By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline
Published: 21:54 GMT, 20 March 2019 | Updated: 22:10 GMT, 20 March 2019
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An ultra-rare Super Worm Moon has risen into horizons across the world tonight to coincide with the spring equinox.
The Worm Moon is the first full moon in the month of March and this is the first time since 1905 this has coincided with the start of spring, March 20.
The supermoon is also dawning around the same time than an asteroid is passing by the Earth's surface.
It is called a 'Full Worm Moon' after the Native Americans' seasonal observations that worms emerge from the earth as Spring begins.
The Worm Moon has also been referred to as the Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon or Sugar Moon.
The moon should be at its fullest and brightest after midnight on Thursday morning at 1:43am.
A view of the Full Worm Supermoon that announces the start of the spring over the Santiago de Compostela cathedral, Galicia this evening, taking on a stunning reddish hue in the dusk above the Spanish city
The Full Worm Supermoon dawns over the ornamental silhouettes of the Beatles, from the film Help, on Penny Lane in Liverpool
A lookout tower, left, and the broadcast tower of Antenna Hungaria at the top of Karancs mountain are backdropped by the rising supermoon as seen from the vicinity of Karancskeszi village, Hungary
A plane passes in front of the Super Worm Moon reaching its peak on the first day of spring over Frankfurt in Germany which
