'Brightest and biggest' supermoon in recent memory to be visible until Thursday

The supermoon from October, pictured in Kansas City, USA. Picture: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Irish stargazers will be hoping for clear skies over the coming days, ahead of what is expected to be the largest supermoon of the year.

A supermoon occurs when the full moon happens at the same time that the moon is at its closest to Earth during its elliptical orbit around our planet.