{"id":411897,"date":"2026-08-20T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411897\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:00:11","slug":"lunar-eclipse-2026-when-to-see-it-in-austin-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411897\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar eclipse 2026: When to see it in Austin, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texans who stay up late next week could catch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/article\/austin-barton-springs-howling-full-moon-tradition-22287592.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moon <\/a>turning red.<\/p>\n<p>A partial lunar eclipse will be visible across the Lone Star State late Thursday, Aug. 27, into early Friday, Aug. 28, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/article\/austin-barton-springs-howling-full-moon-tradition-22287592.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nearly all of the moon<\/a> expected to pass through Earth\u2019s shadow.<\/p>\n<p>The eclipse will begin at 8:23\u00a0p.m. Thursday, but the show won\u2019t become obvious right away. The moon will begin noticeably darkening around 9:33 p.m. as Earth\u2019s shadow moves across its surface.<\/p>\n<p>The best time to look up will be around 11:12\u00a0p.m., when the eclipse reaches its peak. At that point about 94% of the moon will be obscured by Earth\u2019s shadow, leaving only a small portion brightly lit.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the eclipse will be over by 12:51 a.m. Friday, although its final stage will continue until about 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the nickname \u201cblood moon,\u201d there\u2019s nothing unusual happening to the moon itself.<\/p>\n<p>A lunar eclipse happens when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/blood-moon.html\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earth passes between the sun and the full moon<\/a>. Earth blocks most of the sunlight that would normally illuminate the moon, but in a partial eclipse, some light still passes through the planet\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Earth\u2019s atmosphere filters out much of the blue light while allowing more red and orange light to reach the moon, giving it a copper or rusty appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The same basic effect helps create sunrises and sunsets.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike a solar eclipse, you won\u2019t need special glasses to watch. Looking directly at a lunar eclipse is safe \u2014 no equipment necessary. Binoculars or a telescope can offer a closer view, but the eclipse will be visible with the naked eye as long as skies are clear.<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, there won&#8217;t be another lunar eclipse with at least 50% of the moon obscured until 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texans who stay up late next week could catch the moon turning red. A partial lunar eclipse will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-411897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}