Near-Total Lunar Eclipse Covers 96% of the Moon

On August 27, 2026, a deep partial lunar eclipse darkened 96.2% of the Moon across the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere cast the Moon reddish — a "blood moon." Starting 9:23 p.m. EST and peaking at 10:33 p.m., it fell just short of totality, when the Moon would be fully shadowed.