Aug. 20, 2026
Partial Lunar Eclipse: When and Where to Watch
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RSS Feed A partial lunar eclipse darkens part of the Moon. Find the viewing time and visibility region for this event.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
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Calorogus Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with
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the help of AI. The next major August sky event
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is a deep partial lunar eclipse on August twenty seventh,
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About ninety six percent of the Moon enters Earth's shadow.
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In the US. The eclipse begins at ten thirty three
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pm Eastern Time and peaks at twelve thirteen am. Look
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for the orange shadowed Moon after dark. This is Saturn's
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best month. The ringed planet is visible all night, and
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at its brightest, Jupiter is not far behind. Rising in
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the late evening. A bright, gibbous moon dominates the evening.
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For darker skies, wait until the early morning hours after
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it sets. The European Space Agency selects ARIANI six to
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launch deep space CubeSat The European Space Agency has awarded
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a contract to launch its Solar Storm Monitoring Cube SAT
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on an ARIANE six rocket. The Sun has been active lately,
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with several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are
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possible over the next day or two. For now, Aurora
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chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. Rocket
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Lab has an electron on the pad at Mahia Peninsula.
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New Zealand set to fly later today. Heads up for
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asteroid fans five two, three six ain WASP latiquiz A
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nine two thousand and five PJ two passes Earth in
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about six days, about eighteen lunar distances from Earth, It's
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several hundred meters across, harmless but fun to track. Space
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news and weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate
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information from NASA and spaceflight news sources around the world.
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