SKY EVENTS

What's Coming

Every meteor shower, eclipse, and planetary event for the next 12 months.

January 2026

27Jan

OppositionPASSED

Jupiter at Opposition — The Giant at Its Closest

Once a year, Earth laps Jupiter and the largest planet burns brighter than anything in the night sky.

February 2026

17Feb

EclipsePASSED

Annular Solar Eclipse — The Ring of Fire

The Moon doesn't quite cover the Sun — leaving a perfect ring of fire in the sky.

March 2026

3Mar

EclipsePASSED

Total Lunar Eclipse — The Moon Turns Blood Red

The Moon will vanish into Earth's shadow and emerge the colour of every sunset on Earth at once.

June 2026

1Jun

OppositionPASSED

Venus at Greatest Elongation — The Evening Star at Its Best

Venus reaches its maximum angle from the Sun tonight — brighter than anything but the Moon, setting hours after dark.

August 2026

3Aug

Opposition47 days away

Saturn at Opposition — Ring Season Begins

Saturn's rings are tilted toward Earth right now — and through any small telescope, the view will stop you cold.

12Aug

Meteor Shower56 days away

The Perseids — 100 Meteors Per Hour, No Telescope Required

Every August, Earth crashes through a river of comet dust — and the sky catches fire.

November 2026

17Nov

Meteor Shower153 days away

The Leonids — The Storm That Rained Fire in 1833

The shower that once produced 100,000 meteors per hour and converted a generation to astronomy.

December 2026

13Dec

Meteor Shower179 days away

The Geminids — The Year's Most Reliable Meteor Shower

120 meteors per hour from a source no one fully understands — an asteroid, not a comet.

February 2027

19Feb

Opposition247 days away

Mars at Opposition — The Red Planet at Its Brightest

Mars burns orange-red in the south — closer than it will be again for two years.

May 2027

6May

Meteor Shower323 days away

The Eta Aquarids — Debris from Halley's Comet

Every May, Earth ploughs through the ancient dust trail of the most famous comet in history.

Traversing Cosmos