Eclipse Live

August 9, 2026•475 words

Eclipse Live 2026 Overview

Interactive map of the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026.

Path of totality overlay drawn on the map
Live umbra — the Moon's shadow position, synchronised to real time and draggable through the event
Magnitude curves along the path
Local contact times for any clicked location (first / second / third / fourth contact)
Three path models to compare: OPALE, Jubier and NASA
Four basemaps: Satellite, Streets, Topographic, Physical
Time controls: play/pause animation, one-click "Live" sync-to-now, and a scrubbing slider with a UT time scale (16:00–20:00)
Click-anywhere info popup with eclipse details for the chosen point
Layer toggles to show/hide map overlays
Top-right floating glass menu (three-dot button) with custom links — closes on outside click or Esc
Collapsible side panel

Real-time orbit tracking of satellites on an interactive map.

Track any NORAD satellite: preset list (ISS, Tiangong, Hubble, NOAA series…) or enter a custom NORAD ID
Live position readout: latitude, longitude, altitude, speed and UTC time, updating continuously
Predicted orbit line (next revolution)
Ground trail of recent passes
Follow mode the map automatically centres on the satellite
Celestial overlays (optional): Sun and Moon subpoints, plus planet subpoints (Mercury–Pluto)
Four basemaps: Satellite, Streets, Topographic, Physical
Collapsible side panel

A "living" space-observation dashboard: everything updates in near real time.

Live satellite-imagery basemaps: MODIS Terra, MODIS Aqua and VIIRS true-colour imagery, switchable with Esri Satellite / Streets
Aurora oval overlay (latest OVATION forecast) with a quiet→active legend
Launch pads for upcoming launches (pulsing markers, zoom-to-pad buttons)
Live natural events — wildfires, severe storms, volcanoes, earthquakes, floods and sea ice — filtered to recent activity only (1 / 3 / 7 / 30 days)

Overview — space-weather cards (planetary Kp index, solar-wind speed, IMF Bz, geomagnetic storm scale), basemap switcher, map-layer toggles, and a per-so urce status list
NEOs — list of near-Earth object close approaches (refreshable)
Launches — upcoming launch manifest
EPIC — Earth imagery from DSCOVR with date navigation and download
APOD — Astronomy Picture of the Day with download
Moon — the current Moon (phase, distance, age, apparent size), plus an hourly capture gallery of past frames, each viewable and downloadable
Live sky — live Sun imagery (surface, magnetogram, corona, LASCO coronagraph, STEREO) and the most recent Perseverance Mars photos, navigable sol by sol

Download button on every photo (EPIC, APOD, Moon, Sun feeds, Mars, archive frames)
Zoom viewer on every photo — click any image to open it; zoom with wheel/pinch, pan by dragging, double-click to refit, +/−/Fit controls and Esc to close