Venus and Saturn are set to align with the crescent moon on Friday morning in a rare astronomical event.

The partial eclipse will occur at 3.45am and 4% of the moon will be covered.

During a supermoon, the moon appears up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter compared with when it is furthest away.

For about 80 minutes on Saturday, the full Moon will look very weird with a 'bite' missing from its lower edge

London-based Rhiannon Adam (37), who was born in Cork, is among eight crew picked by Yusaku Maezawa for the trip

Astronomy Ireland said that Jupiter would be visible as a bright spot above the moon in Irish skies on Friday.

July’s full moon is known as the Buck Moon because male deer shed and regrow their antlers around this time of year.