🌌 Sky events worth traveling for
Travel-worthy sky events: total solar eclipses (2027 Spain/Egypt, 2028 Australia), meteor shower peaks 2026–2028, aurora season, supermoons and planets.
🌑 Eclipses☄️ Meteor showers🌌 Aurora🪐 Supermoons & planets📘 Eclipse & aurora guides
Next must-see: Geminids Meteor Shower — December peak dates 2026–2028 — …
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☄️ Meteor shower
Leonids Meteor Shower — November peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: Nov 17, 23:45 UT (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ 15+ (IMO)
☄️ Meteor shower Must-see
Geminids Meteor Shower — December peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: Dec 14, 14h UT (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ 150 (IMO)
🌌 Aurora season
Northern Lights (Aurora) Season & Best Destinations
📅 Northern Lights season: roughly late August/September to March/April (dark skies needed). Forecasts are only reliable ~hours to days ahead.
Aurora can't be scheduled — use NOAA SWPC 30-minute forecasts and local cloud forecasts.
🪐 Supermoons
Supermoons 2026–2028: Closest Full Moons
📅 Next: December 24, 2026 01:29 UT (356,729 km)
Full Moons within 362,000 km of Earth, computed with Astronomy Engine. Definitions of "supermoon" vary between sources.
☄️ Meteor shower
Quadrantids Meteor Shower — January peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: Jan 4, 03:25 UT (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ 80+ (short, sharp peak) (IMO)
🌑 Annular solar eclipse
Annular Solar Eclipse — February 6, 2027 (Chile, Argentina)
📅 February 6, 2027
Saros 131 · max annularity 7m 51s (NASA)
🪐 Planetary events
Planet Oppositions & Best Planet Viewing 2026–2028
📅 Oppositions (planet opposite the Sun, up all night) computed with Astronomy Engine.
Opposition = biggest, brightest, all-night visibility.
🌑 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — February 20, 2027
📅 February 20, 2027
Saros 143 · penumbral (subtle shading only)
☄️ Meteor shower
Lyrids Meteor Shower — April peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: Apr 23, 01:40 UT (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ 18 (can be variable, up to 90) (IMO)
☄️ Meteor shower
Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower — May peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: May 6, 09h UT (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ 50 (variable, 40–80+) (IMO)
🌑 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — July 18, 2027
📅 July 18, 2027
Saros 110 · very shallow penumbral
🌑 Total solar eclipse Must-see
Total Solar Eclipse — August 2, 2027 (Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia)
📅 August 2, 2027
Saros 136 · max totality 6m 23s (NASA) — the longest totality of the 2020s (NASA catalog)
☄️ Meteor shower Must-see
Perseids Meteor Shower — August peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: Aug 13, 08–10h UT (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ 110+ (IMO)
🌑 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — August 17, 2027
📅 August 17, 2027
Saros 148 · penumbral
☄️ Meteor shower
Draconids Meteor Shower — October peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: Oct 9, 07h UT (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ ≈5 (occasional outbursts) (IMO)
☄️ Meteor shower
Orionids Meteor Shower — October peak dates 2026–2028
📅 Next peak: Oct 22 (IMO)
Peak ZHR ≈ 20+ (IMO)
🌑 Partial lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse — January 12, 2028
📅 January 12, 2028
Saros 115 · partial, 56 min (NASA)
🌑 Annular solar eclipse
Annular Solar Eclipse — January 26, 2028 (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Spain, Portugal)
📅 January 26, 2028
Saros 141 · max annularity 10m 27s (NASA)
🌑 Partial lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse — July 6, 2028
📅 July 6, 2028
Saros 120 · partial, 2h 21m (NASA)
🌑 Total solar eclipse Must-see
Total Solar Eclipse — July 22, 2028 (Australia, New Zealand)
📅 July 22, 2028
Saros 146 · max totality 5m 10s (NASA)
🌑 Total lunar eclipse Must-see
Total Lunar Eclipse — December 31, 2028 (New Year's Eve Blood Moon)
📅 December 31, 2028
Saros 125 · totality 1h 11m (NASA)
🌑 Partial solar eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse — January 14, 2029 (North & Central America)
📅 January 14, 2029
Saros 151 · partial only (NASA)
🌑 Total lunar eclipse Must-see
Total Lunar Eclipse — June 26, 2029
📅 June 26, 2029
Saros 130 · totality 1h 42m — a very deep, long total eclipse (NASA)
🌑 Total lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse — December 20, 2029
📅 December 20, 2029
Saros 135 · totality 54 min (NASA)
🌑 Annular solar eclipse
Annular Solar Eclipse — June 1, 2030 (Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Japan)
📅 June 1, 2030
Saros 128 · max annularity 5m 21s (NASA)
🌑 Total solar eclipse Must-see
Total Solar Eclipse — November 25, 2030 (Botswana, South Africa, Australia)
📅 November 25, 2030
Saros 133 · max totality 3m 44s (NASA)
Past
📘 Destination guides
Egypt & Luxor: the 2027 eclipse of the century
Plan a trip to Luxor for the August 2, 2027 total solar eclipse: about 6 minutes 20+ seconds of totality, weather, where to stay, tours and tips.
Southern Spain & Morocco: totality on August 2, 2027
Where to watch the August 2, 2027 total solar eclipse in Spain and Morocco: Tarifa, Cádiz, Málaga, Tangier — totality durations, timings, hotels and tours.
Australia & New Zealand: the July 22, 2028 total eclipse
Plan for the July 22, 2028 total solar eclipse over Australia and New Zealand: Sydney, the Kimberley, outback NSW and Queenstown — durations, weather and where to stay.
Spain 2026 eclipse recap: what's next
The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse over Spain and Iceland has passed. Here are Spain's next eclipses: totality on August 2, 2027 and an annular eclipse on January 26, 2028.
Chasing the Northern Lights: Tromsø, Iceland & Lapland
How to plan a Northern Lights trip: when to go, the best bases (Tromsø, Iceland, Abisko, Rovaniemi), aurora tours, forecasts and where to stay.