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The sky in 2025

The main sky events of 2025. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 09:01 AM
June solsticeJune 21, 02:42 AM
September equinoxSeptember 22, 06:19 PM
December solsticeDecember 21, 03:03 PM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 4, 01:22 PM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 3, 08:11 PM

Full Moons

January 13, 10:27 PMWolf Moon
February 12, 01:54 PMSnow Moon
March 14, 06:55 AMWorm Moon
April 13, 12:22 AMPink Moon
May 12, 04:56 PMFlower Moon
June 11, 07:44 AMStrawberry Moon
July 10, 08:37 PMBuck Moon
August 9, 07:55 AMSturgeon Moon
September 7, 06:09 PMCorn Moon
October 7, 03:48 AMHunter’s Moon
November 5, 01:19 PMBeaver Moon · Supermoon
December 4, 11:14 PMCold Moon · Supermoon

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Eclipses

March 14, 06:58 AMLunar eclipse: total
March 29, 10:47 AMSolar eclipse: partial
September 7, 06:11 PMLunar eclipse: total
September 21, 07:41 PMSolar eclipse: partial

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 3Quadrantids8013%
April 22Lyrids1838%
May 5Eta Aquariids5062%
July 29Southern Delta Aquariids2526%
July 29Alpha Capricornids526%
August 12Perseids10088%
October 8Draconids1098%
October 10Southern Taurids588%
October 21Orionids200%
November 12Northern Taurids551%
November 17Leonids157%
December 13Geminids15030%
December 22Ursids105%

Planets

January 10Venus at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (47.2°)
January 16Mars at opposition (best of the year)
March 8Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (18.2°)
April 21Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (27.4°)
June 1Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (45.9°)
July 4Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (25.9°)
August 19Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (18.6°)
September 21Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
September 23Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
October 29Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (23.9°)
November 21Uranus at opposition (best of the year)
December 7Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (20.7°)

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