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The sky in 2038

The main sky events of 2038. Times are UTC unless noted; local times shift by your time zone.

Equinoxes and solstices

March equinoxMarch 20, 12:40 PM
June solsticeJune 21, 06:09 AM
September equinoxSeptember 22, 10:02 PM
December solsticeDecember 21, 07:02 PM
Earth at perihelion (closest to the Sun)January 3, 05:11 AM
Earth at aphelion (farthest from the Sun)July 4, 08:02 PM

Full Moons

January 21, 04:00 AMWolf Moon
February 19, 04:09 PMSnow Moon
March 21, 02:09 AMWorm Moon · Supermoon
April 19, 10:36 AMPink Moon · Supermoon
May 18, 06:23 PMFlower Moon
June 17, 02:30 AMStrawberry Moon
July 16, 11:48 AMBuck Moon
August 14, 10:57 PMSturgeon Moon
September 13, 12:24 PMCorn Moon
October 13, 04:22 AMHunter’s Moon
November 11, 10:27 PMBeaver Moon
December 11, 05:31 PMCold Moon

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Eclipses

January 5, 01:45 PMSolar eclipse: annular
January 21, 03:48 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
June 17, 02:43 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
July 2, 01:31 PMSolar eclipse: annular
July 16, 11:34 AMLunar eclipse: penumbral
December 11, 05:43 PMLunar eclipse: penumbral
December 26, 12:58 AMSolar eclipse: total

Meteor showers

PeakZHRMoon at peak
January 3Quadrantids805%
April 22Lyrids1888%
May 5Eta Aquariids502%
July 30Southern Delta Aquariids255%
July 30Alpha Capricornids55%
August 12Perseids10094%
October 8Draconids1081%
October 10Southern Taurids592%
October 21Orionids2051%
November 12Northern Taurids5100%
November 17Leonids1574%
December 14Geminids15095%
December 22Ursids1017%

Planets

January 12Uranus at opposition (best of the year)
January 14Jupiter at opposition (best of the year)
March 3Saturn at opposition (best of the year)
March 11Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (18.3°)
March 15Venus at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (46.6°)
April 24Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (27.3°)
July 7Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (26.1°)
August 22Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (18.5°)
October 23Neptune at opposition (best of the year)
November 1Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (evening sky) (23.7°)
December 10Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning sky) (20.9°)

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