Rising Over Louisiana
On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was immersed in Earth’s umbra—the central, darkest part of the shadow where sunlight is completely blocked. […]
On the evening of August 27, 2026, the Moon passed through Earth's shadow, giving rise to a partial lunar eclipse visible across much of the Americas, western Europe, and western Africa. The peak of the eclipse occurred at 12:13 a.m. EDT, during which 96.3% of the Moon's disk found itself within Earth's umbra, the darkest central portion of the shadow where direct sunlight is entirely blocked.
NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, located in southern Louisiana and serving as the nation's leading location for the construction and assembly of large-scale space systems, including the core stages of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket crucial to the Artemis program, captured this image of the celestial event.
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- Rising Over Louisiana nasa.gov
