Full moon: Photographers capture ‘worm moon’ over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Photographers across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have had their lenses trained on the night sky to capture March’s full moon in all its glory.
The moon was at its brightest on Tuesday evening just after sunset.
According to the Royal Museums in Greenwich, Native Americans named the last full moon of winter the “worm moon” after the worm trails that would appear in the newly thawed ground.
The next full moon, the so-called pink moon, will rise on 6 April.
Fiona C took this shot of the worm moon near Ilkley in West Yorkshire
A lunar halo is caused by the refraction of moonlight from ice crystals
Andy Stones, in Scunthorpe, also captured a bright ring around the moon known as a lunar halo.
This ring is caused by the refraction of moonlight from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.
Sue took this photo of the moon in the skies above Ryhill
The moon, pictured above near Todwick, in South Yorkshire, was at its brightest on Tuesday evening just after sunset
Native Americans named the last full moon of winter, pictured above over Scarborough, the worm moon
