Full moon tonight: The August ‘Sturgeon’ moon is getting upstaged by a lunar eclipse. Here’s when to see it

Much like a bad community theater production, the night sky will be full of drama this evening and into tomorrow. Right before the full Sturgeon Moon is about to shine its brightest, the Earth is going to upstage it, causing an almost total lunar eclipse tonight (Thursday, August 27, into Friday, August 28, 2026). This will be visible to those living in most of the Americas (sorry, Alaska and northwestern Canada), Western Europe and West Africa. Let’s break all that down and talk about how to best stargaze. Why is August’s full moon called the Sturgeon Moon? Full moon names come from the na...