Sky calendar
The next 18 months of things that happen on a date, solved from the ephemeris rather than kept in a list. Almost every one is the same instant for everybody on Earth, so a date here needs no location to be true — what is visible tonight is the list that does depend on where you are standing.
Coming up
] SOONEST FIRST- FLYBYIN 23 HOURS28FRI
221455 (2006 BC10) passes at 9.3 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 332 m and 741 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 9.3 lunar distances out at 19 km/s.
- FLYBYIN 1 DAY28FRI
(2017 BP31) passes at 11.1 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 286 m and 640 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 11.1 lunar distances out at 20.45 km/s.
- FLYBYIN 14 DAYS11FRI
(2026 OH3) passes at 12.3 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 149 m and 333 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 12.3 lunar distances out at 20.17 km/s.
+WHAT THE EIGHT KINDS ARE
- Eclipses — solar and lunar, with where on Earth each is greatest.
- Meteor showers — dated by where the Earth is in its orbit, not by a fixed calendar day.
- Moon phases — the four quarters, which set what else is worth chasing that fortnight.
- Close pairings — two bright things within a few degrees of each other.
- Oppositions — the night each outer planet is closest, biggest and up all night.
- Elongations — the mornings and evenings Mercury and Venus stand furthest from the Sun.
- Equinoxes and solstices — the four turning points of the year.
- Flybys — near-Earth asteroids passing inside twenty lunar distances.
Pick a place and every event will say which hours are worth being outside for it. Until you do, nothing here is answered for anywhere in particular.
August 2026
] 2 EVENTS- 28FRIFLYBY--:--
221455 (2006 BC10) passes at 9.3 lunar distances
221455 (2006 BC10), somewhere between 332 m and 741 m across depending on how dark its surface is, makes its closest approach to Earth at 9.3 lunar distances (3.6 million km), moving past at 19 km/s. At magnitude 14.4 it needs a decent telescope, and it crosses the field fast enough to see it drift against the stars. A pass at this range is ordinary rather than alarming — it is the reason the object is tracked, not a reason to worry about it.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 19 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 9.3 lunar distances — 3 584 905 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 14.4 — needs a telescope
- SIZE
- 332 m – 741 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 28FRIFLYBY--:--
(2017 BP31) passes at 11.1 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 286 m and 640 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 11.1 lunar distances out at 20.45 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 20.45 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 11.1 lunar distances — 4 279 130 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 15.2 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 286 m – 640 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
September 2026
] 2 EVENTS- 11FRIFLYBY--:--
(2026 OH3) passes at 12.3 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 149 m and 333 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 12.3 lunar distances out at 20.17 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 20.17 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 12.3 lunar distances — 4 731 567 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 21.0 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 149 m – 333 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 17THUFLYBY--:--
(2026 NT2) passes at 16.1 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 239 m and 535 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 16.1 lunar distances out at 12.54 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 12.54 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 16.1 lunar distances — 6 183 442 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 18.0 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 239 m – 535 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
October 2026
] 1 EVENT- 31SATFLYBY--:--
(2025 UK9) passes at 0.8 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 3 m and 6 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 0.8 lunar distances out at 7.83 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 7.83 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 0.8 lunar distances — 314 823 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 20.1 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 3 m – 6 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
November 2026
] 2 EVENTS- 2MONFLYBY--:--
524522 Zoozve (2002 VE68) passes at 15.7 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 207 m and 464 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 15.7 lunar distances out at 8.72 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 8.72 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 15.7 lunar distances — 6 018 535 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 15.6 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 207 m – 464 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 6FRIFLYBY--:--
(2001 KF54) passes at 18.8 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 293 m and 655 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 18.8 lunar distances out at 16.42 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 16.42 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 18.8 lunar distances — 7 243 615 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 15.9 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 293 m – 655 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
December 2026
] 1 EVENT- 8TUEFLYBY--:--
(2016 NV) passes at 14.3 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 284 m and 634 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 14.3 lunar distances out at 10.42 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 10.42 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 14.3 lunar distances — 5 478 070 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 15.0 — needs a telescope
- SIZE
- 284 m – 634 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
January 2027
] 1 EVENT- 28THUFLYBY--:--
(2020 OP3) passes at 7.6 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 172 m and 384 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 7.6 lunar distances out at 16.86 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 16.86 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 7.6 lunar distances — 2 918 357 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 18.0 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 172 m – 384 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
March 2027
] 3 EVENTS- 4THUFLYBY--:--
474158 (1999 FA) passes at 16.5 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 192 m and 429 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 16.5 lunar distances out at 6.63 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 6.63 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 16.5 lunar distances — 6 350 271 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 16.6 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 192 m – 429 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 4THUFLYBY--:--
535844 (2015 BY310) passes at 9.2 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 111 m and 249 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 9.2 lunar distances out at 8.02 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 8.02 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 9.2 lunar distances — 3 527 630 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 16.2 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 111 m – 249 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 18THUFLYBY--:--
506074 Svarog (2015 UM67) passes at 19.0 lunar distances
A body 665 m across, passing 19.0 lunar distances out at 22.41 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 22.41 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 19.0 lunar distances — 7 308 194 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 15.2 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 665 m — measured
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
June 2027
] 2 EVENTS- 6SUNFLYBY--:--
4953 (1990 MU) passes at 12.0 lunar distances
4953 (1990 MU), somewhere between 2.8 km and 6.3 km across depending on how dark its surface is, makes its closest approach to Earth at 12.0 lunar distances (4.6 million km), moving past at 23.82 km/s. At magnitude 9.9 it is a binocular object, moving fast enough across the stars to watch it move. A pass at this range is ordinary rather than alarming — it is the reason the object is tracked, not a reason to worry about it.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 23.82 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 12.0 lunar distances — 4 612 019 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 9.9 — a binocular object
- SIZE
- 2.8 km – 6.3 km — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
Bright enough to find, and fast enough that the finding is the sport: it moves against the stars while you watch, so what you are looking for is the one point that will not stay put. Have a chart of the field ready before it arrives.
