The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks on the night of May 5-6, but strong moonlight will sharply reduce visible rates during this year’s maximum. Under ideal dark skies, the shower can produce up to about 50 meteors per hour, but bright moonlight in 2026 is expected to keep observed rates below 5 meteors per hour.
A blood moon total lunar eclipse occurring on March 3, 2026, will peak at 10:57 UTC, after the Moon enters totality at 10:29 UTC and remains fully immersed in Earth’s shadow for approximately 56 minutes. The event will be visible from much of Asia and Oceania, with live streams providing real-time views as totality unfolds.
A total lunar eclipse will occur at 11:33 UTC on March 3, 2026, with totality lasting 58 minutes and 19 seconds and full visibility across East Asia, Australia, the Pacific region, and western North America. This is the only total lunar eclipse of 2026.
An annular solar eclipse will cross Antarctica on February 17, 2026, with the “ring of fire” phase confined to the continent and adjacent Southern Ocean waters. The event reaches its greatest eclipse at 12:11:54 UTC, when the Moon will cover 96.3% of the Sun’s diameter along the central path. A partial eclipse will be visible from southern South America, southern Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, and Antarctic coastal regions.
The Beaver supermoon, the largest full Moon of 2025, will rise on November 5, 2025, coinciding with the peak of the Southern Taurid meteor shower. The Virtual Telescope Project will broadcast the moon live from Manciano, Italy, beginning at 19:00 UTC.
A bright fireball crossed the skies of northern India at around 01:20–01:30 IST on September 20 (19:50–20:00 UTC on September 19). The object was widely observed across Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Dwarka, and Aligarh, where it fragmented into multiple pieces before fully disintegrating in the atmosphere. Although several initial reports described the object as…
A very deep partial solar eclipse will occur at 19:43 UTC on September 21, 2025, visible across Antarctica, New Zealand, and parts of southern Australia. At maximum, the Moon will cover up to 85% of the Sun’s diameter, with obscuration reaching nearly 80% of the solar disk.
A total lunar eclipse will occur on September 7, 2025, and be visible to over 5 billion people across Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The totality will last 82 minutes, making it the longest total lunar eclipse since 2022.
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower, caused by debris from Halley’s Comet, peaks on May 5–6, 2025. Observers in the Southern Hemisphere may see up to 50 meteors per hour under dark skies before dawn, while those in mid-northern latitudes may observe 10–20 meteors per hour.
The Lyrid meteor shower, caused by debris from Comet Thatcher, will peak from April 21 to April 22, 2025, with an expected rate of 10–15 meteors per hour. It will be best visible in the Northern Hemisphere, and rare surges and fireballs may occur under favorable conditions,
