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The sky in 2028

The main sky events of 2028. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 02:17 AM
June solsticeJune 20, 08:01 PM
September equinoxSeptember 22, 11:45 AM
December solsticeDecember 21, 08:20 AM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 5, 12:44 PM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 3, 10:37 PM

Full Moons

January 12, 04:03 AMWolf Moon
February 10, 03:04 PMSnow Moon · Supermoon
March 11, 01:06 AMWorm Moon · Supermoon
April 9, 10:27 AMPink Moon
May 8, 07:49 PMFlower Moon
June 7, 06:09 AMStrawberry Moon
July 6, 06:11 PMBuck Moon
August 5, 08:10 AMSturgeon Moon
September 3, 11:48 PMCorn Moon
October 3, 04:25 PMHunter’s Moon
November 2, 09:17 AMBeaver Moon
December 2, 01:40 AMCold Moon
December 31, 04:48 PMCold Moon · Blue Moon (second full Moon in a month)

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Eclipses

January 12, 04:13 AMLunar eclipse: partial
January 26, 03:07 PMSolar eclipse: annular
July 6, 06:19 PMLunar eclipse: partial
July 22, 02:55 AMSolar eclipse: total
December 31, 04:51 PMLunar eclipse: total

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 4Quadrantids8040%
April 21Lyrids188%
May 5Eta Aquariids5085%
July 29Southern Delta Aquariids2560%
July 29Alpha Capricornids560%
August 12Perseids10063%
October 8Draconids1082%
October 9Southern Taurids568%
October 20Orionids2011%
November 11Northern Taurids528%
November 17Leonids151%
December 13Geminids1507%
December 22Ursids1033%

Planets

January 17Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (18.8°)
February 27Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (26.9°)
March 12Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
March 22Venus at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (46.1°)
May 9Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (21.4°)
June 26Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (22.2°)
August 10Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (45.8°)
September 6Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (27.1°)
September 30Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
October 17Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (18.2°)
October 30Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
December 3Uranus at opposition (best of the year)
December 31Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (19.6°)

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