- 28MONFLYBY--:--
456938 (2007 YV56) passes at 19.6 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 169 m and 379 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 19.6 lunar distances out at 17.79 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 17.79 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 19.6 lunar distances — 7 530 376 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 17.8 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 169 m – 379 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
August 2027
] 3 EVENTS- 7SATFLYBY--:--
137108 (1999 AN10) passes at 1.0 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 653 m and 1.5 km across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 1.0 lunar distances out at 26.28 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 26.28 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 1.0 lunar distances — 389 781 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 7.8 — a binocular object
- SIZE
- 653 m – 1.5 km — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
Bright enough to find, and fast enough that the finding is the sport: it moves against the stars while you watch, so what you are looking for is the one point that will not stay put. Have a chart of the field ready before it arrives.
- 19THUFLYBY--:--
(2017 QW17) passes at 17.8 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 126 m and 281 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 17.8 lunar distances out at 19.86 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 19.86 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 17.8 lunar distances — 6 833 077 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 17.4 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 126 m – 281 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 29SUNFLYBY--:--
826799 (2023 OE6) passes at 16.7 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 285 m and 637 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 16.7 lunar distances out at 25.21 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 25.21 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 16.7 lunar distances — 6 419 848 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 16.5 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 285 m – 637 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
October 2027
] 3 EVENTS- 16SATFLYBY--:--
(2026 AT6) passes at 19.9 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 267 m and 597 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 19.9 lunar distances out at 10.56 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 10.56 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 19.9 lunar distances — 7 650 309 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 14.7 — needs a telescope
- SIZE
- 267 m – 597 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 27WEDFLYBY--:--
250680 (2005 QC5) passes at 18.9 lunar distances
A body 398 m across, passing 18.9 lunar distances out at 10.88 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 10.88 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 18.9 lunar distances — 7 272 829 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 17.2 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 398 m — measured
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 29FRIFLYBY--:--
453707 (2010 XY72) passes at 18.7 lunar distances
A body 495 m across, passing 18.7 lunar distances out at 18.03 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 18.03 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 18.7 lunar distances — 7 180 573 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 23.0 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 495 m — measured
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
November 2027
] 3 EVENTS- 2TUEFLYBY--:--
(2017 QL33) passes at 8.1 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 143 m and 321 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 8.1 lunar distances out at 7.82 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 7.82 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 8.1 lunar distances — 3 110 557 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 15.6 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 143 m – 321 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 13SATFLYBY--:--
(2024 TW17) passes at 2.8 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 118 m and 264 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 2.8 lunar distances out at 20.9 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 20.9 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 2.8 lunar distances — 1 066 323 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 14.2 — needs a telescope
- SIZE
- 118 m – 264 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
- 28SUNFLYBY--:--
(2019 UT6) passes at 13.2 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 111 m and 248 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 13.2 lunar distances out at 11.79 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 11.79 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 13.2 lunar distances — 5 084 446 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 18.5 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 111 m – 248 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
December 2027
] 1 EVENT- 18SATFLYBY--:--
745311 (2010 XC15) passes at 19.8 lunar distances
A body somewhere between 134 m and 301 m across depending on how dark its surface is, passing 19.8 lunar distances out at 8.89 km/s.
+WHAT TO EXPECTCLOSE
- SPEED
- 8.89 km/s — relative to Earth at closest approach
- MISS DISTANCE
- 19.8 lunar distances — 7 620 326 km
- BRIGHTNESS
- magnitude 16.6 — far below anything an amateur telescope reaches
- SIZE
- 134 m – 301 m — from its brightness, the range covering a reflective surface and a sooty one
This is a fact rather than a sight — far below what an amateur telescope reaches. It is listed because it is the kind of pass the surveys exist to catch, and because a calendar that only showed the visible ones would suggest the invisible ones are not happening.
24 events for the 18 months from today, of the kinds selected above. Times are instants, shown on your own clock; how every number here was made.
Nothing here is a hand-kept list. Every date except the flybys is solved from the same ephemeris the rest of the site uses to place the planets, at the moment you load the page; a meteor shower is dated by the longitude the Sun reaches rather than by a day of the month, which is why its date moves a little from year to year. The same events are available as JSON and CSV.
The 26 close approaches come from NASA/JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, as they stood on 2026-08-25, and cover passes inside 20 lunar distances through 2028-03-27. Unlike everything else on this page they cannot be computed from an ephemeris here — a newly discovered asteroid has no orbit until somebody measures one — so they are as complete as that date and no more.