The last total lunar eclipse visible in the UK was in 2022, and it won't occur again until August 2026.
The phenomenon occurs when the sun, Earth and the moon align perfectly with one another in a straight line.
As the moon passes through the darkest part of the Earth's shadow - known as the umbra - it causes it to turn a deep, dark red colour, creating what is known as a blood moon.
The eclipse will begin while the moon is still below the UK's horizon.
as it rises, it will already be in total eclipse.
7.33pm on Sunday
It will continue to slowly move out of the Earth's shadow until 9.55pm, giving stargazers in the UK approximately two hours and 22 minutes to see the eclipse.
When the moon is in the Earth's umbra, it does not get any direct sunlight, meaning only light that is refracted through Earth's atmosphere manages to reach the moon.
Shorter blue wavelengths of light are typically scattered by the Earth's atmosphere, leaving longer red wavelengths to pass through - hence the red tones of the moon.
The more dust or clouds in Earth's atmosphere during the eclipse, the redder the moon appears,
This same atmospheric refraction effect is what causes sunsets and sunrises to look red.
