{"id":414708,"date":"2026-08-23T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414708\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:42:09","slug":"heres-when-houston-can-catch-the-almost-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-on-august-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414708\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s when Houston can catch the ‘almost blood moon’ lunar eclipse on August 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Moon will take a dramatic dip into Earth\u2019s shadow Thursday night, turning coppery before returning to full brightness<\/p>\n

The Earth casts a shadow over the moon in a partial lunar eclipse that is observed Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo\/Slamet Riyadi) (Slamet Riyadi, AP2010)<\/p>\n

HOUSTON \u2013 Houston skywatchers, get ready for a celestial show. A deep partial lunar eclipse<\/a> will be visible Thursday night, Aug. 27, with nearly the entire Moon slipping into Earth\u2019s darkest shadow.<\/p>\n

Partial eclipse begins \u2014 9:34 p.m. CDT: A dark \u201cbite\u201d will start to appear on the Moon.<\/p>\n

Peak fullness \u2014 11:13 p.m. CDT: About 96.3% of the Moon will be inside Earth\u2019s umbra, and the shadowed portion may glow coppery or reddish.<\/p>\n

Partial eclipse ends \u2014 12:52 a.m. CDT: The Moon will begin shining fully again as it leaves the darkest part of Earth\u2019s shadow.<\/p>\n

A still image of the eclipse diagram. (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio)<\/p>\n

No special glasses are needed to watch a lunar eclipse. Find a spot with a clear view of the sky, then look up and enjoy the show.<\/p>\n

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About the AuthorChristian Hudspeth<\/a><\/p>\n

Christian Hudspeth is a Houston native who joined KPRC 2 News in December 2025. Christian began his news career at KTRK in 2022 before moving to newsrooms in Waco, Texas (KXXV), Las Vegas, Nevada (KTNV), and now back to H-Town. He earned his BA at the University of Houston Jack J. Valenti School of Communication in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Moon will take a dramatic dip into Earth\u2019s shadow Thursday night, turning coppery before returning to full…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[72802,12251,56,58,57,71776,39294,1911,144529,3951],"class_list":["post-414708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-blood-moon","tag-eclipse","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-lunar-eclipse","tag-moon","tag-nasa","tag-partial-lunar-eclipse","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414708","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=414708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}