View at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky’s Raúl Cortés in Mexico created this composite of the lunar eclipse of August 27-28, 2026. Raúl wrote: “I took one over-exposed photo and one with proper exposure of each frame. This is the result. What I am trying to compare is the top line and the bottom line. The line above is slightly over-exposed. The line below is the proper exposure. On the line above, you can see a defined line of Earth’s shadow. And the line below shows a diffuse line of Earth’s shadow.” Thank you, Raúl! More eclipse photos below!

A huge thank you to our wonderful EarthSky community for sharing these eclipse photos! This is the nearly total lunar eclipse of August 27-28, 2026. Browse through the gallery to see how skywatchers around the globe captured the event. Many thanks to our community and all who submitted photos!

It was a nearly total eclipseView at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky friend Cecille Kennedy caught the eclipsed moon from Corvallis, Oregon, on August 27, 2026. Cecille wrote: “The Sturgeon full moon turned rusty reddish orange due to a deep partial lunar eclipse that covered approximately 96% of the moon in Earth’s umbral shadow. It was an awe-inspiring scene to watch.” Thank you, Cecille!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Joel Weatherly caught the lunar eclipse from Hog Island, Maine, on August 27, 2026. Joel wrote: “We lucked out with a perfect gap in the clouds near the maximum eclipse, allowing for a delightful view of the shadowed moon.” Thank you, Joel!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky team member Raúl Cortés – a co-author of our daily sun news update – captured the lunar eclipse from La Huasteca, west of Monterrey, Mexico.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky friend Sheryl R. Garrison caught the eclipse from Southern Alberta, Canada. She wrote: “A beautiful, warm evening to watch the eclipse. I think there was just the right amount of clouds tonight to give the moon something soft to rest on.” Check out Sheryl’s series of nature books for children. Thank you, Sheryl!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Paul Mjolsnes-Nelson captured the eclipsed moon among clouds from Gardiner, Montana, on August 27, 2026. He was near the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Paul wrote: “Lots of clouds moving through during tonight’s eclipse in this little corner of Montana.” Thank you, Paul.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Sergei Timofeevski captured this striking photo of the eclipsed moon from Carlsbad, California, on August 28, 2026. See how the top part of the moon in this photo is not in shadow? That part of the moon is still in daylight. Sergei wrote: “Incredibly, I ended up seeing the eclipse completely by chance. I had forgotten it was happening tonight, glanced out the window, and suddenly noticed the moon already in deep shadow. I grabbed my camera and managed to take a handheld shot, just 8 minutes before the eclipse reached its maximum.” Perfect timing! Thank you, Sergei!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jesús M. Garcia Flores captured the nearly totally eclipsed moon from Spain on the morning of August 28, 2026. Thank you, Jesús! The eclipse happened at the same moment for everyone. But our clocks showed us different times, in various time zones.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jaroslav Kourzenov in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, caught a seaside lunar eclipse on August 27, 2026. Jaroslav wrote: “Caught tonight’s deep partial lunar eclipse over Victoria Harbor, with [the ship] Celebrity Edge docked along the waterfront.” Thank you, Jaroslav.At mid-eclipse, the moon turned red!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Fabrizio Pinto in Urla, Izmir, Turkey, saw the eclipsed moon as it was setting on August 28, 2026. Fabrizio wrote: “The sky was perfectly transparent, but turbulent, all the way to moonset behind the trees atop a distant hill. It was a privilege to watch this lunar eclipse at the site of ancient Klazomenai, the birthplace of Anaxagoras, who first fully understood the science of both solar and lunar eclipses.” Thank you, Fabrizio!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Giuseppe Pappa caught several stages of the eclipsing moon from Pedara, Sicily, Italy, on August 28, 2026. Giuseppe wrote: “The image is a composition of 3 pictures.” Thank you, Giuseppe.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Richard Swieca in Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada, caught the eclipsed moon among clouds on August 27, 2026. Richard wrote: “A break in the clouds!” A lucky break. Thank you, Richard!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Elmarie van Rooyen caught the barely visible sliver of the nearly totally eclipsed moon from Smoky Lake, Alberta, Canada, on August 27, 2026. Elmarie wrote: “Went out and could see the last bit before going totally dark.” Thank you, Elmarie.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Robert Hall captured the half-eclipsed moon from Hancock County, Mississippi, on the morning of August 28, 2026. Thank you, Robert.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Lou Musacchio caught the eclipsed moon from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 28. 2026. Lou wrote: “Wouldn’t you know it? And grateful I am the sky cleared a path through the clouds that lingered on all night over Montreal …” We’re grateful, too, Lou! Thank you.

Bottom line: EarthSky community photos of the lunar eclipse of August 27-28, 2026. Thanks to all who submitted!

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