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LIVE Stream: Partial Lunar Eclipse August 27–28, 2026

See an almost total lunar eclipse

This is a very deep partial lunar eclipse visible to residents of North and South America and parts of Europe, and Africa.

We will have to see if Full Sturgeon Moon will turn rusty red as it gets 96.2% covered by Earth’s dark inner shadow.

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Blood Moon at Maximum Eclipse

At maximum, almost the entire Moon is inside the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, leaving only a small sliver brightly lit while much of the Moon glows red.
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Partial Lunar Eclipse Highlights

This video shows a compilation of the Moon moving deeper into Earth’s shadow. The footage is from our mobile observatory and partner feeds around the world.
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On August 27–28, an almost total eclipse of the Moon will be visible from North and South America, Europe, and Africa.
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A Very Deep Partial Eclipse

At maximum eclipse on August 27–28, Earth’s dark umbral shadow will cover 96% of the Moon’s face: an almost total eclipse.

10 things to know about the August 2026 lunar eclipse

Where Will Our Mobile Observatory Be?

Our timeanddate mobile observatory team for this eclipse—Steffen Thorsen and Konstantin Bikos—are tracking the weather forecasts, and currently targeting a location near Seville, Spain.

Meanwhile, if the clouds cooperate, Adrianna Opyrchal will be setting up one of our other telescopes near the timeanddate HQ in Stavanger, Norway.

Teaming Up with Old Friends

Photo taken by Dr. Thomas H. Puzia during the first partial phase of the March 2025 total lunar eclipse. A blue-ish band is clearly visible.
The last eclipse time we worked with Thomas Puzia in Chile, he caught this breathtaking turquoise band around the edge of Earth’s dark shadow. Might we get lucky again in August 2026?
©Foster Observatory/Institute of Astrophysics/Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

We’re going to be reuniting with some of a number of long-time collaborators for this eclipse.

South America

This will be our sixth live stream collaboration with Thomas Puzia and his team from the Institute of Astrophysics in Santiago, Chile. Thomas has also shared the excitement of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with us—his team was among the first groups to gather data on this exotic visitor from beyond the solar system.

We’ll be reuniting, too, with our old friend Ángela Pérez, an astronomer and educator based in Colombia. We last worked with Ángela at the October 2023 annular eclipse across North and South America. For this eclipse, we’ll also be working with Andrés Torres at the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano in Medellín; María Gracia Batista at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá; and Mario Vargas at Campamento Interestelar Orion in Colombia’s Tatacoa Desert.

North America

Meanwhile, on the west coast of North America, we’re getting together once again with our old partner Gary Hawkins of the San Diego Astronomy Association. This will be our eighth (8th!) live stream with Gary.

And just two weeks after we joined up with Chris Curwin in Saint John, Canada, for the solar eclipse on August 12, Chris hopes to send us live pictures from the August 27–28 lunar eclipse! Saint John is located on the Bay of Fundy, famous for having the highest tidal range in the world. Once again, Chris will be accompanied by astronomer Mike Powell.

Europe

Plus, weather permitting, we’ll be getting a UK feed from Neill Sanders at Go Stargazing . Along with his colleague Grant Bowskill at First Light Optics , Neill has been extremely busy recently helping the UK prepare for the big partial solar eclipse on August 12. (For the eclipse itself, Neill was off the coast of Greenland, from where he did a memorable interview with the BBC.)

Across the North Sea, Steinar Thorvaldsen and our friends at the Agder Astronomy Society may stream the eclipse from southern Norway—but, again, this will depend on cooperation from the weather...