Overview
- NASA’s Artemis II crewed lunar flyby is targeted for about Feb. 5, 2026 on a roughly 10-day mission with four astronauts, with timing subject to change.
- A total solar eclipse will cross eastern Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain on Aug. 12, followed hours later by the Perseid meteor shower peak under new-moon darkness.
- A 58-minute total lunar eclipse arrives March 3, visible from western North America, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
- An annular “ring of fire” solar eclipse on Feb. 17 is annular only from Antarctica, with partial phases visible in parts of southern Africa and South America.
- Late-year highlights include a very deep partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 28 visible from the Americas, Europe and Africa, plus 13 full moons featuring a May 31 Blue Moon and a Dec. 24 Cold Supermoon that is the closest since 2019.