A RARE super blue moon shone over Winchester, treating stargazers to a phenomenon that will only happen once this year.
The moon appeared bigger and brighter throughout the night of Wednesday, August 30.
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Unlike its name suggests, a blue moon is not named after the colour and instead refers to the second full moon in one calendar month.
Most months only have one full moon, so a second is quite a rare event, occurring approximately once every two or three years.
Chronicle reader Jan Murray captured the spectacle over Oliver’s Battery in Winchester.
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