Astronomical Events

Eclipses, meteor showers, supermoons, equinoxes and solstices

Every time on this site converts to your time zone (showing UTC), and event pages check the sky from your city so you know what you can actually see.

Eclipses

Solar and lunar eclipses: when they happen, what kind, and whether you can see them.

The Perseids, Geminids, Quadrantids and the rest, with peak nights and moonlight conditions.

Full moons at their closest to Earth, looking a little larger and brighter than usual.

The exact moments each season begins, to the minute, in your time zone.

Which planets you can see tonight, plus oppositions, elongations and close pairings with the Moon.

Southern Taurids Meteor Showers

Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 09:58 UTC · active Sep 9, 2026 to Nov 20, 2026

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 15% lit.
Northern Taurids Meteor Showers

Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 09:16 UTC · active Oct 20, 2026 to Dec 10, 2026

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 9% lit.
Mars and Jupiter close together Planets

Mon, Nov 16, 2026, 04:05 UTC

04:05 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 1.2° apart
Leonids Meteor Showers

Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 14:53 UTC · active Nov 6, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 51% lit.
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Fri, Nov 20, 2026, 23:31 UTC

23:31 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Uranus at opposition Planets

Wed, Nov 25, 2026, 22:23 UTC

22:23 UTC · magnitude 5.6
Geminids Meteor Showers

Mon, Dec 14, 2026, 04:51 UTC · active Dec 4, 2026 to Dec 19, 2026

Up to 150 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 22% lit.
December Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Mon, Dec 21, 2026, 20:50 UTC

20:50 UTC.
Ursids Meteor Showers

Tue, Dec 22, 2026, 13:17 UTC · active Dec 16, 2026 to Dec 25, 2026

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 96% lit.
Supermoon: Cold Moon Supermoons

Thu, Dec 24, 2026, 01:28 UTC

Full moon at 356,740 km, 01:28 UTC.