SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio sky enthusiasts will have a chance to witness a spectacular partial lunar eclipse Thursday night as the full moon passes through Earth\u2019s shadow. <\/p>\n
The event is expected be one of the deepest partial lunar eclipses visible from South Texas in years, with nearly the entire moon slipping into Earth\u2019s darkest shadow.<\/p>\n
What is a partial lunar eclipse?<\/p>\n
A lunar eclipse happens when Earth moves directly between the sun and the moon, causing Earth\u2019s shadow to fall across the lunar surface. During a partial lunar eclipse, only part of the moon moves into Earth\u2019s darkest shadow, called the umbra. <\/p>\n
This means the moon won\u2019t completely disappear or turn fully red like it does during a total lunar eclipse. Instead, a dark shadow will gradually cover most of the moon.<\/p>\n
Thursday Night the Earth will go in between the Sun and the Moon, casting a orange shadow. (Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
Thursday night\u2019s eclipse comes very close to being total. At its peak, about 96% of the moon\u2019s surface will be covered by Earth\u2019s shadow, leaving only a small white illuminated.<\/p>\n
Timeline<\/p>\n
The moon will rise in the east-southeast during the early stages of the eclipse before climbing higher into the southeastern sky later in the evening.<\/p>\n
You won\u2019t need any special equipment. Just step outside and look up. <\/p>\n
Binoculars or a telescope can provide a detailed look, but the eclipse will be easy to see with the naked eye, even from within San Antonio city limits. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the timeline:<\/p>\n
8:23 p.m. Penumbral eclipse begins<\/p>\n
9:33 p.m. Partial eclipse begins<\/p>\n
11:12 p.m. Maximum eclipse<\/p>\n
12:51 a.m. Partial eclipse ends<\/p>\n
2:01 a.m. Penumbral eclipse ends<\/p>\n
San Antonio\u2019s forecast<\/p>\n
The forecast looks ok for eclipse viewing across San Antonio. We\u2019re expecting partly cloudy skies Thursday evening, although a few isolated showers or thunderstorms may develop earlier in the night. The good news is that widespread rain is not expected during the peak viewing hours.<\/p>\n
Thursday Evening forecasts clouds but some breaks in between (Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
Cloud cover will likely be the biggest challenge, but many locations across Bexar County and South Texas should still have opportunities to catch the eclipse through breaks in the clouds. <\/p>\n
As always, be sure to check the latest forecast<\/a> before heading outside Thursday night. And if you manage to capture a photo of the eclipse, send it to KSAT Connect<\/a> so we can share it with fellow South Texas sky enthusiasts.<\/p>\n Daily Forecast<\/p>\n KSAT meteorologists keep you on top of the ever-changing South Texas weather.<\/p>\n QUICK WEATHER LINKS<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio sky enthusiasts will have a chance to witness a spectacular partial lunar eclipse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7151,71776,144529,82,84,83,8083],"class_list":["post-416472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-astronomy","tag-lunar-eclipse","tag-partial-lunar-eclipse","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-whatever-the-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416472","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=416472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}