Full moon: Photographers capture 'worm moon' over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Image source, Scott Chegg/Weather Watchers

Image caption, Scott Chegg captured this silhouette of a bird in front of the moon near Goole

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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.

Image source, Fiona C/Weather Watchers

Image caption, Fiona C took this shot of the worm moon near Ilkley in West Yorkshire

Image source, Andy Stones/Weather Watchers

Image caption, A lunar halo is caused by the refraction of moonlight from ice crystals

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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.

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Image source, Sue/Weather Watchers

Image caption, Sue took this photo of the moon in the skies above Ryhill

Image source, Ray S/Weather Watchers

Image caption, The moon, pictured above near Todwick, in South Yorkshire, was at its brightest on Tuesday evening just after sunset

Image source, Caroline C/Weather Watchers

Image caption, Native Americans named the last full moon of winter, pictured above over Scarborough, the worm moon

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