Super-size new moon to partially block out the sun on Friday the 13th

If you live on the south-eastern coast of Australia or Tasmania you’ll be able to witness a partial solar eclipse, an event not seen on a Friday the 13th in 44 years.

On July 13, a super-size new moon will partially block of the sun, National Geographic reports.

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It’ll be visible from the south-eastern coast of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand’s Stewart Island and the northern coast of Antarctica.

A solar eclipse has not fallen on a Friday the 13th since December 1974.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon and the sun are aligned so the Earth glides through at least part of the moon’s shadow.

During this week’s partial eclipse, Earth will pass through the moon’s wide shadow cone, sending a sliver of the sun into darkness.

Making it all the more eerie, the moon will be a dark supermoon, a new moon that arrives when the moon is especially close to Earth.

In southern Australia, you’ll be able to witness the phenomena from around 1pm – with it due to last for around 40 minutes.

The amount of the sun that vanishes into darkness will depend on where you watch the eclipse from.

In Melbourne, less than half a percent of the sun’s disk will be covered while those in Hobart, Tasmania will get to see about 3.5 percent of the sun’s disk vanish into darkness.

Observers are reminded to protect their eyes during a solar eclipse and should never look directly at the sun with naked eyes.

The safest way to witness a solar eclipse is with special filter-protected glasses and telescopes, or by looking indirectly using an eclipse viewer.