A near-total lunar eclipse will be visible from South Florida: What to know

Residents of South Florida will have the chance to witness one of the year’s most striking astronomical events overnight from Thursday (Aug. 27) to Friday (Aug. 28), when a near-total lunar eclipse will be visible from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The phenomenon will come very close to being a total eclipse because the moon will move deep into the umbra, the darkest part of the shadow cast…