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CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Sky calendar
X-WR-CALDESC:The next twelve months of things that happen on a date — moo
 n\, planets\, meteor showers\, eclipses. Every instant is the same fact ev
 erywhere on Earth. Computed from the ephemeris by spacecatalog.org.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2026-09-11@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20260911T032728Z
DTEND:20260911T042728Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2026-09
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-venus-2026-09-14@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20260914T113359Z
DTEND:20260914T123359Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 29′ from Venus
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 29′ from Venus — close enough that a thumb 
 held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds 
 them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width every 
 hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nht
 tps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2026-09-18@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20260918T204424Z
DTEND:20260918T214424Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:opposition-neptune-2026-09-26@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20260926T012655Z
DTEND:20260926T022655Z
SUMMARY:Neptune at opposition
DESCRIPTION:Neptune is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as
  the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also
  about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its
  brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope 
 at it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2026-09-26@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20260926T164932Z
DTEND:20260926T174932Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2026-10-03@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261003T132533Z
DTEND:20261003T142533Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:opposition-saturn-2026-10-04@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261004T121254Z
DTEND:20261004T131254Z
SUMMARY:Saturn at opposition
DESCRIPTION:Saturn is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as 
 the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also 
 about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its 
 brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope a
 t it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-mars-2026-10-05@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261005T061117Z
DTEND:20261005T071117Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Mars
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Mars — close enough that a thumb h
 eld at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds t
 hem in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every ho
 ur\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nhttp
 s://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-10-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261006T102344Z
DTEND:20261006T112344Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 10′ from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 10′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every
  hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh
 ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-draconids-2026-10-09@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261009T012156Z
DTEND:20261009T022156Z
SUMMARY:Draconids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 21P/
 Giacobini-Zinner\, and the debris burns up at 20 km/s. Under a genuinely d
 ark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour 
 — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright 
 moon fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back t
 o Draco\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is u
 sually almost nothing\, and about once a generation a storm of thousands a
 n hour\; the slowest meteors of any shower\, and the only major one best w
 atched in the evening rather than after midnight.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.
 org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2026-10-10@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261010T155036Z
DTEND:20261010T165036Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-southern-taurids-2026-10-10@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261010T161328Z
DTEND:20261010T171328Z
SUMMARY:Southern Taurids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 2P/E
 ncke\, and the debris burns up at 27 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with
  the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour — a real sky
  and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer sti
 ll. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Cetus\, whic
 h is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is ten weeks of ac
 tivity at a handful an hour\, made worth watching by the fireballs — slo
 w\, orange and bright enough to cast a shadow. The radiant drifts right ac
 ross the sky over those weeks\, from Cetus in September into Taurus in Nov
 ember\, so the shower is named for where it ends up rather than where it i
 s on any one night.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:elongation-mercury-2026-10-12@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261012T100620Z
DTEND:20261012T110620Z
SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (evening sky)
DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 25° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi
 dest that gap opens on this pass. Look west just after sunset: this is the
  easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any other 
 time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:ELONGATION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2026-10-18@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261018T161319Z
DTEND:20261018T171319Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-orionids-2026-10-21@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261021T182821Z
DTEND:20261021T192821Z
SUMMARY:Orionids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 1P/H
 alley\, and the debris burns up at 66 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit
 h the radiant overhead this is worth about 20 meteors an hour — a real s
 ky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer s
 till. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Orion\, wh
 ich is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the other hal
 f of Halley's dust — the same comet as the η Aquariids\, met at the oth
 er place its orbit crosses ours\, and equally fast.\n\nhttps://spacecatalo
 g.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2026-10-26@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261026T041215Z
DTEND:20261026T051215Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2026-11-01@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261101T202858Z
DTEND:20261101T212858Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-mars-2026-11-02@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261102T133906Z
DTEND:20261102T143906Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 58′ from Mars
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 58′ from Mars — close enough that a thumb h
 eld at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds t
 hem in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every ho
 ur\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nhttp
 s://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-11-02@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261102T224546Z
DTEND:20261102T234546Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 29′ from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 29′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every
  hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh
 ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-venus-2026-11-07@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261107T104209Z
DTEND:20261107T114209Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 57′ from Venus
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 57′ from Venus — close enough that a thumb 
 held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds 
 them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every h
 our\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nhtt
 ps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2026-11-09@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261109T070242Z
DTEND:20261109T080242Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-northern-taurids-2026-11-12@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261112T181729Z
DTEND:20261112T191729Z
