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Eclipses, meteor showers, conjunctions and planetary oppositions — every celestial event that has a date, with exact local times, visibility maps and what you will actually see from your own latitude.

La Lune visible en plein jour dans un ciel bleu limpide : le décor exact de l'occultation de Vénus du 14 septembre 2026.

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On 14 September the Moon Wipes Venus From a Daytime Sky

On Monday 14 September around midday, a 12 % crescent Moon will pass in front of Venus, magnitude -4.75, under a Sun standing 40 degrees high. From Paris the planet vanishes at 11:26 and re-emerges at 12:34; from London the Moon rises with Venus already hidden. The disappearance itself takes a minute and a half: Venus is a disc, not a point. City-by-city times, and the method for seeing a planet in daylight.

September 11, 2026

Composite photographique de plusieurs phases d'une éclipse de Lune : deux disques entièrement cuivrés par l'ombre de la Terre, puis un croissant gris resté éclairé par le Soleil.

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Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow Morning: Tonight's Checklist

Maximum is at 05:12 from London, with the Moon 8.0° above the western horizon. Everything depends on a clear horizon and an alarm set for 03:15. Here is what to do tonight, while it is still light.

August 27, 2026

Une Lune presque pleine, basse dans un ciel crépusculaire rose et bleu, au-dessus de parcs à huîtres découverts par la marée et d'un horizon marin entièrement dégagé.

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The 28 August Lunar Eclipse: Western Europe Will Miss Half of It

The Earth's shadow will cover 96.6 % of the disc. But from Western Europe the Moon sets before the eclipse ends, seven degrees above the horizon, in a sky already turning grey. From the Caribbean and North America the whole thing happens high overhead in full darkness. Here are the times, the altitudes, and where you actually want to be.

August 19, 2026

Une traînée de météore traverse un ciel d'été piqué d'étoiles, au-dessus d'une ligne de pins en silhouette.

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The Perseids After the Peak: Six Nights That Still Work

The maximum fell last night. The stream itself stays active until 24 August. We computed, night by night, the radiant's altitude, the window of genuinely dark sky and what the Moon leaves of it. Six useful nights remain, and one date on which the door shuts.

August 13, 2026