This stunning image was captured at the weekend when the moon put on one of its finest shows.

On Sunday (3) the sky was illuminated by a so-called supermoon. 

Despite the clouds Echo reader Jon Bish from the National Trust managed to capture this stunning image of the moon at Corfe Castle.

The supermoon phenomenon happens when a full moon or new moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to the Earth.

Its orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle; it is elliptical (oval shaped).

That means the distance between the moon and the Earth varies.

The point on the orbit closest to Earth is called the perigee and the farthest is the apogee. On average the distance it is about 238,000 miles.

Another amazing image was captured by Sheila Hunn.

Dorset Echo:

Astrologer Richard Nolle first coined the term supermoon in 1979.

He said it was "a new or a full moon that happens when the moon is at or near its closest approach to Earth in its orbit".
A super full moon looks around seven per cent bigger than average because it is closer to Earth.

The moon appeared about seven per cent larger and 15 per cent brighter.