In pics: Stunning shots of the super blue blood moon

A red supermoon rises over hills near the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. Sergei Krasnoukhov/TASS (Sergei KrasnoukhovTASS via Getty Images)

PEOPLE around the world are being treated to a celestial light show as the rare ‘super blue blood moon’ takes place today.

Wednesday 31st January has seen the first blue moon rise since July 2015.

Blue Moons are defined as the second full moon in a calendar month.

The Statue of Liberty is backdropped by a supermoon, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, seen from the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

This one is also be a supermoon, meaning the Earth’s natural satellite will appear about 14% bigger and 30% brighter in the sky as it reaches its closest point to Earth.

A red supermoon over the tower of the Lakhta Center, which is under construction in Primorsky District of St Petersburg. Peter Kovalev/TASS (Peter KovalevTASS via Getty Images)

However, those in the UK will not be able to see a lunar eclipse.

The supermoon rises over trees in the town of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East. Sergei Krasnoukhov/TASS (Sergei KrasnoukhovTASS via Getty Images)

The eclipse, according to Nasa, will be “extra special” for those in the US and other parts of the world such as the Middle East, Asia, eastern Russia, Australia and New Zealand, where the Blue Moon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse.

An airplane passes the full moon on its final approach before landing in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Nasa said: “While the Moon is in the Earth’s shadow it will take on a reddish tint, known as a ‘blood moon’. With the total eclipse, it’ll be a spectacle indeed: a ‘super blue blood’ Moon.”