CLOUD cover ruined the chance for Toowoomba residents to see the once-in-a-lifetime lunar trifecta last night.

The "super red blue moon" was hidden by clouds, robbing residents of the treat to see the first moon of its kind in 150 years.

A total lunar eclipse turned the moon a brooding, dark red early this morning, with the eclipse coinciding with both a supermoon and a blue moon.

St Ursula's College teacher and astronomy fan Stephen Broderick planned to capture the phenomenon, setting up cameras and telescopes in his backyard.

Unfortunately he was out of luck, not able to get a glimpse of it.

"I couldn't get a single image due to cloud cover. I rang friends in Oakey and it was clouded out there as well," he said.

"There is another eclipse on July 28 early in the morning, so we should be able to see half of it."

"Hopefully the weather is better."

If Toowoomba residents had seen the moon, it would have appeared 30 per cent brighter and much bigger.

A super moon occurs at the point when our moon reaches its closest distance to earth during its elliptic orbit, some 25,000km closer than on average.

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