Overview
- The eclipse took place the night of Thursday, August 27 into Friday, August 28, 2026 and was visible across Argentina, much of the Americas and parts of Europe and Africa.
- Official NASA schedules put the umbral magnitude near 0.93 with local maximums around 01:12–01:14 in Argentina, while some services and media published a higher coverage figure near 96 percent.
- Observers and news agencies published striking photos of a reddened or copper-hued Moon caused by sunlight refracted and scattered through Earth’s atmosphere, with the exact color depending on local air clarity.
- Public outreach events and live streams, including a free program at the Planetario Galileo Galilei in Buenos Aires, ran as planned but local weather warnings from meteorological services limited viewing in some areas, notably parts of the AMBA.
- This was the second and final lunar eclipse of 2026 and scientists note that variations in reported coverage come from different data sources, rounding and measurement conventions rather than disagreement about the event’s deep partial character.