Sky Calendar

The Moon, the wandering stars and the turning year, worked out for the moment you open this page. Dates and times are shown in your own time zone.

The sky right now

Gathering the stars…

New and full moons

    Retrogrades

    A planet is retrograde when it seems to slide backwards through the zodiac. Dates are shown for the retrogrades under way and those coming in the next year.

      Eclipses

        Solstices and equinoxes

          Sunrise, sunset and planetary hours

          Each day is cut into twelve hours of daylight and twelve of night, each ruled in turn by a planet. Choose a place to see yours.

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          Moon, planet and eclipse times come from Astronomy Engine. Cities are from GeoNames.