Overview
- August 12 brings a total solar eclipse crossing eastern Greenland, Iceland and Spain, with the Perseid meteor shower peaking a few hours later in dark skies.
- NASA’s Artemis II crewed lunar flight is planned for early February as a 10‑day mission around the Moon carrying four astronauts, including one from Canada.
- An annular solar eclipse on February 17 will form a ring of fire only over Antarctica, with partial phases visible from parts of southern Africa and South America.
- Lunar eclipses bookend the summer season: a 58‑minute totality on March 3 for western North America, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, followed by a deep partial on August 28 visible across the Americas, Europe and Africa.
- Moonwatchers can mark a January 3 supermoon and a December 24 supermoon that is the closest since 2019, plus a May 31 blue moon capping a month with two full moons.