The July 'Buck Supermoon' will be visible to Irish skywatchers around the country tonight as the moon will appear larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal.
It marks the first in a series of four supermoons to grace the night sky this year, with two more to come in August and a fourth in September.
According to Space.com, a supermoon is "the result of the moon being closer to Earth at the time of a full moon" due to the fact that the moon's orbit does not follow a perfect circle around the Earth due to its gravitational pull.
