Astronomy calendar
Eclipses, meteor showers, full moons and supermoons, planets at their closest to Earth or side by side in the sky: the astronomical events to come, with their date and time (UTC).
Astronomy calendar 2026 Astronomy calendar 2027
Coming up
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, 4 Oct 2026 | — | Saturn at opposition — closest to Earth (1,262 million km) and up all night; magnitude 0.2; constellation: Cetus |
| Mon, 5 Oct 2026 | — | The Moon near Mars — 1.1°, in the morning |
| Tue, 6 Oct 2026 | — | The Moon near Jupiter — 0.2°, in the morning |
| Fri, 9 Oct 2026 | — | Draconids — meteor shower peak on the night of 8–9 October, up to 10 an hour under a perfect sky; faint Moon (3% lit): good conditions · details |
| Mon, 12 Oct 2026 | — | Mercury at greatest elongation — 25° from the Sun, in the evening, low in the west after sunset |
| Wed, 21 Oct 2026 | — | Orionids — meteor shower peak on the night of 21–22 October, up to 20 an hour under a perfect sky; Moon 78% lit: it gets in the way · details |
| Sun, 25 Oct 2026 | 02:00 | Clocks go back (United Kingdom) — at 02:00 the clocks go back one hour |
| Sun, 1 Nov 2026 | 02:00 | Clocks go back (United States) — at 02:00 the clocks go back one hour |
| Mon, 2 Nov 2026 | — | The Moon near Mars — 1.0°, in the morning |
| Mon, 2 Nov 2026 | — | The Moon near Jupiter — 0.5°, in the morning |
| Sat, 7 Nov 2026 | — | The Moon near Venus — 1.0°, in the morning |
| Thu, 12 Nov 2026 | — | Northern Taurids — meteor shower peak on the night of 12–13 November, up to 5 an hour under a perfect sky; faint Moon (11% lit): good conditions · details |
| Mon, 16 Nov 2026 | — | Mars and Jupiter side by side — 1.2° apart, in the morning |
| Tue, 17 Nov 2026 | — | Leonids — meteor shower peak on the night of 17–18 November, up to 15 an hour under a perfect sky; faint Moon (55% lit): good conditions · details |
Times in UTC. Sky events can be seen wherever it is dark and clear; eclipses only from some regions.
Computed with Astronomy Engine (positions of the Moon and planets); meteor showers from the International Meteor Organization (IMO) working list. Separations between objects are measured from the centre of the Earth; for the Moon they vary by about a degree from place to place.