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19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Full Moon.
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
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19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes south of the b…
The Moon passes south of the bright red giant star Antares in Scorpius.
3 May 2026 - 4 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes south of the b…
The Moon passes south of the bright red giant star Antares in Scorpius.
3 May 2026 - 4 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Anniversary of Alan Shepard…
Anniversary of Alan Shepard's launch into space in 1961.
5 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Maximum of the Eta Aquarid met…
Maximum of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower.
6 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
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19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Anniversary of Lunar Orbiter 4…
Anniversary of Lunar Orbiter 4 arriving at The Moon in 1967.
8 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Last Quarter Moon.
Last Quarter Moon.
9 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Anniversary of the great Auror…
Anniversary of the great Auroral Storm of 2024.
10 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Anniversary of China landing t…
Anniversary of China landing the Zhurong probe on Mars in 2021.
14 May 2026
Zhurong (祝融), the 1st Created-in-China Mars Rover, has landed in Utopia Planitia on Mars. China became the 2nd nation to land a rover successfully on Mars.
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Anniversary of Skylab 1 launch…
Anniversary of Skylab 1 launch in 1973
14 May 2026
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The Moon passes close to Satur…
The Moon passes close to Saturn.
14 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
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19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Anniversary of Venera 5 impact…
Anniversary of Venera 5 impacting Venus in 1969.
16 May 2026
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New Moon.
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Anniversary of Venera 6 impact…
Anniversary of Venera 6 impacting on Venus in 1969.
17 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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Anniversary of Helen Sharman (…
Anniversary of Helen Sharman (first Briton in Space) launched to travel to Mir in 1991
18 May 2026
Helen Sharman (first Briton in Space) launched to travel to the Mir Space Station
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The Moon passes close to Venus…
The Moon passes close to Venus.
18 May 2026 - 19 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes close to Venus…
The Moon passes close to Venus.
18 May 2026 - 19 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes north of Jupit…
The Moon passes north of Jupiter and south of the bright star Pollux in Gemini.
20 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes close to the b…
The Moon passes close to the bright star Regulus in Leo.
22 May 2026 - 23 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes close to the b…
The Moon passes close to the bright star Regulus in Leo.
22 May 2026 - 23 May 2026
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First Quarter Moon.
First Quarter Moon.
23 May 2026
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The Lunar X and V visible on t…
The Lunar X and V visible on the Moon.
23 May 2026
The Lunar X and V are one of the most talked about lunar Clair-Obscur effects.
**Times shown in UT (-1h BST).**
Timings taken from Mary McIntyre's Clair-Obscure guide which can be downloaded from here:
**https://marymcintyreastronomy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/Lunar-Clair-Obscur-Times-2026-Mary-McIntyre.pdf**
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
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19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
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19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes south of the b…
The Moon passes south of the bright star Spica in Virgo.
26 May 2026 - 27 May 2026
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The jewelled handle is visible…
The jewelled handle is visible on the Moon.
26 May 2026
The prominent bay Sinus Iridum (The Bay of Rainbows) juts out into the rising Sun on the Moon's surface today, looking like a jewelled handle.
Timings taken from Mary McIntyre's Clair-Obscur guide, which can be downloaded from here:
**https://marymcintyreastronomy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/Lunar-Clair-Obscur-Times-2026-Mary-McIntyre.pdf**
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The Moon passes south of the b…
The Moon passes south of the bright star Spica in Virgo.
26 May 2026 - 27 May 2026
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Cassini's Moon Maiden is …
Cassini's Moon Maiden is visible on the Moon.
27 May 2026
Part of the prominent lunar bay Sinus Iridum (The Bay of Rainbows, shown north side down towards top-right in the image below) looks like a maiden's head, with long flowing hair.
Timings taken from Mary McIntyre's Clair-Obscur guide, which can be downloaded from here:
**https://marymcintyreastronomy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/Lunar-Clair-Obscur-Times-2026-Mary-McIntyre.pdf**
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower …
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2026 - 28 May 2026
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The bright lunar swirl Gamma R…
The bright lunar swirl Gamma Reina is visible on the Moon.
28 May 2026
The bright lunar swirl, Reina Gamma, an area of the lunar crust left brighter by the lunar magnetic field, is visible today within Oceanus Procellarum.
Timings taken from Mary McIntyre's Clair-Obscur guide, which can be downloaded from here:
**https://marymcintyreastronomy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/Lunar-Clair-Obscur-Times-2026-Mary-McIntyre.pdf**
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Anniversary of space shuttle D…
Anniversary of space shuttle Discovery docking with The International Space Station in 1999.
29 May 2026
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Anniversary of the formation o…
Anniversary of the formation of European Space Agency in 1975
30 May 2026
The ESA Convention was signed in Paris on 30 May 1975 by the nine original Member States (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom).
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The Moon passes close to the b…
The Moon passes close to the bright red giant star Antares in Scorpius.
30 May 2026 - 31 May 2026
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The Moon passes close to the b…
The Moon passes close to the bright red giant star Antares in Scorpius.
30 May 2026 - 31 May 2026
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Full Moon. 2nd one in the mont…
Full Moon. 2nd one in the month (Blue Moon).
31 May 2026
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