GET READY: IT'S THE FIRST SUPERMOON ECLIPSE IN 33 YEARS

Stargazers get ready. Much of the world will have it's skies graced by a bright, big moon that will be encapsulated in a total lunar eclipse late Sunday evening into early Monday, according to NASA.

The lunar combination is happening for the first time in 30 years and it won’t happen again until 2033.

Set your alarm clock, stay up if you must, the sight of the moon is seriously not worth missing. The supermoon will appear 14% larger and 30% brighter in the sky, appearing to swell, turning blood red.

This eclipse is the fourth and final in the so called "blood moons," a phrase that has become popular to describe the four lunar eclipses we have seen in 2014 and 2015. Scientifically this is known as a "lunar tetrad."

All you need to know about this phenomenon:

A supermoon happens when the full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth - which makes it seem 14 per cent larger than usual.

Then there’s the lunar eclipse - where the moon falls under the shadow of the Earth and stops reflecting back light from the sun. As the eclipse progresses, sunlight starts to reach the moon indirectly and is refracted around the “edges” of Earth. As all colours except red are filtered out, it means the eclipsed moon appears reddish - giving it the nickname “blood moon”

Scientists say it will be visible from across Europe, Africa, North and South America, and some parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific. But that’s only if it’s not cloudy.

People in Africa, Europe and Middle East can view it during the early hours of September 28, before the Sun rises.