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Astronomical Calendar – Contents
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UK Night Sky
UK Night Sky
Sky Diary -a resource from Star-Gazing, Dave Eagle, that provides information on the planets, moon, and other celestial events.
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Star-Gazing Sky Diary |
Moon Watch
Moon Watch
Shows how you can best find the Moon in the day or night time sky.

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Moon Events (dates / timetables / constellations) |
Live position & real time Tracker (visible from the UK) |
Moon Phases for this week (moonphases.co.uk) |
Moon Phases Calendar – look for moonless for your observing preparing. |
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for this month (timesanddates.com) |
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Planet Watch
Planet Watch
Check out our planet whereabouts now.
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Planet Summary :- Mercury to Neptune (Heaven Above)
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Planet Watch
Planet Watch | Mercury Events | Venus Events | Mars Events | Jupiter Events | Saturn Events | Uranus Events | Neptune Events |
Planets Visible now | visible from the UK | visible from the UK | visible from the UK | visible from the UK | visible from the UK | visible from the UK | visible from the UK |
Moons of Jupiter
Here are the four bright “Galilean” moons of Jupiter — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto, and their shadows – it also shows the position of Jupiter’s “great red spot” (GRS).
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Position of Jupiter’s moons & GRS (Shallow Sky) |
Changing positions of Jupiter’s four largest moons (In-the-Sky.org) |
Position of Jupiter’s Galilean Moons:- Io / Europa / Ganymeda / Callisto (The Sky Live) |
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Position of Saturn’s Rings and Moons:- Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus (The Sky Live) |
Planet Summary (Mercury to Pluto) (Heaven Above) |
Conjunctions of Planets (In-the-Sky) |
The brightest currently observable asteroids (Heaven Above) |
Position and Latest image of the Sun (Heaven Above) |
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Comets Watch
Comets Watch
Upcoming comets, when and where to find them.
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Image Credit: Derek Rowley
Comet Neowise F3 C/2020
Appeared in the twilight morning sky at Milton Keynes.
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Position of Jupiter’s moons & GRS (Shallow Sky) |
Changing positions of Jupiter’s four largest moons (In-the-Sky.org) |
Position of Jupiter’s Galilean Moons:- Io / Europa / Ganymeda / Callisto (The Sky Live) |
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Meteor Watch
Meteor Watch
Want to see shooting stars? Check the key dates for major meteor showers in the UK.
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Strong Meteor Showers – Events this year |
Full list of Meteor Showers Peaks |
To answer the most common question about Meteor Showers viewing tips. |
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- Strong Meteor Showers – Events this year
- Full list of Meteor Showers Peaks
- To answer the most common question about Meteor Showers viewing tips.
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Satellites Watch
Satellites Watch
Satellite watching or satellite spotting is a hobby which consists of the observation and tracking of artificial satellites that are orbiting Earth.
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Daily predictions for brighter satellites – Visible Passes | |
Satellites Live – Sky View | |
Starlink dynamic 3D – orbit display | |
International Space Station (ISS) – Visible Passes | |
ISS Interactive:- 3D Visualisation / Height of the ISS – orbital height | |
China’s Tiangong Space Station (photo) – spacecraft | |
Ariane 6 FM1 Upper Stage (photo) – spacecraft | |
ACS3 Solar Sail (photo) – spacecraft | |
BlueWalker 3 – Visible Passes | |
Hubble Space telescope – Visible Passes | |
Envisat (Earth Observation) – Visible Passes | |
Satellite – database |
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Eclipse Watch
Eclipse Watch
Find out what a lunar eclipse is and when the next total lunar eclipse in the UK will occur.
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Next Lunar Eclipses in the UK
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2025
Friday 14th March 2025
(Partial Lunar Eclipse)
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2025
Sunday 7th September 2025
(Total Lunar Eclipse)
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2027
Saturday 20th February 2027
(Penumbral Lunar Eclipse)
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Next Solar Eclipses in the UK
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2025
Saturday 29th March 2025
(Partial Solar Eclipse)
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2026
Wednesday 12th August 2026
(Partial Solar Eclipse)
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2027
Monday 2nd August 2027
(Partial Solar Eclipse)
Solar Eclipses Maps
(Now to 2030)
Northern Lights Watch UK
Northern Lights Watch UK
See the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) in the UK tonight?
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Space Weather Prediction (dashboard) | (swpc.noaa.gov) |
Solar Wind (prediction) | (swpc.noaa.gov) |
Estimated Planetary K Index (Kp) (3 hour data) | (swpc.noaa.gov) |
Aurora Forecast (Northern / Southern Hemisphere) | (swpc.noaa.gov) |
Aurora Forecast (Europe) | (gi.alaska.edu) |
Realtime Aurora Photo Gallery (recently photos) | (spaceweather.com) |
Kp 1 – Kp 9 (Planetary K-Index) / G1 – G5 (Geomagnetic Storms) (What does this mean?) |
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