What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

NASA News highlights a busy month for stargazers. August twelfth brings a total solar eclipse crossing northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain, with partial coverage visible from parts of the United States. That same night, the Perseid meteor shower peaks under ideal dark skies. Later in the month, Venus shines at its brightest in the evening sky, and a partial lunar eclipse on the twenty-seventh will submerge roughly ninety-three percent of the Moon in Earth's shadow.

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