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Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Night of Aug. 12–13

A New Moon will darken skies and improve viewing after a partial solar eclipse earlier on Aug. 12.

Venus and Jupiter Make a Bright 'Cosmic Kiss' in Low Evening Sky

Venus and Jupiter Will Reach a Tight Conjunction on June 9

Venus and Jupiter Close to a 1.6° Conjunction in Early June Twilight

Bright Venus–Jupiter Conjunction Lights Western Twilight

Crescent Moon Joins Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in a Low‑West Evening Planet Parade

Tonight: Crescent Moon Sits Between Venus and Jupiter in the Western Twilight

Flower Micromoon Opens Rare Two-Full-Moon May

Venus Brushes Uranus a Day After Moon-Jupiter Show

Southern Hemisphere Sky Guide: What to See in April 2026

Snow Moon Peaks Tonight at 5:09 p.m. ET as a Micromoon

Jupiter at Opposition Tonight, Brightest and Largest of 2026

Moon Meets Regulus Tonight Across North America

Wolf Supermoon Peaks Early Saturday at 5:03 a.m. EST

Harvest Supermoon Will Peak Oct. 6–7 as Year’s Biggest Full Moon

Rare Dawn Conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Regulus Thrills Early Risers on Sept. 19

Venus and Jupiter Coincide in Dawn Sky as Six-Planet Parade Unfolds

Moonlight Set to Dampen This Year’s Perseid Meteor Shower Peak

June Sky to Stage Antares Occultation, Strawberry Moon and Key Planetary Pairings