The biggest and brightest moon in 20 years lit up the skies in the city and county last night. People enjoyed the dramatic 'supermoon' which appeared 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than normal as it reached the point in its orbit closest to the Earth, known as its perigee. The supermoon was the second, and biggest, of a trio of supermoons to appear in our skies this summer. On July 12, a smaller supermoon appeared and on September 9 another is due to appear. However, the one in September will be the last for more than a year. On Twitter, the hashtag #supermoon2014 was trending as people shared their images. Yesterday evening stargazers also tried to spot the Perseid meteor shower. This is one of the most spectacular comet showers you can see from earth. Mercury Garry Woodford, 35, of Countesthorpe, captured the supermoon and sent in a picture. He said he took it in his back garden at between 9.30pm to 10pm. "The moon was very big and bright. It was very windy so, as you can imagine, the more wind the blurrier the photo." Did you see it? If so, please e-mail your photographs to picture desk: picturedesk@leicestermercury.co.uk
