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Tonight's phase · monthly calendar · upcoming eclipses · NASA Artemis program timeline · all calculated from first principles, no API required.

[01]   Tonight CURRENT
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[03]   Upcoming Eclipses NASA Eclipse Office 2026 - 2030
AUG 122026UTC

Total Solar Eclipse

Iceland · Spain · Western Sahara · totality 2m 18s
SOLAR · TOTAL
FEB 172026UTC

Annular Solar Eclipse

Antarctica · "ring of fire" visible only from south
SOLAR · ANNULAR
AUG 022027UTC

Total Solar Eclipse

Spain · North Africa · Saudi Arabia · longest of century at 6m 23s
SOLAR · TOTAL
DEC 312028UTC

Total Lunar Eclipse

New Year's Eve "blood moon" · visible from Americas, Europe, Africa
LUNAR · TOTAL
JUL 222028UTC

Total Solar Eclipse

Australia · New Zealand · totality up to 5m 10s in Sydney
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[04]   Artemis Program · Return to the Moon NASA · ESA · JAXA · CSA CREWED
2022
NOV 16

Artemis I — Uncrewed Test Flight

SLS rocket sent the Orion capsule on a 25-day uncrewed lunar mission. Splashed down Dec 11, 2022.

Complete
2026
APR

Artemis II — Crewed Lunar Flyby

First humans to fly past the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen — 10-day mission, no landing.

Up Next
2027
MID

Artemis III — Lunar South Pole Landing

First crewed Moon landing in over 50 years. Will use SpaceX Starship HLS to land near the lunar South Pole, where water ice has been confirmed in permanently shadowed craters.

Planned
2028+

Lunar Gateway · Artemis IV

Construction of the Gateway space station in lunar orbit begins. International partnership with ESA, JAXA, CSA, UAE. Will serve as staging point for sustained lunar surface presence.

Planned
2030s

Lunar Base Camp

Long-duration surface habitats, pressurized rovers, in-situ resource utilization (turning lunar ice into rocket fuel). Foundation for eventual crewed Mars missions.

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