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The sky in 2023

The main sky events of 2023. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 09:24 PM
June solsticeJune 21, 02:57 PM
September equinoxSeptember 23, 06:49 AM
December solsticeDecember 22, 03:27 AM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 4, 03:45 PM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 6, 06:18 PM

Full Moons

January 6, 11:08 PMWolf Moon
February 5, 06:29 PMSnow Moon
March 7, 12:41 PMWorm Moon
April 6, 04:35 AMPink Moon
May 5, 05:34 PMFlower Moon
June 4, 03:42 AMStrawberry Moon
July 3, 11:39 AMBuck Moon
August 1, 06:32 PMSturgeon Moon · Supermoon
August 31, 01:36 AMSturgeon Moon · Supermoon · Blue Moon (second full Moon in a month)
September 29, 09:58 AMCorn Moon
October 28, 08:24 PMHunter’s Moon
November 27, 09:16 AMBeaver Moon
December 27, 12:33 AMCold Moon

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Eclipses

April 20, 04:16 AMSolar eclipse: total
May 5, 05:22 PMLunar eclipse: penumbral
October 14, 05:59 PMSolar eclipse: annular
October 28, 08:13 PMLunar eclipse: partial

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 3Quadrantids8091%
April 22Lyrids187%
May 6Eta Aquariids50100%
July 30Southern Delta Aquariids2592%
July 30Alpha Capricornids592%
August 12Perseids10011%
October 8Draconids1028%
October 10Southern Taurids515%
October 21Orionids2045%
November 12Northern Taurids51%
November 17Leonids1523%
December 14Geminids1503%
December 22Ursids1082%

Planets

January 30Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (25.0°)
April 11Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (19.5°)
May 29Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (24.9°)
June 4Venus at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (45.4°)
August 10Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (27.4°)
August 27Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
September 19Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
September 22Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (17.9°)
October 23Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (46.4°)
November 3Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
November 13Uranus at opposition (best of the year)
December 4Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (21.3°)

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