Here's the latest on what you can see in the night skies int eh coming week, by Argus columnist Jon Powell:

ANOTHER supermoon is set to grace the skies this week, making for a wonderful spectacle during the April evenings.

Following on from the supermoon in March, and a further supermoon to come in May, this month sees our nearest neighbour in space making its closest approach to Earth this year at a distance of just 221,773 miles.

April's supermoon is referred to as a Pink Moon, but also the Grass Moon, Fish Moon, or Egg Moon. The Pink Moon tag doesn’t mean that the moon will turn pink - it was named after pink wildflowers that grow in North America in spring.

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Supermoons occur because the moon doesn't orbit the Earth in a perfect circle, but an elliptical path. This results in the moon varying its distance from the Earth in the course of a month, from 252,000 miles at its farthest point, the apogee, to roughly where it will be during April, its closest point, or perigee.

When to Watch: April 7/8/9.

On Tuesday, April 7, the moon rises at 7.07pm; on April 8 at 8.35pm; on April 9 at 10.03pm.

What else can you see? Aside the planet Venus, unmistakable over in the west after sunset, there will be a bright star positioned to the right side of the supermoon on April 7/8.

This is Spica, bluey-white in colour, in the constellation of Virgo The Maiden.

April's full moons always take place in front of this constellation, marking the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in the southern hemisphere.

If you pan to the left and slightly upwards you should come to another bright star, this is Arcturus, an orange coloured star in the constellation of Bootes the Herdsman.

If you continue to pan upwards and to the left you will reach a star called Alkaid.

Alkaid is the last star in the handle of the 'saucepan' commonly known as the 'big dipper', or Ursa Major, 'the great bear'.

Work your way up the handle to reveal all of the constellation.