(WSVN) - 2019 is starting off with a bang as a rare celestial phenomenon is set to take place just weeks into the New Year.

The New Year is kicking off with a total lunar eclipse on Jan. 20. However, this is no ordinary eclipse: the event will coincide with a supermoon.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the earth’s shadow. A supermoon occurs when the moon reaches the closest point in its orbit, making it appear bigger and brighter in the night sky.

According to timeanddate.com, the event starts at 9:32 p.m. EST on Sunday, Jan. 20 and will go on into the morning of Monday Jan. 21. The event will last 3 and a half hours, with totality, or the moment the moon is fully covered, happening at 11:41 p.m. EST.

According to National Geographic, this will be the last total lunar eclipse until May, 26. 2021.

The eclipse will be visible Americas, Greenland, Iceland, western Europe and western Africa.

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