Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight: Timing and Visibility

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with the help of AI. The next major August sky event is a deep partial lunar eclipse on August twenty seventh. About ninety six percent of the Moon enters Earth's shadow In the US. The eclipse begins at ten thirty three pm Eastern Time and peaks at twelve thirteen am. Look for the orange shadowed Moon after dark. Both gas giants put on a show. Saturn is at its yearly best, while Jupiter grows brighter and rises earlier each evening. A bright full moon lights up the night while it drowns out dimmer stars. It's a great night to explore lunar features with a telescope. A long March five rocket is set to launch in the next couple of days from Wenchang Space launch site. People's Republic of China, China is behind this one. The European Space Agency selects Arianti six to launch deep space CubeSat. The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to launch its solar storm monitoring CubeSat on an Arianti six rocket. An asteroid called two two, one, four, five five two thousand and six BC ten is passing by in about six days. Its massive bi asteroid standards, passing about nine lunar distances from Earth. No danger, just a cosmic neighbor dropping by. Quick solar update. The Sun

1:36 is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear. Space News and Weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight news sources around the world.