Sky Events

Recent and Upcoming Sky Events
for the Asheville, NC region:

3/4 Jan 2020 – Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks

5 Jan 2020 – Earth Reaches Perihelion

19-24 Jan 2020 – Six Bright ISS Fly-Overs

26-28 Jan 2020 – The Moon Joins Venus & Mercury

27 Jan 2020 – Conjunction of Venus with Neptune

6-7 Feb 2020 – Two Bright ISS Fly-Overs

6-14 Feb 2020 – Pairing of Venus & Mercury at Dusk

18 Feb 2020 – Rare Lunar Occultation of the planet Mars

26-28 Feb 2020 – Conjunction of Venus and the Moon

28 & 29 Feb 2020 – Three Bright Planets Align at Dawn

8 Mar 2020 – Daylight Saving Time Begins

11-25 Mar 2020 – Catch the Elusive Zodiacal Light

16-20 Mar 2020 – 3 Planets Align with the Moon at Dawn

19 Mar 2020 – The Vernal Equinox

26-28 Mar 2020 – Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

2-4 Apr 2020 – Conjunction of Venus with the Pleiades

7 Apr 2020 – A Simultaneous Full Moonrise and Sunset

14-16 Apr 2020 – 3 Planets Align with the Moon at Dawn

21/22 Apr 2020 – April Showers – the Lyrid Meteors

24-27 Apr 2020 – Conjunction of Venus and the Moon