Last night's full moon was the biggest, closest and brightest supermoon of the year.

It's the closest supermoon since January 1948 and it won't come as close again until November 2024.

A supermoon is a perigee full moon, when the moon is full while closest to earth in its elliptical orbit. There are three this year, the Full moons of last month, this month and next month.

This month's full moon is even more super than last month's or next months because the moon is fullest, while closest, a mere 356,509km away from the planet.

The November 2034 supermoon will be closer at 356,446km. The closest full moon of the 21st century will be on December 6, 2052 at 356,425 km distance. Read more here.

Here are some of the photos snapped of last night's supermoon:

The supermoon over Motuotau Island. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

The ‘proper' moon photo (above) was from Sunday night when the moon was almost to full size and the made-up photo (below) was from last night when the clouds were too thick for one reader to see the supermoon.