It’s being billed as a celestial spectacle that nothing else will compare to... for some time.
An extra-special moon and a meteor shower will compete for your attention in the skies over the next few days.
First, the supermoon.
UAE star-gazers can catch the largest supermoon of the year at approximately 10.10pm tonight.
In comparison to other full moons, supermoons can be up to 14 per cent closer and 30 per cent brighter, according to Nasa.
The August 2014 supermoon will become full during the same hour that the moon comes closest to the Earth (lunar perigee), meaning it will outshine other full moons that have fallen on the same day as the lunar perigee.
But that is not all the action in the sky tonight.
The Perseid meteor shower also visible this weekend when Earth passes through the debris zone left by Comet Swift–Tuttle is expected to peak between August 10 and August 13, offering a view of 100 shooting stars per hour, conditions permitting.
So the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year will face off against everyone's favorite meteor shower.
In a normal year, observers count more than 100 Perseids per hour.
But tonight, just as the Perseids are set to peak, the Supermoon will dominate the sky.
"This is bad news for the Perseids," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Lunar glare wipes out the black-velvety backdrop required to see faint meteors, and sharply reduces counts."
However, Cooke adds: "The Perseids are rich in fireballs as bright as Jupiter or Venus. These will be visible in spite of the glare."
"We see more fireballs from Swift-Tuttle than any other parent comet," he says.
Either way, all the action tonight is up in the sky for sure.
Enjoy the show.