KEEP your eyes on the sky next week - there's a super blue blood moon on the rise.
Aussies will be treated to a phenomenon on January 31 when three lunar events coincide, creating a super blue blood moon - the first in more than 150 years.
A blood moon is the term given to a total lunar eclipse. It occurs when the moon is blocked from the sun by the Earth. This casts a shadow across the moon, giving it a reddish glow.
And while the name sounds a tad spooky, the sight will be rather impressive. We can expect to see a very large, red full moon on the witching hour, with the eclipse starting about 11.50pm for east coast Australia and reaching maximum totality at 12.30am.
Unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse is safe to view.
What makes it blue?
A blue moon is the term used when a full moon occurs for a second time in the one calendar month.
The exact moment the moon is at its fullest will be 9.26pm in Western Australia, though due to the time difference, it will fall just after midnight (12.26am) in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Technically, this will mean the full moon occurs on February 1 - but what's 26 minutes in the scheme of things? It will still be spectacular
A super moon occurs when the full moon is at the nearest point to the Earth on the moon's orbit, making it bigger and brighter than a normal full moon.
While the three events aren't unusual, the rare convergence of all three hasn't happened since 1866.
It will be visible across the eastern hemisphere, including parts of America, Asia and Australia.