“A small fleet of spacecraft is due to take off for Mars in July, including the NASA Mars 2020 rover ‘Perseverance’, and the first Mars missions from China and the United Arab Emirates. “
The Sky Above You – July 2020
The Sky Above You – June 2020
The Moon will be Full on June 5th, with a faint penumbral lunar eclipse, and it will be New on June 21st, on which there will be an annular solar eclipse, visible from central Africa, northern India and China.
The Sky Above You – May 2020
The eta Aquarid meteor shower from Halley’s Comet peaks on 5th to 6th May, but moonlight will spoil it this year.
The Sky Above You – April 2020
The Moon will be Full on April 8th, which will be a Supermoon, full at its closest to Earth, and the brightest Moon of the year.
The Sky Above You – March 2020
There will be a Supermoon on 9th March, when the Moon will be Full and also at its closest to Earth.
The Sky Above You – January 2020
This quarter also features an elaborate sequence of conjunctions of the Sun, the Moon and all the planets including the Earth
The Sky Above You – December 2019
The Moon will be Full on December 12th, New on December 26th.
The Sky Above You – November 2019
The Moon will be Full on November 12th and will be New on November 26th.
The Sky Above You – September 2019
The Moon will be New on September 28th, Full on the 14th,
The Sky Above You – June 2019
The Moon will be New on June 3rd and Full on June 17th. This year the summer solstice falls on June 21st.
