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X-WR-CALNAME:Sky calendar
X-WR-CALDESC:The next twelve months of things that happen on a date — pla
 nets\, meteor showers\, sun. Every instant is the same fact everywhere on 
 Earth. Computed from the ephemeris by spacecatalog.org.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-venus-2026-09-14@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20260914T113418Z
DTEND:20260914T123418Z
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:season-sep_equinox-2026-09-23@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20260923T000538Z
DTEND:20260923T010538Z
SUMMARY:September equinox
DESCRIPTION:The Sun crosses back south over the celestial equator\, day and
  night level up again\, and the nights start getting longer in the north a
 nd shorter in the south.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09
CATEGORIES:SUN
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: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:20261005T061124Z
DTEND:20261005T071124Z
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:20261006T102331Z
DTEND:20261006T112331Z
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: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: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:conjunction-moon-mars-2026-11-02@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261102T133853Z
DTEND:20261102T143853Z
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:20261102T224533Z
DTEND:20261102T234533Z
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:20261107T104228Z
DTEND:20261107T114228Z
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: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:20261116T020249Z
DTEND:20261116T030249Z
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: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: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:20261130T082451Z
DTEND:20261130T092451Z
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: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:season-dec_solstice-2026-12-21@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261221T205022Z
DTEND:20261221T215022Z
SUMMARY:December solstice
DESCRIPTION:The Sun reaches its furthest south: the longest night of the ye
 ar in the northern hemisphere\, and the shortest in the southern.\n\nhttps
 ://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12
CATEGORIES:SUN
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:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-12-27@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20261227T162605Z
DTEND:20261227T172605Z
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: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:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-01-23@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270123T232112Z
DTEND:20270124T002112Z
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: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:conjunction-moon-mercury-2027-02-08@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270208T035506Z
DTEND:20270208T045506Z
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: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:20270220T045747Z
DTEND:20270220T055747Z
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:conjunction-moon-mercury-2027-03-06@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270306T063143Z
DTEND:20270306T073143Z
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: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:20270319T092550Z
DTEND:20270319T102550Z
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:season-mar_equinox-2027-03-20@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270320T202443Z
DTEND:20270320T212443Z
SUMMARY:March equinox
DESCRIPTION:The Sun crosses the celestial equator heading north\, and day a
 nd night are very nearly equal length everywhere on Earth. Spring begins i
 n the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.\n\nhttps://spacecata
 log.org/calendar#2027-03
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03
CATEGORIES:SUN
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-04-15@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270415T141900Z
DTEND:20270415T151900Z
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: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: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:20270507T184040Z
DTEND:20270507T194040Z
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:20270512T215220Z
DTEND:20270512T225220Z
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: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:season-jun_solstice-2027-06-21@spacecatalog.org
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART:20270621T141033Z
DTEND:20270621T151033Z
SUMMARY:June solstice
DESCRIPTION:The Sun reaches its furthest north\, giving the northern hemisp
 here its longest day and its shortest\, palest nights — and the southern
  hemisphere the long dark evenings that go with midwinter.\n\nhttps://spac
 ecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-06
CATEGORIES:SUN
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: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: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
END:VCALENDAR