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Lunar eclipse due tonight

Stay awake for long enough tonight and you will witness one of the sky's most amazing natural phenomena - a total lunar eclipse.

Visible across Britain, the eclipse is set to begin at 1.05am, with the moon totally eclipsed by 3:30am.

Total lunar eclipses happen when the full moon is in line with the Earth and moves into its shadow.

The moon will begin to re-emerge from the shadow at 4.44am.

During the phases of the eclipse, the moon will take on a brick-red hue as sunlight is refracted by the Earth's atmosphere.

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