NASA TV broadcast the Super Blue Blood Moon, however, over social media captured the eclipse 2018 in their own impressive video footage.
One social media user sped up the Super Blue Moon event as it passed over Kenya on Wednesday.
The lunar eclipse is the first of its kind since 1866, as it appears alongside a blue moon – a second full moon in a calendar month.
BBC meteorologist Simon King explained the phenomenon and revealed the best place to see the event.
Simon King said: “So, we’ve got something really cool happening tonight, and it’s a Moon trilogy. It’s called a super blue blood moon. So let’s break that down, start off with the ‘super’ part.
“Now, of course, the moon orbits the earth, in an ellipse, so sometimes the moon is close to the earth than other times and we call that the Perigee, and that’s going to happen through Wednesday night.
“So the Moon might appear a bit bigger and brighter than usual. The ‘blue’ part of that saying is that every month we have a full moon, but on some occasions, because of the lunar cycle we have two full Moons. So we call that second one a blue moon, here the phrase, ‘once in a blue moon’ because it’s quite a rare occurrence.
“And then the third thing is the ‘blood moon’. And that is because also on Wednesday night there is a total lunar eclipse, and that is going to make the Moon turn a little bit red.”
As the supermoon passed over Europe, incredible footage shows the moon above London’s Tower Bridge as people make their way home from work on Wednesday night.
The Met Office has revealed the weather conditions should be good enough for eager moon watchers to be able to see the supermoon across the UK.
NASA has said the blue supermoon could appear up to 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than average.
Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “Even if you go out and have cloudy skies don’t give up hope – you may be able to get a good view later in the night.”
Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Observatory Greenwich also teased that the super blue moon could light up the night skies until 8am on Thursday February 1.
He said: “It will be high in the sky from about 19:00 and will be at its highest, and thus best, time at around 00:40.
“This coming full moon is unusual in that it is the second full moon of the month, when typically there is only one full moon per calendar month.
“Also, the full moon will be slightly larger than normal given that this is also a supermoon, so astrophotography will be more spectacular than normal.”