A rare spectacle will be visible in the skies tonight.
A partial eclipse of the Moon will be extra special because it's also a Super Moon, meaning it's closer to Earth. Astronomy Ireland says it's worth staying up - and even booking tomorrow off work - to watch it between 3.13am and 4.16am. Physics teacher and astronomy enthusiast Brendan Wallace says the clear skies forecast mean it will be visible to the naked eye:
"The whole thing will take 4 hours but the time at which you have the little chunk you have bitten out of it is quite short. While you're there just give a thought to the other hundreds of millions of human beings who are looking at it with you. You're all kind of at a concert together".
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