You'll have to get up extra early to catch a glimpse of the supermoon lunar eclipse.

In the early hours of Monday morning, the moon will pass into the shadow cast by Earth, creating a total lunar eclipse.

The eclipse will be visible from anywhere in Africa, the Americas and Europe.

The moon will be partially eclipsed between 3.35am and 6.51am, with the total eclipse from 4.42am until 5.44am.

To add to the event, the moon will be taking its closest approach to Earth, making it a “supermoon,” meaning it will appear very slightly larger in the sky than usual.

It will also be the last total lunar eclipse until May 2021.

Experts say eclipses of the moon are easy to watch without any equipment while a bog standard pair of binoculars will give a good view of the moon's surface.

They are unlike solar eclipses, so there is no need to look through any kind of filter.

They occur whenever the Earth passes between the moon and sun, so that it obscures the sun's light and casts a shadow onto the moon's surface.

Experts say when the moon's disk lies entirely in shadow, it often takes on a spectacular reddy-brown colour - known as a 'blood moon'.