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The sky in 2022

The main sky events of 2022. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 03:33 PM
June solsticeJune 21, 09:13 AM
September equinoxSeptember 23, 01:04 AM
December solsticeDecember 21, 09:47 PM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 4, 05:36 AM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 4, 06:43 AM

Full Moons

January 17, 11:49 PMWolf Moon
February 16, 04:57 PMSnow Moon
March 18, 07:18 AMWorm Moon
April 16, 06:55 PMPink Moon
May 16, 04:14 AMFlower Moon
June 14, 11:52 AMStrawberry Moon · Supermoon
July 13, 06:38 PMBuck Moon · Supermoon
August 12, 01:36 AMSturgeon Moon
September 10, 09:59 AMCorn Moon
October 9, 08:55 PMHunter’s Moon
November 8, 11:02 AMBeaver Moon
December 8, 04:08 AMCold Moon

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Eclipses

April 30, 08:41 PMSolar eclipse: partial
May 16, 04:11 AMLunar eclipse: total
October 25, 11:00 AMSolar eclipse: partial
November 8, 10:59 AMLunar eclipse: total

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 3Quadrantids801%
April 22Lyrids1862%
May 6Eta Aquariids5023%
July 30Southern Delta Aquariids252%
July 30Alpha Capricornids52%
August 12Perseids10099%
October 8Draconids1098%
October 10Southern Taurids5100%
October 21Orionids2017%
November 12Northern Taurids585%
November 17Leonids1540%
December 14Geminids15070%
December 22Ursids101%

Planets

January 7Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (19.2°)
February 16Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (26.3°)
March 20Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (46.6°)
April 29Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (20.6°)
June 16Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (23.2°)
August 14Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
August 27Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (27.3°)
September 16Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
September 26Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
October 8Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (18.0°)
November 9Uranus at opposition (best of the year)
December 8Mars at opposition (best of the year)
December 21Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (20.1°)

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