Did you catch the rise of last night's supermoon?
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Stargazers in the southern hemisphere had the chance to see the illuminated full moon rise about 7.30pm on Thursday, March 21. A supermoon occurs when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth.
Friends in the northern hemisphere had a special name for the spectacle - a "super worm equinox moon".
It falls on the same day as the March equinox. An equinox is commonly regarded as the instant of time when the plane of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun according to the United States Naval Observatory.
It is the moment when the centre of the sun is above the Earth's equator, which means that each hemisphere are equally illuminated.
But, it also begins a shift into the seasons of autumn and winter for those living in the southern hemisphere.