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The sky in 2027

The main sky events of 2027. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 08:24 PM
June solsticeJune 21, 02:10 PM
September equinoxSeptember 23, 06:01 AM
December solsticeDecember 22, 02:42 AM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 3, 02:07 AM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 5, 05:04 AM

Full Moons

January 22, 12:17 PMWolf Moon · Supermoon
February 20, 11:24 PMSnow Moon
March 22, 10:44 AMWorm Moon
April 20, 10:27 PMPink Moon
May 20, 10:59 AMFlower Moon
June 19, 12:45 AMStrawberry Moon
July 18, 03:45 PMBuck Moon
August 17, 07:29 AMSturgeon Moon
September 15, 11:04 PMCorn Moon
October 15, 01:47 PMHunter’s Moon
November 14, 03:26 AMBeaver Moon
December 13, 04:09 PMCold Moon

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Eclipses

February 6, 03:59 PMSolar eclipse: annular
February 20, 11:12 PMLunar eclipse: penumbral
July 18, 04:02 PMLunar eclipse: penumbral
August 2, 10:06 AMSolar eclipse: total
August 17, 07:13 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 3Quadrantids8014%
April 22Lyrids1896%
May 6Eta Aquariids500%
July 30Southern Delta Aquariids2513%
July 30Alpha Capricornids513%
August 12Perseids10084%
October 8Draconids1063%
October 10Southern Taurids577%
October 21Orionids2062%
November 12Northern Taurids597%
November 17Leonids1583%
December 14Geminids15099%
December 22Ursids1025%

Planets

January 3Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (47.0°)
February 3Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (18.3°)
February 11Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
February 19Mars at opposition (best of the year)
March 17Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (27.6°)
May 28Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (22.9°)
July 15Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (20.7°)
September 24Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (26.3°)
September 28Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
October 18Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
November 4Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (18.8°)
November 30Uranus at opposition (best of the year)

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