SOMERSET sky watchers were treated to a "rare celestial event" when out and about at night.

A 'blood moon' was visible in the early hours of 2015 on a Monday morning as a dramatic lunar eclipse took place.

For the first time in 33 years, the lunar eclipse – when the moon passes behind the earth into its shadow - also coincided with a supermoon, which appeared slightly bigger and brighter in the night sky.

Andy Newland captured the blood moon almost 10 years ago on camera and said, "It was wonderful to witness from my back garden."

The 2015 eclipse began at 1.11am and ended at 6.22am and unlike solar eclipses, which can last just a few minutes, the most dramatic part was visible for more than an hour between 3.11am and 4.23 am.

Thought to be "the end of the world" at the time and prompting "prophecies of doom", the fact the dramatic blood moon is part of a pattern of four lunar eclipses, known as the lunar tetrad, petrified several Somerset locals.

"Doom-mongering" had been particularly ramped up in 2015, as this lunar eclipse combined with a supermoon.

Fast forward almost 10 years, and Somerset locals have been submitting photos of this year's harvest supermoon.

The “beautiful” display of the moon occurred last week on September 18 until the early hours of the morning, with contributors sending in photos from as early as 4:10am, the time when the partial lunar eclipse peaked.

A particularly beautiful photo of the harvest supermoon was captured at St Mary's church in West Buckland and submitted to us by Tracey Ronson.

A rare event like this is believed to not be able to happen again until 2026, but when it does, it will be much more dramatic, with 96% of the moon set to be in shadow.

The first supermoon of this year was on 19 August, and the remaining two are on October 17 and November 15.