In the early hours of this morning, half of the world bore witness to a 'blood moon', whereby the occurrence of a supermoon and lunar eclipse coincide to give a supersized moon an orange-red hue. The last time this rare phenomenon happened was in 1982 and the next time will be in 2033, so those who set their alarms for a super early wake-up were well rewarded. But don't be too disappointed if you missed it - you can always count on Instagram to keep you visually informed. Here are some of our favourite shots from around the world...  

Finike, Turkey

  ~ Blood moon setting from Finike Turkey last night. What an amazing way to say good bye to this beautiful country. @sailforgood #sailforgood #bloodmoon   A photo posted by Konsta Punkka (@kpunkka) on Sep 27, 2015 at 9:59pm PDT

Scottsdale, USA

I was driving home from a great photo shoot this evening, and witnessed this happening, as it literally rose up out of our horizon. I must have been under a rock this weekend (or buried in house projects and not reading the news) but I had no idea there was a blood-super-moon-eclipse due to happen tonight. So when I saw this rising over the mountains, I couldn't pull out of traffic fast enough to capture it. I usually only have my cell phone camera with me these days, but tonight I actually had my good camera - and while its no where near as cool as several of the shots I've seen online (and probably could have been improved a hundred different ways), I was able to capture this from where I was. What a sight to see in person. #nofilter #canon5dmarkiii #supermoon2015 #eclipse #arizona #jenniferbowenphotography #Scottsdale #bloodmoon #azcentral A photo posted by Jennifer Bowen (@jennifer_bowen_az) on Sep 27, 2015 at 9:31pm PDT

New York City, USA

  The eclipsed supermoon atop the @EmpireStateBldg antenna in New York #newyork #newyorkcity @instagram #ig_americas #ig_northamerica #what_i_saw_in_nyc #LunarEclipse #superbloodmoon #supermoon   A photo posted by Gary Hershorn (@garyhershorn) on Sep 27, 2015 at 10:40pm PDT

Buenos Aires, Argentina

  #EclipseLunar La luna roja nos alumbra con su energia. #luna #eclipse #night #stars #planetario #buenosaires #argentina #palermo #redmoon #energy #love #planetas #sistemasolar   A photo posted by Yamil Jara (@yamil2017) on Sep 27, 2015 at 10:24pm PDT

Ottawa, Canada

You guys have probably seen thousands of pictures of this but hey its look HD here   A photo posted by Brendan McElligott (@mc.something) on Sep 27, 2015 at 8:03pm PDT

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

#SuperBloodMoon | People in North, Central and South America have seen the total lunar eclipse Sunday night. PHOTO: sky in Ciudad Juárez, #Mexico #America #supermoon #supermoon2015 #astronomy #news #picoftheday #sky #eclipse #luna #superluna   A photo posted by TeleSUR English (@telesurenglish) on Sep 27, 2015 at 7:38pm PDT

Cape Town, South Africa!

Here is my moon, it's little and blurry... But still good. Yeah still good. ?   A photo posted by arielle thomson (@elleirathomson) on Sep 27, 2015 at 9:41pm PDT