SUMMARY:Northern Taurids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 2P/E
 ncke\, and the debris burns up at 29 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with
  the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour — a real sky
  and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer sti
 ll. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Taurus\, whi
 ch is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the second bra
 nch of the same broad stream\, overlapping the first for most of November 
 and throwing the same slow fireballs.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar
 #2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-mars-jupiter-2026-11-16@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261116T020302Z
DTEND:20261116T030302Z
SUMMARY:Mars and Jupiter 1.2° apart
DESCRIPTION:Mars and Jupiter come within 1.2° of each other\, close enough
  to take in with one glance and to frame together in binoculars. They are 
 88° from the Sun\, so look east before sunrise.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.o
 rg/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2026-11-17@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261117T114827Z
DTEND:20261117T124827Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-leonids-2026-11-17@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261117T235200Z
DTEND:20261118T005200Z
SUMMARY:Leonids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 55P/
 Tempel-Tuttle\, and the debris burns up at 71 km/s. Under a genuinely dark
  sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 15 meteors an hour — 
 a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon
  fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Le
 o\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the fas
 test meteors that reach us\, and the shower with the most spectacular hist
 ory — every 33 years or so\, when the parent comet has just been past\, 
 it has produced storms of tens of thousands an hour.\n\nhttps://spacecatal
 og.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:elongation-mercury-2026-11-20@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261120T233539Z
DTEND:20261121T003539Z
SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky)
DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 20° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi
 dest that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this i
 s the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any o
 ther time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:ELONGATION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2026-11-24@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261124T145404Z
DTEND:20261124T155404Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:opposition-uranus-2026-11-25@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261125T222702Z
DTEND:20261125T232702Z
SUMMARY:Uranus at opposition
DESCRIPTION:Uranus is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as 
 the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also 
 about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its 
 brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope a
 t it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-11-30@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261130T082504Z
DTEND:20261130T092504Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every
  hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh
 ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2026-12-01@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261201T060914Z
DTEND:20261201T070914Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2026-12-09@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261209T005231Z
DTEND:20261209T015231Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-geminids-2026-12-14@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261214T134921Z
DTEND:20261214T144921Z
SUMMARY:Geminids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 3200
  Phaethon\, and the debris burns up at 35 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky
  with the radiant overhead this is worth about 150 meteors an hour — a r
 eal sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fe
 wer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Gemin
 i\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the ric
 hest shower of the year\, and one of the two major showers whose parent is
  an asteroid rather than a comet\, the Quadrantids being the other\; mediu
 m-speed\, often yellow\, and active from mid-evening because the radiant r
 ises early.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2026-12-17@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261217T054314Z
DTEND:20261217T064314Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-ursids-2026-12-22@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261222T221716Z
DTEND:20261222T231716Z
SUMMARY:Ursids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 8P/T
 uttle\, and the debris burns up at 33 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit
 h the radiant overhead this is worth about 10 meteors an hour — a real s
 ky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer s
 till. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Ursa Minor
 \, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is a small 
 northern shower nobody watches because it falls the week of the December s
 olstice\; the radiant never sets from most of the northern hemisphere\, so
  it can be watched all night.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2026-12-24@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261224T012845Z
DTEND:20261224T022845Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-12-27@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261227T162558Z
DTEND:20261227T172558Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 1.4° from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.4° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every
  hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh
 ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2026-12-30@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261230T190007Z
DTEND:20261230T200007Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:elongation-venus-2027-01-03@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270103T175603Z
DTEND:20270103T185603Z
SUMMARY:Venus at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky)
DESCRIPTION:Venus stands 47° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wide
 st that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this is 
 the easiest Venus gets to find.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-
 01
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
CATEGORIES:ELONGATION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-quadrantids-2027-01-04@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270104T033412Z
DTEND:20270104T043412Z
SUMMARY:Quadrantids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 1962
 56 (2003 EH₁)\, and the debris burns up at 41 km/s. Under a genuinely da
 rk sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 110 meteors an hour 
 — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright 
 moon fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back t
 o Boötes\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is
  the sharpest maximum of any shower — the good hours are about six wide\
 , so the peak either falls on your night or it does not.\n\nhttps://spacec
 atalog.org/calendar#2027-01
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-01-07@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270107T202505Z
DTEND:20270107T212505Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-01
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-01-15@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270115T203505Z
DTEND:20270115T213505Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-01-22@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270122T121750Z
DTEND:20270122T131750Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-01-23@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270123T232125Z
DTEND:20270124T002125Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 1.4° from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.4° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every
  hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh
 ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-01-29@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270129T105606Z
DTEND:20270129T115606Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:elongation-mercury-2027-02-03@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270203T062008Z
DTEND:20270203T072008Z
SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (evening sky)
DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 18° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi
 dest that gap opens on this pass. Look west just after sunset: this is the
  easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any other 
 time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:ELONGATION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-02-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270206T155647Z
DTEND:20270206T165647Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eclipse-solar-2027-02-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270206T155932Z
DTEND:20270206T165932Z
SUMMARY:Annular solar eclipse
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes centrally across the Sun but is too far from Ea
 rth to cover it\, so at greatest eclipse — over 31.3°S\, 48.5°W — a 
 ring of Sun stays visible all the way round it\, with 86% of the disc cove
 red. It never gets dark and it is never safe to look at without a certifie
 d solar filter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:ECLIPSE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-mercury-2027-02-08@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270208T035519Z
DTEND:20270208T045519Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 19′ from Mercury
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 19′ from Mercury — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever
 y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n
 https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:opposition-jupiter-2027-02-11@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270211T001705Z
DTEND:20270211T011705Z
SUMMARY:Jupiter at opposition
DESCRIPTION:Jupiter is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as
  the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also
  about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its
  brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope 
 at it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-02-14@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270214T075902Z
DTEND:20270214T085902Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:opposition-mars-2027-02-19@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270219T154417Z
DTEND:20270219T164417Z
SUMMARY:Mars at opposition
DESCRIPTION:Mars is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as th
 e Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also ab
 out as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its br
 ightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope at 
 it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-02-20@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270220T045729Z
DTEND:20270220T055729Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever
 y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n
 https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eclipse-lunar-2027-02-20@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270220T231244Z
DTEND:20270221T001244Z
SUMMARY:Penumbral lunar eclipse
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes through the soft outer edge of Earth's shadow\,
  not the dark core of it. The whole disc dims slightly and unevenly — en
 ough to notice in a photograph taken before and after\, and easy to miss b
 y eye.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:ECLIPSE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-02-20@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270220T232407Z
DTEND:20270221T002407Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-02-28@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270228T051707Z
DTEND:20270228T061707Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-mercury-2027-03-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270306T063156Z
DTEND:20270306T073156Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Mercury
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Mercury — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every
  hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh
 ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-03-08@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270308T093007Z
DTEND:20270308T103007Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-03-15@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270315T162543Z
DTEND:20270315T172543Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:elongation-mercury-2027-03-17@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270317T065657Z
DTEND:20270317T075657Z
SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky)
DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 28° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi
 dest that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this i
 s the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any o
 ther time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:ELONGATION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-03-19@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270319T092603Z
DTEND:20270319T102603Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 52′ from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 52′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever
 y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n
 https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-03-22@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270322T104419Z
DTEND:20270322T114419Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-03-30@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270330T005436Z
DTEND:20270330T015436Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-04-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270406T235145Z
DTEND:20270407T005145Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-04
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-04-13@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270413T225712Z
DTEND:20270413T235712Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-04-15@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270415T141853Z
DTEND:20270415T151853Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 55′ from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 55′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever
 y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n
 https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-04-20@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270420T222744Z
DTEND:20270420T232744Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-lyrids-2027-04-23@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270423T014916Z
DTEND:20270423T024916Z
SUMMARY:Lyrids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by C/18
 61 G1 (Thatcher)\, and the debris burns up at 49 km/s. Under a genuinely d
 ark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 18 meteors an hour 
 — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright 
 moon fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back t
 o Hercules\, close to Vega\, which is where to point a camera and not wher
 e to stare. It is the oldest shower on record\, watched from China in 687 
 BC\, and still capable of a brief outburst nobody predicted.\n\nhttps://sp
 acecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-04-28@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270428T201833Z
DTEND:20270428T211833Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-05-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270506T105910Z
DTEND:20270506T115910Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-eta-aquariids-2027-05-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270506T151935Z
DTEND:20270506T161935Z
SUMMARY:η Aquariids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 1P/H
 alley\, and the debris burns up at 66 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit
 h the radiant overhead this is worth about 50 meteors an hour — a real s
 ky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer s
 till. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Aquarius\,
  which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is dust from 
 Halley's Comet\, hitting the atmosphere almost head-on and leaving glowing
  trains that hang for seconds\; much better from the southern hemisphere\,
  where the radiant climbs before dawn instead of skimming the horizon.\n\n
 https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-venus-saturn-2027-05-07@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270507T184033Z
DTEND:20270507T194033Z
SUMMARY:Venus and Saturn 36′ apart
DESCRIPTION:Venus and Saturn come within 36′ of each other\, close enough
  to look like a double star to the unaided eye and to sit in one telescope
  field together. They are 26° from the Sun\, so look east before sunrise.
