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 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT 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 within a day of it beside a new moon. Greatest eclipse 17:47 UTC, Perseid peak near 14:53 UTC on August 13. Conditions this clean for the Perseids do not return until 2028.