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The sky in 2026

The main sky events of 2026. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 02:45 PM
June solsticeJune 21, 08:25 AM
September equinoxSeptember 23, 12:05 AM
December solsticeDecember 21, 08:50 PM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 3, 04:42 PM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 6, 06:00 PM

Full Moons

January 3, 10:03 AMWolf Moon
February 1, 10:09 PMSnow Moon
March 3, 11:38 AMWorm Moon
April 2, 02:12 AMPink Moon
May 1, 05:23 PMFlower Moon
May 31, 08:45 AMFlower Moon · Blue Moon (second full Moon in a month)
June 29, 11:57 PMStrawberry Moon
July 29, 02:36 PMBuck Moon
August 28, 04:19 AMSturgeon Moon
September 26, 04:49 PMCorn Moon
October 26, 04:12 AMHunter’s Moon
November 24, 02:54 PMBeaver Moon
December 24, 01:28 AMCold Moon · Supermoon

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Eclipses

February 17, 12:11 PMSolar eclipse: annular
March 3, 11:33 AMLunar eclipse: total
August 12, 05:45 PMSolar eclipse: total
August 28, 04:12 AMLunar eclipse: partial

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 3Quadrantids80100%
April 22Lyrids1832%
May 6Eta Aquariids5084%
July 30Southern Delta Aquariids25100%
July 30Alpha Capricornids5100%
August 12Perseids1000%
October 8Draconids104%
October 10Southern Taurids50%
October 21Orionids2075%
November 12Northern Taurids59%
November 17Leonids1551%
December 14Geminids15022%
December 22Ursids1096%

Planets

January 10Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
February 19Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (18.1°)
April 3Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (27.8°)
June 15Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (24.5°)
August 2Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (19.5°)
August 15Venus at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (45.9°)
September 26Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
October 4Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
October 12Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (25.2°)
November 20Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (19.6°)
November 25Uranus at opposition (best of the year)

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