{"id":611020,"date":"2026-09-01T08:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611020\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:52:30","slug":"apod-2026-september-1-a-plane-lunar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611020\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 September 1 &#8211; A Plane Lunar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p-md margin-0 media-detail-hero__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplanation: Did you need to be on the right side of this airplane to see this eclipse? No.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/moon\/eclipses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lunar eclipses<\/a>\u00a0are routinely seen from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap251221.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">half of the Earth<\/a>\u00a0facing the Moon when the eclipse occurs, making them some of the most commonly witnessed astronomical events. You don&#8217;t even need any\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/asset\/webb\/components-of-webbs-scientific-instruments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">special equipment<\/a>\u00a0to see one &#8212; just your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nei.nih.gov\/eye-health-information\/healthy-vision\/how-eyes-work\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unaided eyes<\/a>. Lunar eclipses are also some of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap260825.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap260305.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photographed<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap251103.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">astronomical<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap250324.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">events<\/a>\u00a0because, unlike with a solar eclipse,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.unsplash.com\/premium_photo-1753481184578-75816508791a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">your eyes<\/a>\u00a0and camera do not have to look toward the bright\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/sun\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sun<\/a>. However, considering the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1064077302987513&amp;set=a.1063776469684263\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">featured image<\/a>\u00a0taken\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/5672\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last week<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/user.iiasa.ac.at\/~marek\/fbook\/04\/geos\/po.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portugal<\/a>, if you were on the left side of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap130513.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that airplane<\/a>\u00a0during takeoff, you might have trouble seeing it &#8212; at first. But even then,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap240211.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after takeoff<\/a>, since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spaceplace.nasa.gov\/eclipses\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lunar eclipses<\/a>\u00a0typically last for hours, you might soon be able to safely cross the aisle(s) to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Gallery:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=APOD.Sky&amp;set=a.1063776469684263\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lunar Eclipse of 2026 August<\/a><br \/>APOD&#8217;s main NASA site is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asterisk.apod.com\/viewtopic.php?t=45023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moving<\/a>:\u00a0From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">apod.nasa.gov<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/apod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">science.nasa.gov\/apod<\/a><br \/>Tomorrow&#8217;s picture:\u00a0cultural eclipses\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explanation: Did you need to be on the right side of this airplane to see this eclipse? No.\u00a0Lunar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[243471,61,60,82,247],"class_list":["post-611020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-apod","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611020","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=611020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}