WHAT’S UP(COMING)! – Observation Calendar Jul-Sep 2026
Source for events and links below are In-The-Sky.org, Dominic Ford, Editor. The links provide details for each event including a scale on how difficult they are to observe.
Additionally, here’s a link to a printable PDF for “Navigating the mid July Night Sky” from our friends at the Astronomical League!
Jul 1 – The cluster IC 4756 is well placed
Jul 7 – Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
Jul 9 – Asteroid 18 Melpomene at opposition
Jul 10 – Close approach of the Moon and M45
Jul 11 – Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
Jul 14 – New Moon
Jul 17 – Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
Jul 26 – Asteroid 3 Juno at opposition
Jul 29 – Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2026 peak
– Full Moon
Jul 30 – Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2026 peak
– α-Capricornid meteor shower 2026 peak
Aug 2 – Mercury at greatest elongation west
Aug 3 – Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
Aug 5 – Mercury at dichotomy
Aug 6 – Close approach of the Moon and M45
Aug 8 – Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
Aug 9 – Conjunction of Mars and Ceres
Aug 12 – New Moon
Aug 13 – Perseid meteor shower 2026 peak
Aug 14 – Venus at greatest elongation east
Aug 15 – Messier 2 is well placed
Aug 16 – Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
Aug 18 – κ-Cygnid meteor shower 2026 peak
Aug 27 – Partial lunar eclipse
– Full Moon
Aug 28 – Asteroid 9 Metis at opposition
Aug 31 – Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
Sep 1 – Aurigid meteor shower 2026 peak
Sep 3 – Close approach of the Moon and M45 (Pleiades)
Sep 6 – Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
Sep 7 – Close approach of the Moon and M44 (Beehive Cluster)
Sep 8 – Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
Sep 9 – September ε-Perseid meteor shower 2026 peak
Sep 10 – New Moon
Sep 22 – Venus at greatest brightness
– September equinox
Sep 25 – Neptune at opposition
Sep 26 – Full Moon
Sep 27 – Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
– Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2026 peak
Sep 22 – Asteroid 192 Nausikaa at opposition
