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Venus, Saturn and the Moon set to form rare ‘smiley face’ planet alignment

Venus, Saturn and the Moon set to form rare ‘smiley face’ planet alignment

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025

Venus and Saturn are set to align with the crescent moon on Friday morning in a rare astronomical event.

Partial eclipse of supermoon to be visible across Ireland on Tuesday night

Partial eclipse of supermoon to be visible across Ireland on Tuesday night

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

The partial eclipse will occur at 3.45am and 4% of the moon will be covered.

Rare blue supermoon to light up the sky

Rare blue supermoon to light up the sky

Mon, 19 Aug, 2024

During a supermoon, the moon appears up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter compared with when it is furthest away.

'Bite' will be missing from moon tonight with partial lunar eclipse visible

'Bite' will be missing from moon tonight with partial lunar eclipse visible

Sat, 28 Oct, 2023

For about 80 minutes on Saturday, the full Moon will look very weird with a 'bite' missing from its lower edge