September 2026 Sky

Posted by ocadsite
On September 1, 2026

2 Venus 1.5° SSW of Spica at 1h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.0. 3 Moon near the Pleiades at 13h UT (morning sky). 4 Last Quarter Moon at 7:51 UT. 5 Moon near M35 Cluster at 20h UT (morning sky).

🌕 A Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse Is Coming to Orange County Tonight

Posted by ocadsite
On August 28, 2026

Orange County skywatchers have a special reason to look east on the evening of Thursday, August 27. A deep partial lunar eclipse will unfold across the night sky, with nearly the entire Moon entering Earth’s darkest shadow. At maximum eclipse, approximately 96% of the Moon’s disk will be inside Earth’s umbra, leaving only a thin, brightly illuminated portion of the Moon outside the shadow.

August 2026 Sky

Posted by ocadsite
On August 3, 2026

2 Mercury at westernmost elongation at 8h UT (19.5° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. 3 Moon near Saturn at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.6. 6 Last Quarter Moon at 2:22 UT. 6 Mercury 7.6° South of Pollux at 6h UT (20° from Sun, morning sky)

July 2026 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On June 30, 2026

4 Mars 0.1° SE of Uranus at 7h UT (38° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.3 and 5.8. 6 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 17h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016644 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) 7 Moon near Saturn at 17h UT (morning sky).

June 2026 Sky

Posted by ocadsite
On June 6, 2026

1 Mercury at northernmost declination (25.6°) at 19h UT. 8 Venus 4.7° S of Pollux at 0h UT (36° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and 1.2. 8 Last Quarter Moon at 10:02 UT. 9 Venus 1.6° NNE of Jupiter at 21h UT (37° from Sun, evening sky).

May 2026 Sky

Posted by ocadsite
On June 6, 2026

April 2026 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 5, 2026

2 Full Moon at 2:12 UT. 3 Moon near Spica at 2h UT (morning sky). 3 Mercury at westernmost elongation at 22h UT (28° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. 6 Moon near Antares at 18h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica,

March Sky 2026

Posted by OCastronomy
On March 25, 2026

2 Moon near Regulus at 11h UT (evening sky). Lunar occultation visible from eastern Russia, eastern China, Mongolia and Japan. • Lunar occultation of Regulus (In-the-Sky) 3 Total Lunar Eclipse begins at 11:04 UT and ends at 12:03 UT. Greatest eclipse at 11:34 UT. Partial phases begin at 9:50 UT

February 2026 Sky

Posted by ocadsite
On January 29, 2026

Full Moon at 22:09 UT. 3 Moon near Regulus at 5h UT (morning sky). 7 Moon near Spica at 8h UT (morning sky). 9 Last Quarter Moon at 12:44 UT. 10 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 404,576km; angular size 29.5'). 11 Moon near Antares at 5h UT ( morning sky).

January 2026 Sky

Posted by ocadsite
On January 1, 2026

Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:39 UT (distance 360,348km; angular size 33.2'). 2 Moon near M35 Cluster at 18h UT (evening sky). 3 Full Moon at 10:03 UT. 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 17h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983302 a.u. (147.1 million kilometers).