PHOTOS: 'Super blood wolf moon' lights up the sky

In an unusual set of celestial circumstances, skywatchers in Europe, Africa and America witnessed a 'super blood wolf Moon'.

The rare celestial event takes places when the moon is positioned slightly closer to the Earth than normal, and appears slightly bigger and brighter than normal -- a phenomenon called a 'super moon'.

This time the moon was about 358,000 kilometers away from the earth.

Other monikers include a 'wolf moon', a traditional way of coining an eclipse in the month of January, when wolves used to howl in hunger outside villages and a 'blood moon' because of its rusty, red color. Hence the name for this year's event: a 'super blood wolf moon.'

However, this magnificent event wasn't visible in India.

As there won't be another total lunar eclipse until 2021, here are some of the images from around the world.