Sky events
Next up: Planets before dawn, November 2026, 14 November 2026 to 24 November 2026. Every date here was worked out with astronomy-engine for the United States, and each page says which way to look, when, and what to do, with a countdown in nights.
- Planets before dawn, November 202614 November 2026 to 24 November 2026
15 nights to go - Leonids 2026Monday 16 November 2026
17 nights to go - Full Moon, November 2026Tuesday 24 November 2026
25 nights to go - New Moon, December 20268 December 2026 to 12 December 2026
39 nights to go - Geminids 2026Sunday 13 December 2026
44 nights to go - Winter solstice 2026Monday 21 December 2026
52 nights to go - The closest full Moon of 202623 December 2026 to 24 December 2026
54 nights to go - The Moon with Jupiter and Mars26 December 2026 to 28 December 2026
57 nights to go
“The sky has a calendar too. Here is what's coming, nearest first.”
What counts as a sky event
An event here is a night or a few nights worth marking on the calendar: a meteor shower's peak, a full or new Moon, the closest full Moon of the year, the solstice, or planets and the Moon close together. Each date was worked out with astronomy-engine and is said in the time of day a family would actually look. After its night an event page stays, in the past tense, with a link to the next one. For tonight from your own ZIP, use Sky Tonight; for the whole week, Seven Nights of Sky.