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The sky in 2031

The main sky events of 2031. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 07:40 PM
June solsticeJune 21, 01:17 PM
September equinoxSeptember 23, 05:15 AM
December solsticeDecember 22, 01:55 AM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 4, 08:57 PM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 6, 05:09 AM

Full Moons

January 8, 06:26 PMWolf Moon
February 7, 12:46 PMSnow Moon
March 9, 04:30 AMWorm Moon
April 7, 05:21 PMPink Moon
May 7, 03:40 AMFlower Moon
June 5, 11:58 AMStrawberry Moon · Supermoon
July 4, 07:01 PMBuck Moon · Supermoon
August 3, 01:46 AMSturgeon Moon · Supermoon
September 1, 09:21 AMCorn Moon
September 30, 06:58 PMCorn Moon · Blue Moon (second full Moon in a month)
October 30, 07:33 AMHunter’s Moon
November 28, 11:19 PMBeaver Moon
December 28, 05:33 PMCold Moon

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Eclipses

May 7, 03:50 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
May 21, 07:14 AMSolar eclipse: annular
June 5, 11:44 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
October 30, 07:45 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
November 14, 09:06 PMSolar eclipse: total

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 3Quadrantids8079%
April 22Lyrids181%
May 6Eta Aquariids5099%
July 30Southern Delta Aquariids2580%
July 30Alpha Capricornids580%
August 12Perseids10023%
October 8Draconids1046%
October 10Southern Taurids531%
October 21Orionids2031%
November 12Northern Taurids56%
November 17Leonids1512%
December 14Geminids1500%
December 22Ursids1069%

Planets

January 4Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (22.9°)
March 18Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (18.5°)
May 2Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (26.9°)
May 4Mars at opposition (best of the year)
June 2Venus at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (45.4°)
June 15Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
July 15Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (26.6°)
August 29Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (18.2°)
October 7Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
October 21Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (46.4°)
November 9Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (23.1°)
December 11Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
December 17Uranus at opposition (best of the year)
December 18Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (21.5°)

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