https://lumara-space.app/log/ Short, dated entries on what the Sun and the sky are actually doing: solar flares, geomagnetic storms, eclipses, meteor peaks, and the moon. From Lumara, a free live Sun and Moon viewer. en-us Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:30:00 GMT https://lumara-space.app/lunar-eclipse-tonight.html https://lumara-space.app/lunar-eclipse-tonight.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:30:00 GMT The Moon enters Earth's umbra at 02:33 UTC on August 28 and reaches maximum at 04:13 UTC with 96.3 percent of its disc in shadow. A deep partial, not a total: a sliver of the northern limb stays in sunlight the whole time. Contact times in UTC, Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific and UK time. https://lumara-space.app/log/how-to-watch-perseids-2026.html https://lumara-space.app/log/how-to-watch-perseids-2026.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT The 2026 Perseid peak falls on the night of August 12-13 with a new moon keeping the sky dark; the IMO predicts the maximum at 02:00 to 04:00 UTC on August 13. Where to face, which hours pay off in your part of the world, realistic hourly counts, and sky maps. https://lumara-space.app/log/eclipse-and-perseids-august-2026.html https://lumara-space.app/log/eclipse-and-perseids-august-2026.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT A total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain on August 12, and the Perseids peak the following night beside a new moon. Greatest eclipse 17:46 UTC; the IMO predicts the Perseid maximum at 02:00 to 04:00 UTC on August 13. A Perseid peak beside a new moon does not come again until 2045.