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The sky in 2020

The main sky events of 2020. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 03:49 AM
June solsticeJune 20, 09:43 PM
September equinoxSeptember 22, 01:30 PM
December solsticeDecember 21, 10:02 AM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 5, 08:14 AM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 4, 12:42 PM

Full Moons

January 10, 07:21 PMWolf Moon
February 9, 07:33 AMSnow Moon
March 9, 05:48 PMWorm Moon · Supermoon
April 8, 02:35 AMPink Moon · Supermoon
May 7, 10:45 AMFlower Moon
June 5, 07:12 PMStrawberry Moon
July 5, 04:44 AMBuck Moon
August 3, 03:59 PMSturgeon Moon
September 2, 05:22 AMCorn Moon
October 1, 09:05 PMHunter’s Moon
October 31, 02:49 PMHunter’s Moon · Blue Moon (second full Moon in a month)
November 30, 09:30 AMBeaver Moon
December 30, 03:28 AMCold Moon

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Eclipses

January 10, 07:10 PMLunar eclipse: penumbral
June 5, 07:24 PMLunar eclipse: penumbral
June 21, 06:40 AMSolar eclipse: annular
July 5, 04:29 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
November 30, 09:42 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
December 14, 04:13 PMSolar eclipse: total

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 4Quadrantids8058%
April 21Lyrids181%
May 5Eta Aquariids5095%
July 29Southern Delta Aquariids2574%
July 29Alpha Capricornids574%
August 12Perseids10045%
October 8Draconids1068%
October 9Southern Taurids552%
October 20Orionids2023%
November 11Northern Taurids515%
November 17Leonids156%
December 13Geminids1501%
December 22Ursids1051%

Planets

February 10Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (18.2°)
March 24Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (27.8°)
March 24Venus at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (46.1°)
June 4Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (23.6°)
July 14Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
July 20Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
July 22Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (20.1°)
August 13Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (45.8°)
September 11Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
October 1Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (25.8°)
October 13Mars at opposition (best of the year)
October 31Uranus at opposition (best of the year)
November 10Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (19.1°)

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