Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight: Timing and Visibility

0:03 Calaroga 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. This is Saturn's best month. The ringed planet is visible all night and at its brightest, Jupiter is not far behind, rising in the late evening. The waning Moon takes its time rising tonight.

0:48 Enjoy dark skies early, then watch the bright moon appear later. NASA sets coverage for Roman Space Telescope launch from Florida. Coverage plans are ready for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope pre launch and launch activities. Roman is NASA's next generation observatory designed to explore some of the universe's biggest mysteries, including dark energy. NASA and SpaceX are targeting Roman's lift off for no earlier than seven twenty six am. NASA's space weather trackers also note a M one point nine class solar flare occurred on the Sun. An asteroid called twenty seventeen R eight sixteen is passing by in about six days. It's roughly the length of a bus, passing about eight lunar distances from Earth. No danger, just to cosmic neighbor dropping by. Quick solar update. The Sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for those in northern latitudes.

1:53 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.