A special full moon will light up the sky on Wednesday night, treating stargazers to a rare celestial display.
The supermoon is expected to appear nearly 30% brighter and almost 14% larger than a typical full moon, because it is at the point in its orbit where it is closest to the Earth.
But with weather forecasters predicting that cloudy and overcast conditions could leave many stargazers disappointed, you may be better off watching it online.
The supermoon is being live streamed by the Virtual Telescope Project, a set of robotic telescopes located at the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in Italy.
The stream will begin at 16:30 GMT, (17.30 CET local time), and will show the moon rising above the legendary skyline of Rome.
For those tuning in a little later, the Slooh Community Observatory will be live streaming the supermoon from its robotic telescopes at the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands.
The stream will begin at 00:00 GMT, and will include some close-up views of spectacular lunar features.
If you’re in the UK, the moon will rise above the horizon at 17.11 GMT, so if the skies are clear, the best time to see it will be shortly after sunset.
It will be visible in the sky all night, until 07.50 on February 20, when it drops below the horizon.
Sky watchers in the United States will also have to wait for the moon to rise above the horizon before they can see the spectacle.
Moon rise is at around 17.46 EST on the East Coast, and 18.14 PST on the West Coast.
Why is Wednesday’s supermoon so special?
Tonight’s full moon is known as the Super Snow Moon because, as well as being a supermoon, it is also the Snow Moon.
In early Native American tribes, the February full moon was known as the “Snow Moon” because the heaviest snow fell at this time of year.
However, it’s special because it’s the biggest full moon of the year, being closer to the Earth than any other full moon in 2019.
During the supermoon, the effects of the moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth’s oceans will be more pronounced, generating higher than normal high tides, known as “Spring Tides”.