Supermoon to be seen tonight

Pic: Brian Byrne/Kilcullen Diary.

Above is a view of the moon over Kilcullen last night, writes Brian Byrne. Tonight a so-called 'supermoon' will be visible over Ireland, particularly at 3.35am on Wednesday morning.

A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon's closest distance to the Earth, or the perigree.

The event will be visible from around 8.30pm this evening, and the moon is now at 356,000 kilometres away from the Earth compared to the furthest point away, the apogee, when it is 405,000 kilometres.

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