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Aug. 18, 2026

The Moon Turns Dark: A Guide to the Partial Eclipse

The Moon Turns Dark: A Guide to the Partial Eclipse
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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. Both gas giants

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put on a show. Saturn is at its yearly best,

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while Jupiter grows brighter and rises earlier each evening. The

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Moon is growing brighter each night as it approaches full tonight,

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it'll stay up late, so stargazing is best right after sunset.

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NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar

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material was seen on the Norse northwest side of the Sun.

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The European Space Agency selects Ariani six to launch deep

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space CubeSat The European Space Agency has awarded a contract

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to launch its solar storm Monitoring cube SAT on an

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ARIANI six rocket. Land Space has a Zuqui III on

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the pad at Juquan Satellite Launch Center People's Republic of

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China set to fly tomorrow. There is plenty of activity

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on the Sun right now. Multiple sunspot regions are crackling

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with energy, and solar flares could fire off at any time.

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Northern lights chances remain moderate tonight for viewers in Canada

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and the northernmost States. This is Space News and weather Today,

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your AI curated guide to the Cosmos. Sources include NASA

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and space news from around the world.