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🌘 LUNAR ECLIPSE ON FRIDAY MORNINGIreland will experience a deep partial lunar eclipse during the early hours of Friday m...
27/08/2026

🌘 LUNAR ECLIPSE ON FRIDAY MORNING

Ireland will experience a deep partial lunar eclipse during the early hours of Friday morning (tomorrow) , 28th August 2026, with the Moon reaching approximately 93% coverage at maximum eclipse.

🌑 Eclipse Timings
-Begins: 02:23
-Maximum eclipse: 05:12
-Maximum magnitude: 0.930
-Approximately 93% of the Moon covered
-Ends: 06:53
-Total duration: 4 hours 29 minutes

👀 Viewing Outlook
The eclipse will be visible during the early morning, but the Moon will be very low on the western-southwestern horizon towards the end of the event.

🎑 For the best possible view:
-Find a high point or an area with an unobstructed horizon.
-Look towards the west-southwest.
-Avoid locations with hills, buildings, trees or other obstacles blocking the horizon.
-The Moon may take on a dark reddish or copper colour as the eclipse reaches its maximum.

No special equipment is required to view a lunar eclipse, although binoculars or a telescope can provide a closer look.

Weather forecast
The good news is some parts of Ireland will get to experience this. The west and northwest clear spells are set to develop around or after midnight with good viewing conditions towards the maximum at 5:12am at this point the moon will be a dark reddish colour.

It looks set to stay mostly cloudy in the east and south with some outbreaks of rain.

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🌔 Partial Lunar Eclipse — Ireland 28th August 2026 Ireland will experience a deep partial lunar eclipse during the early...
15/08/2026

🌔 Partial Lunar Eclipse — Ireland 28th August 2026

Ireland will experience a deep partial lunar eclipse during the early hours of Friday, 28 August 2026, with the Moon reaching approximately 93% coverage at maximum eclipse.

🌑 Eclipse Timings
-Begins: 02:23
-Maximum eclipse: 05:12
-Maximum magnitude: 0.930
-Approximately 93% of the Moon covered
-Ends: 06:53
-Total duration: 4 hours 29 minutes

👀 Viewing Outlook
The eclipse will be visible during the early morning, but the Moon will be very low on the western-southwestern horizon towards the end of the event.

🎑 For the best possible view:
-Find a high point or an area with an unobstructed horizon.
-Look towards the west-southwest.
-Avoid locations with hills, buildings, trees or other obstacles blocking the horizon.
-The Moon may take on a dark reddish or copper colour as the eclipse reaches its maximum.

No special equipment is required to view a lunar eclipse, although binoculars or a telescope can provide a closer look.

☕You can also support my updates by buying me a coffee. By buying a coffee you are helping secure the future of the page which helps in the maintenance and running costs 👉 buymeacoffee.com/donegalweatherchannel

What a Solar Eclipse that was, I captured this when the eclipse was near maximum at 7:10pm this evening
12/08/2026

What a Solar Eclipse that was, I captured this when the eclipse was near maximum at 7:10pm this evening

Some showers this morning in parts of the west and northwest with a very warm day ahead with temperatures between 22C to...
12/08/2026

Some showers this morning in parts of the west and northwest with a very warm day ahead with temperatures between 22C to 29C warmest in the east and southeast. At least the rain will be warm 😂.

Through the afternoon showers will ease with brighter and sunny spells developing but cloud will struggle to clear in some parts of the west and southwest, many should get a glimpse of the Solar eclipse this evening which will start at 6.12pm and be at a maximum at 7.10pm ending at 8:05pm

The Perseid meteor shower also peaks tonight into tomorrow morning with some places under clear skies it's not to be missed with between 100 to 150 meteors possible.

Some Noctilucent clouds start to show now to the north as we approach midnight.Noctilucent clouds (NLCs), also known as ...
20/06/2026

Some Noctilucent clouds start to show now to the north as we approach midnight.

Noctilucent clouds (NLCs), also known as night-shining clouds, are the highest clouds in Earth's atmosphere.

They are best spotted from mid-May to mid-August (peaking around June/July)

They appear in the middle of the night during astronomical twilight (the hour or two after sunset or before sunrise).

CME EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH A CANNIBAL CME EXPECTED TODAYFollow here for further live updates on the next CME arrival...
05/06/2026

CME EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH A CANNIBAL CME EXPECTED TODAY

Follow here for further live updates on the next CME arrival 👉 https://www.donegalweatherchannel.ie/live-aurora-noctilucent-clouds-updates

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This night 2 years ago many saw the Aurora overhead in Ireland and even looking southwards. This was one of the stronges...
10/05/2026

This night 2 years ago many saw the Aurora overhead in Ireland and even looking southwards. This was one of the strongest solar storms in 20 years+

This new photo from the Artemis II crew features a combined view of the Moon’s near and far sides the side we can't see ...
06/04/2026

This new photo from the Artemis II crew features a combined view of the Moon’s near and far sides the side we can't see from Earth

🌓 The near side, visible on the right, is identifiable by the dark splotches that cover its surface, created early in the Moon’s history when it was volcanically active. This is the side of the Moon we can see from Earth.

The large crater west of the lava flows is Orientale basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide crater that straddles the Moon’s near and far sides. The Artemis II crew are the first people to ever see the full Orientale Basin.

🌗 Everything to the left of the crater is the far side, the hemisphere we don’t get to see from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it orbits round us.

A stunning high resolution photo of the Earth looking back through the Orion capsule window on NASA Artemis II making it...
04/04/2026

A stunning high resolution photo of the Earth looking back through the Orion capsule window on NASA Artemis II making its way towards the moon.

The image, we see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere on the top right and bottom left.

Photos by NASA

The Aurora tonight from Balbriggan, Dublin right now.Photo by Emma O'BrienFollow here for further live updates tonight's...
03/04/2026

The Aurora tonight from Balbriggan, Dublin right now.

Photo by Emma O'Brien

Follow here for further live updates tonight's chances 👉 https://www.donegalweatherchannel.ie/live-aurora-noctilucent-clouds-updates

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