By PNW Staff
August 27, 2026
Wars are raging, nations are threatening nations, extreme weather and devastating floods are striking communities around the world, and earthquakes continue to shake populated regions. Political instability is spreading, geopolitical tensions are rising, and millions increasingly sense that the world has entered a period of unusual turbulence.
And now, on Thursday night, millions of Americans will look up and watch the moon turn red.
Beginning on the evening of August 27 and continuing into the early hours of August 28, Earth’s shadow will move across the moon in one of the deepest partial lunar eclipses most Americans will ever see. At precisely 12:12 a.m. Eastern Time, the eclipse will reach its maximum, with approximately 96 percent of the lunar surface covered and only a thin sliver remaining illuminated.
As the eclipse deepens, much of the moon could take on shades of copper, orange and blood red. Nearly one billion people across the United States, Canada and Latin America are positioned to see the entire eclipse, weather permitting, making this far more than an obscure astronomical event visible only from some distant corner of the world.
Under ordinary circumstances, it would simply be a spectacular night in the heavens. But these aren’t ordinary times, and whenever the moon turns blood red against the backdrop of war, natural disasters and geopolitical upheaval, Christians understandably begin thinking about Bible prophecy.
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