 \n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-05-12@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270512T215233Z
DTEND:20270512T225233Z
SUMMARY:The Moon 1.2° from Jupiter
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.2° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum
 b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold
 s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever
 y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n
 https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-05-13@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270513T044428Z
DTEND:20270513T054428Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-05-20@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270520T105939Z
DTEND:20270520T115939Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:elongation-mercury-2027-05-28@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270528T100157Z
DTEND:20270528T110157Z
SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (evening sky)
DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 23° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi
 dest that gap opens on this pass. Look west just after sunset: this is the
  easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any other 
 time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:ELONGATION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-05-28@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270528T135835Z
DTEND:20270528T145835Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-06-04@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270604T194051Z
DTEND:20270604T204051Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-06
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-06-11@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270611T105642Z
DTEND:20270611T115642Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-06-19@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270619T004501Z
DTEND:20270619T014501Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-06-27@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270627T045456Z
DTEND:20270627T055456Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-07-04@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270704T030232Z
DTEND:20270704T040232Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-07-10@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270710T183936Z
DTEND:20270710T193936Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:elongation-mercury-2027-07-15@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270715T192941Z
DTEND:20270715T202941Z
SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky)
DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 21° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi
 dest that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this i
 s the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any o
 ther time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:ELONGATION
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-07-18@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270718T154536Z
DTEND:20270718T164536Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eclipse-lunar-2027-07-18@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270718T160254Z
DTEND:20270718T170254Z
SUMMARY:Penumbral lunar eclipse
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes through the soft outer edge of Earth's shadow\,
  not the dark core of it. The whole disc dims slightly and unevenly — en
 ough to notice in a photograph taken before and after\, and easy to miss b
 y eye.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:ECLIPSE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-07-26@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270726T165528Z
DTEND:20270726T175528Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-alpha-capricornids-2027-07-30@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270730T184021Z
DTEND:20270730T194021Z
SUMMARY:α Capricornids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 169P
 /NEAT\, and the debris burns up at 23 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit
 h the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour — a real sk
 y and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer st
 ill. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Capricornus
 \, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is slow and
  bright rather than numerous — the rate is low but a good fraction of wh
 at it does produce are fireballs\, and both hemispheres see it equally.\n\
 nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-southern-delta-aquariids-2027-07-30@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270730T184021Z
DTEND:20270730T194021Z
SUMMARY:Southern δ Aquariids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 96P/
 Machholz\, and the debris burns up at 41 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky 
 with the radiant overhead this is worth about 25 meteors an hour — a rea
 l sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewe
 r still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Aquariu
 s\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is a broad
 \, faint stream with no sharp peak\, best from the southern hemisphere and
  from southern latitudes in the north.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calenda
 r#2027-07
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-08-02@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270802T100542Z
DTEND:20270802T110542Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eclipse-solar-2027-08-02@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270802T100634Z
DTEND:20270802T110634Z
SUMMARY:Total solar eclipse
DESCRIPTION:The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across 
 the Earth\, and takes a bite out of it for a wide margin either side. Grea
 test eclipse falls over 25.5°N\, 33.2°E — being on that track is the w
 hole difference between a total eclipse and a partial one\, and this page 
 does not know where you are standing. Never look at any phase of it withou
 t a certified solar filter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:ECLIPSE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-08-09@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270809T045448Z
DTEND:20270809T055448Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:shower-perseids-2027-08-13@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270813T081914Z
DTEND:20270813T091914Z
SUMMARY:Perseids at maximum
DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 109P
 /Swift-Tuttle\, and the debris burns up at 59 km/s. Under a genuinely dark
  sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 100 meteors an hour —
  a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moo
 n fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to P
 erseus\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is th
 e reliable one\, and the one that falls in the northern hemisphere's warme
 st nights — bright\, fast\, and often leaving persistent trains.\n\nhttp
 s://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:METEORS
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eclipse-lunar-2027-08-17@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270817T071344Z
DTEND:20270817T081344Z
SUMMARY:Penumbral lunar eclipse
DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes through the soft outer edge of Earth's shadow\,
  not the dark core of it. The whole disc dims slightly and unevenly — en
 ough to notice in a photograph taken before and after\, and easy to miss b
 y eye.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:ECLIPSE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q2-2027-08-17@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270817T072919Z
DTEND:20270817T082919Z
SUMMARY:Full moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon rises as the Sun sets and is up all night\, fully lit.
  It is the best night of the month to look at the Moon and the worst to lo
 ok at anything faint\, because its light scatters through the whole sky.\n
 \nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q3-2027-08-25@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270825T022754Z
DTEND:20270825T032754Z
SUMMARY:Last quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half lit again\, and now rising around midnight — so the earl
 y evening is dark and the small hours are not\, the reverse of the first q
 uarter.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q0-2027-08-31@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270831T174140Z
DTEND:20270831T184140Z
SUMMARY:New moon
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is between us and the Sun\, so it is up all day and in
 visible all night — which makes this the darkest sky of the month and th
 e best fortnight of it for faint galaxies and nebulae.\n\nhttps://spacecat
 alog.org/calendar#2027-08
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:moon-q1-2027-09-07@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270907T183157Z
DTEND:20270907T193157Z
SUMMARY:First quarter
DESCRIPTION:Half the disc is lit and the Moon sits high in the evening\, wi
 th the sunrise line running down its middle — the shadows along that lin
 e are long\, which is when its craters look their most three-dimensional i
 n any telescope.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-09
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-09
CATEGORIES:MOON
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR