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Strawberry Moon stuns skies across Yorkshire

Holly Phillips
BBC News
Mark Griffiths/ BBC Weather Watchers A red-coloured moon to the left of a white lighthouse. It is night time and the sky is a dark blue. Mark Griffiths/ BBC Weather Watchers
Sue/ BBC Weather Watchers A bright orange-coloured moon with shadows of trees in front of it. The sky is black.Sue/ BBC Weather Watchers
The phenomenon was caused as the moon reached its lowest point on Wednesday
The moon's unique orange and reddish hues were captured in Ryhill, Wakefield

People in Yorkshire marvelled as a full Strawberry Moon made its most vivid appearance in almost two decades.

The phenomenon lit up skies across the UK on Wednesday night, prompting residents to capture the moment on camera.

It hung low in the sky on Tuesday - making it appear larger than usual - and took on hues of orange and red as it approached a major lunar standstill on Wednesday.

The name for June's full moon relates to the start of summer and the beginning of the strawberry harvest season observed by indigenous Americans.

There will not be a chance to see the moon this low in the sky again for 18 years.

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