The year 2021's biggest full moon, known as the Super Flower Moon, occured on Wednesday night. The Earth's shadow crept across the moon and people around the world watched the cosmic event known as a super blood moon. The May full moon is also known as the Flower Moon as it occurs when spring flowers are in bloom.

As the eclipse deepened, it appeared as though half the moon had vanished. The other half looked fuzzy in the center with a bright outer edge, the last remnants of the glittering orb that had earlier risen above the horizon.

This Super Flower Moon also featured the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years, during which the moon passed through the Earth's shadow.

Astrologists say a super blood moon occurs when a full lunar eclipse coincides with a supermoon. And the super moon occurs when the moon is particularly close to Earth and appears brighter than normal.

For about 14 minutes, as the moon moved fully into Earth's shadow, the moon had appeared red.

The moon was at the closest point to Earth in its orbit, making it appear about 7% larger and 15% brighter than normal.

The event was visible in the regions covering South America, North America, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.