Skywatchers across large parts of the Americas are set for a striking celestial event as a near-total lunar eclipse turns the Moon a deep reddish-orange this week. At its peak, around 96.2% of the ...

The Aug. 27-28 event will be a deep partial lunar eclipse -- 96% of the Moon’s disk will be inside Earth’s umbra, the darkest part of the shadow. Best time to watch the eclipse While not quite a total ...

NASA says the eclipse will reach its maximum at about 4:13 a.m. UTC on August 28, when approximately 96% of the Moon’s disk will be inside Earth’s darkest shadow, the umbra. Because so much of the ...

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