The rare 2018 eclipse takes place today on Wednesday, January 31, combining three lunar phenomena: A supermoon, a blue moon and a blood moon.
The whole of the eclipse will be visible in Australia, eastern Asia and parts of Canada, while the west coast of the US is also set to witness the event.
Watch the live stream from the USA Griffith Observatory below, showing the total lunar eclipse right now in California.
NASA program executive Gordon Johnston said: “For the continental US, the viewing will be best in the West. Set your alarm early and go out and take a look.
“Weather permitting, the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii will have a spectacular view of totality from start to finish.”
Dr Gregory Brown said the eclipse will “definitely not be visible from the UK, not even a partial eclipse”.
But he claimed the optimum time to view the UK’s super blue moon will be around 12.40am, when the moon is at its highest.
NASA will be broadcasting the entire eclipse live online for those who are not able to see it in the night sky.
A BBC meteorologist also explained each lunar event in detail and revealed the best place to see the event.
Simon King said: “So, we’ve got something really cool happening tonight, and it’s a Moon trilogy.
“It’s called a super blue blood moon. So let’s break that down, start off with the ‘super’ part.
“Now, of course, the moon orbits the earth, in an ellipse, so sometimes the moon is close to the earth than other times and we call that the Perigee, and that’s going to happen through Wednesday night.
“So the Moon might appear a bit bigger and brighter than usual. The ‘blue’ part of that saying is that every month we have a full moon, but on some occasions, because of the lunar cycle we have two full Moons. So we call that second one a blue moon, here the phrase, ‘once in a blue moon’ because it’s quite a rare occurrence.
“And then the third thing is the ‘blood moon’. And that is because also on Wednesday night there is a total lunar eclipse, and that is going to make the Moon turn a little bit red.”