A LUNAR eclipse will be available to view from the early hours of this morning.
Seeing the event will be dependent on the weather but, if the cloud allows the moon to be visible the eclipse is expected to take place from 2.30am with the whole process taking around five hours.
The moon should be completely covered around 5.15am before it is uncovered again.
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse takes place when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon and the shadow of the Earth covers the moon.
For it to happen, all three must be in a perfect straight line.
The moon usually turns a deep red during a total lunar eclipse because the light passing through the Earth’s atmosphere bends back towards the moon.
