Lunar Eclipse August 27/28, 2026: Time and List of Cities, Countries to Watch
A Near Total Lunar Eclipse, also called as Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse, which will turn almost whole of Moon deep crimson colour, will be witnessed today i.e. Thursday/Friday August 27/28, 2026 in Europe, Africa and most of America
Partial Lunar Eclipse: A Near Total Lunar Eclipse, also called as Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse, which will turn almost whole of Moon deep crimson colour, will be witnessed today i.e. Thursday/Friday August 27/28, 2026 in Europe, Africa and most of America.
The Partial Lunar Eclipse on August 27/28, 2026 will be fully visible in most part of Europe, Africa, America and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
‘Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse’
The partial lunar eclipse on August 27/28, 2026 will be near total with 96% of the Moon within the Earth’s dark umbral shadow at mid-eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse is a whole Earth astral event. It means the Moon in Eclipse is visible all across the world. The only condition is that you must be in nighttime when the eclipse happens, in order to see it.
Accordingly, the half of Earth facing the Full Moon – that is, the whole half of Earth that’s in nighttime – will see the August 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse during the exact same moments though the times shown on our clocks will be different, EarthSky reported citing Eclipsewise.com.
August 2026 Lunar Eclipse Start and End Time
The Penumbral eclipse will begin around 01:24 UTC on Friday August 28, 2026. That’s 08:24 p.m. CDT on August 27, 2026. The Partial eclipse will begin at 2:34 UTC on August 28, 2026 or 09:34 p.m. CDT on August 27, 2026.
The August 2026 Partial Eclipse will reach its peak at 04:13 UTC on August 28, 2026. That’s 11:13 p.m. CDT on August 27, 2026. At maximum eclipse, about 96% of the moon’s disk will lie inside Earth’s dark umbral shadow.
The Partial eclipse will end at 5:52 UTC on August 28, 2026. That’s 12:52 a.m. CDT, whereas the Penumbral eclipse will end at 07:02 UTC on August 28, 2026 or 02:02 a.m. CDT.
List of Cities, Countries where the Eclipse is visible tonight
- Americas (best overall views; full or nearly full eclipse across most areas):
- North America: United States (all contiguous states
- Partial/limited in parts of Alaska), Canada (most areas
- Limited in far northwest), Mexico
- Central America & Caribbean:
- All countries (e.g., Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, and other Caribbean nations).
- South America:
- All countries (e.g., Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, and others).
- Western and much of Europe, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Iceland, and parts of Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Germany, Italy, and southeastern Europe (Moon lower/setting in eastern areas).
- Western and most parts of Africa (e.g., Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and other West African countries. Eclipse visibility will decrease eastward toward countries like Egypt or South Africa, where only earlier phases of the celestial phenomenon will be seen).
- Parts of western Asia / Middle East (limited, often only penumbral or partial phases before moonset; e.g., far western Russia, Turkey, parts of the eastern Mediterranean).
- Antarctica and parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, according to TimeAndDate.com.
As per the tradition of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Muslims residing in the countries and cities where Near Total or Partial Lunar Eclipse will be visible on August 27/28, 2026 will offer Special Eclipse Prayers “Salat al Khusoof”.
Muslims residing in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, UAE, and other countries in the region will miss the opportunity to watch the lunar eclipse tonight as they do not fall in night time.
The next Eclipse is Penumbral Lunar Eclipse which will be visible on February 20–21, 2027.
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