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10 nights to put on the fridge this winter

Ten dates to write on the calendar, soonest first, every one from our sky table. If one is cloudy, the one after it is never far away.

How it's ordered: The next ten from today among the dated events, shower peaks with a good or great verdict, and full Moons.

  1. Planets before dawn, November 2026. 14 November 2026. In the mornings of mid-November 2026, Venus, Mars and Jupiter are up before sunrise, and Mercury joins them very low in the east from about 16 to 25 November.
  2. Leonids 2026. 16 November 2026. The Leonid meteor shower peaks on the night of 16–17 November 2026 (some calendars say the next night).
  3. Full Moon, November 2026. 24 November 2026. The Moon is full on Tuesday 24 November 2026.
  4. New Moon, December 2026. 8 December 2026. The Moon is new on the evening of 8 December 2026 in every US time zone (9 December in Europe).
  5. Geminids 2026. 13 December 2026. The Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of 13–14 December 2026.
  6. Winter solstice 2026. 21 December 2026. The winter solstice is Monday 21 December 2026, at 1:50 pm Mountain Time.
  7. The closest full Moon of 2026. 23 December 2026. The Moon is full on the evening of 23 December 2026 and still almost full on Christmas Eve.
  8. The Moon with Jupiter and Mars. 26 December 2026. Before breakfast on 27 December 2026 the Moon sits right beside Jupiter, and on 28 December beside Mars, high in the south-west.
  9. Quadrantids peak. Night of 3–4 January 2027. Great, Moon 12%.
  10. Full Moon. 22 January 2027: up all night, rising at sunset.

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