moons in one calendar month, roughly every two to three years. This summer it is especially interesting as it’s also a supermoon, when the moon is at its closest approach to Earth, making it appear very big and bright
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A cyclist rides his mountain bike as the blue moon rises in a park in Rome, Italy.
Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
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The moon is seen behind a telecommunications tower in Istanbul, Turkey.
Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters
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Looming over Loosely Row, near Princes Risborough, England.
Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
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Big and bright in the skies above Kuwait City.
Photograph: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images
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Obscured by clouds, the moon illuminates the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, UK.
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/ Getty Images
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The blue moon rises over a statue on the Whitley Bay Dome, UK.
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
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Viewed from the Staten Island ferry, New York.
Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
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A full moon rises behind the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil.
Photograph: Eraldo Peres/AP
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The moon rises over people gathered on Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, England.
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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Seen in the cloud obscured sky over Stockholm.
Photograph: Hakan Akura/Demotix/Corbis
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The blue moon rises next to the Empire State Building and middle Manhattan in New York City, US.
Photograph: VIEW press/Demotix/Corbis
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The second full moon for the month of July rises behind the dome of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
Photograph: NASA
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The moon rises over the Memorial ground during the Bristol Rovers v West Bromwich Albion match.
Photograph: JMP/REX Shutterstock
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A plane from Miami crosses the blue moon over Whittier, California, as it heads to Los Angeles airport.
Photograph: Nick Ut/AP
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Leaves are silhouetted against the moon over north London.
Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters
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The One Atlantic Center building in Atlanta, Georgia, US.
Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA
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The moon over the Beatles statues on Penny Lane, Liverpool.
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
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