<\/p>\n Stargazers on the night side of Earth<\/a> will catch their first glimpse of our planet’s umbra (the darkest, innermost part of its shadow) creeping onto the moon’s surface at 10:33 p.m. EDT on Aug. 27 (0233 GMT on Aug. 28), according to TimeandDate.com<\/a>. The vast shadow will continue its advance across the crater-scarred landscape in the hours that follow, until it hits the point of maximum eclipse at 12:12 a.m. EDT on Aug. 28 (0412 GMT).<\/p>\n Around this time, you may notice the shadowed region of the moon<\/a> take on a reddish-orange color, as sunlight filtered through Earth’s atmosphere<\/a> is bent onto the lunar surface \u2014 a phenomenon often referred to as a “Blood Moon<\/a>” during a total eclipse.<\/p>\n Each phase of a lunar eclipse<\/a> occurs simultaneously for everyone viewing from the night side of Earth, where the lunar disk is visible. However, local timings will differ significantly depending on your location on Earth.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n \n A partial lunar eclipse captured in the skies over the capitol city of Manila in the Philippines. (Image credit: Photo by Ted ALJIBE \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n If you’re watching from a city on the West Coast of the United States like California, then the point of maximum eclipse will occur shortly after midnight local time on the night of Aug. 27-28.<\/p>\n Viewers in the United Kingdom, meanwhile, won’t observe the moment of maximum eclipse until shortly before sunrise on Aug. 28, as the moon lurks low on the southwestern horizon. Be sure to check out a trusted website like TimeandDate for eclipse timings<\/a> specific to your location.<\/p>\n You won’t need any special kit to protect your eyes during a lunar eclipse as you would during a solar eclipse<\/a>, when there is a serious risk of vision damage from looking directly upon the sun. However, a pair of quality binoculars or a telescope will give you a stunning view of Earth’s shadow as it races across the lunar disk.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today’s best 10×50 Aculon A211 Binoculars deals<\/p>\n Need to upgrade your equipment? Then be sure to read our roundups of the best binoculars<\/a> and telescopes available in 2026<\/a>. You should also check out our guide to photographing a lunar eclipse<\/a>, along with our picks of the top cameras<\/a> and lenses for astrophotography<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Note: If you capture a photo of the lunar eclipse and want to share it with Space.com’s readers, then please send your photo(s), comments, name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’re just one week away from a stunning partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27-28, when billions across North…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-599101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Xak4JzsgdqnkN427zyQQvj.jpg\")
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