Australians can watch partial solar eclipse on Tuesday starting at around 4 pm (AEST). After blood moon event, sky gazers will see the eclipse as the Moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun.

The event will allow sky watchers to see a crescent sun shortly before it sets down in southern parts of Australia. The phenomenon known as a non-central annular solar eclipse takes place every 73 years.

Stephen Hughes, an astrophysicist at Queensland University of Technology, said 66% of the sun will be covered in Melbourne and 50% in Sydney. "Melbourne will be able to see quite a bit better than Sydney in shape of a super-fat banana", affirmed Hughes.

The moon will cover a significant part of the Sun during the eclipse. People in Hobart will see a thinner crescent and people in tropical Cairns would be able to able to see 'tiny bite out of the sun', but the full annular eclipse will be visible in Antarctica.

Experts have given some instructions for people interested in viewing the eclipse. They have asked viewers to avoid looking at the sun directly. If they want to view the sun then they should either wear special glasses meant for seeing eclipse or see the event at an observatory.

One more option is to watch the sun online. Eclipse watchers can view the event online at the astronomical website of Slooh.