Early risers in Donegal tomorrow morning could be treated to a total eclipse of the moon.
The event occurs when the moon enters the earth’s shadow and appears to turn reddish orange.
It will be almost four years before it happens again.
Frances McCarthy, an Education and Outreach Officer at Blackrock Castle Observatory in Co Cork, said this event is known as a ‘Blood Moon’.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, she said this is because the sunlight is going through the Earth’s atmosphere.
Ms McCarthy warned that the eclipse would set early and anyone who wants to witness it should be up before 7am.
She advised people to go to high ground in order to see it best, because cloud cover can often obstruct the view.
“The moon will start moving into the Earth’s shadow just before 4am but that will be quite a subtle change,” she said.
“It’ll be quite a bit better from about six o’clock.”
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