with the last foot trails left on the moon. The images also show where the astronauts placed some of the scientific instruments that provided the first insight into the moon's environment and interior. LRO captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. Images show the twists and turns of the paths made when the astronauts explored the lunar surface. NASA says the image brightness and contrast have been altered to highlight surface details. Reuters Moon pictures show traces left by astronauts NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) image shows the Apollo 17 site on the moon, where the tracks laid down by the lunar rover are clearly visible, along with the last foot trails left on the moon. The imagessurface. AP

The north east coast, eastern scotland and Northern Ireland will have clearer skies compared to the rest of the UK, so they'll be the best places to spot the moon.

With the moon so clear in the sky, it's worth remembering the number of man-made spacecraft currently working around it.

Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon since 2009, and constantly beams back important information about the Earth's closest neighbour - including amazing pictures of human landing sites on the moon, with images released in 2011 showing surprisingly sharp images of boot tracks, moon buggy trails and landers left behind after the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 missions.