All times listed are in Unversal Time (UT)
Date Section Event
2026-01-14 20:00 UT Lunar Antares 0.6° north of Moon, occultation Australia, Antarctica
2026-01-15 Lunar North limb most exposed +6.7°
2026-01-16 Lunar Greatest southern declination -28.3°
2026-01-18 19:52 UT Lunar New Moon, lunation 1275
2026-01-20 Comets C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) at perihelion (0.57 au)
2026-01-22 Lunar West limb most exposed -5.4°
2026-01-22 00:03 UT Lunar Moon at ascending node
2026-01-23 Solar Start of Carrington Rotation 2307
2026-01-23 13:00 UT Lunar Saturn 4° south of the Moon
2026-01-25 18:10 UT Saturn Titan begins transit across Saturn (~3 hours duration)
2026-01-26 Comets C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) at brightest (mag 7.2)
2026-01-26 04:47 UT Lunar First Quarter
2026-01-27 22:00 UT Lunar Moon in Pleiades
2026-01-28 Lunar South limb most exposed -6.6°
2026-01-29 22:00 UT Lunar Moon at perigee 365, 871 km
2026-01-30 Lunar Greatest northern declination +28.0°
2026-01-31 02:00 UT Lunar Jupiter 4° south of Moon
2026-02-15 Remote Uranus at Eastern Quadrature
2026-02-17 Comets C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) closest to Earth (1.01 au)
2026-02-17 09:56 UT Eclipse Annular Solar Eclipse (Antarctica)
2026-03-03 08:44 UT Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse (Western NA, Eastern Australia, Japan)
2026-03-18 Comets 88P/Howell at perihelion (1.36 au)
2026-03-21 Remote Neptune at Solar Conjunction
2026-03-22 Comets 88P/Howell at brightest (mag 9.3)
2026-03-25 Saturn Saturn at Solar Conjunction
2026-03-26 Mars Mars at Perihelion
2026-05-22 Remote Uranus at Solar Conjunction
2026-06-25 Remote Neptune at Western Quadrature
2026-07-06 Saturn Saturn at Western Quadrature
2026-08-02 Comets 10P Tempel at perihelion (1.42 au)
2026-08-02 Comets 10P Tempel at brightest (mag 8.0)
2026-08-03 Comets 10P Tempel closest to Earth (0.41 au)
2026-08-11 Comets 169P/NEAT closest to Earth (0.17 au)
2026-08-12 15:34 UT Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse (Iceland, Portugal, Spain)
2026-08-28 Remote Uranus at Western Quadrature
2026-09-12 Comets 169P/NEAT at brightest (mag 10.1)
2026-09-21 Comets 169P/NEAT at perihelion (0.60 au)
2026-09-26 Remote Neptune opposition
2026-10-04 Saturn Saturn at Opposition
2026-10-10 Comets 88P/Howell closest to Earth (1.50 au)
2026-11-19 Mars Mars at Western Quadrature
2026-11-25 Remote Uranus at opposition
2026-11-30 Mars Mars reaches 8" in size
2026-12-16 Mars Mars reaches 9" in size
2026-12-22 Remote Neptune at Eastern Quadrature
2026-12-28 Mars Mars reaches 10" in size
2026-12-29 Saturn Saturn at Eastern Quadrature