Local photographer Ian Humphreys, who is a member of Wells and Mendip Astronomers, captured this amazing photo of the supermoon behind Glastonbury Tor in the early hours of this morning (May 7).

The actual maximum supermoon occurs around six hours after the moonset shown in the photo over Glastonbury Tor.

This month's full moon is called a supermoon because it appears larger than at any other time of the year.

Because the moon's orbit around the earth is not circular, it is sometimes a little closer and sometimes a little further away, and the exact distance at full moon will change from month to month throughout the year.

It is for this reason that not all solar eclipses are the same: some are total - where the moon is large enough to completely cover the sun, while others are annular - where the moon isn't large enough to cover the sun and a ring is left around the limb of the moon. At other times you may not really notice.

How much bigger is a supermoon? It's only a matter of around 10 per cent - though, of course, the moon always looks bigger down near the horizon where there are nearby objects to compare it with.

What is definitely noticeable is that a supermoon can be around 30 per cent brighter than normal – this is because the surface area is larger, and also because it is a little closer. The next supermoon will not appear in the skies until April 26 2021.