Get to Know All 2023 Major Sky Events

2023 will witness several interesting and impressive sky events that would attract millions of people worldwide to observe them.

Here is a list of the major sky events in 2023:

3-4 January: Quadrantids Meteor Shower

30 January: Mercury at greatest western elongation

21 March: Spring Solstice

11 April: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation

20 April: Hybrid Solar Eclipse in South East Asia

21–22 April: Lyrids Meteor Shower

4–5 May: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower

5 May: Lunar Eclipse

29 May: Mercury at greatest western elongation

4 June:  Venus at greatest eastern elongation

21 June: Summer solstice

3 July: Supermoon

29-30 July: Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower

1 August: Supermoon

10 August: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation

11-13 August: Perseids Meteor Shower

27 August: Saturn at opposition

31 August: Supermoon (Blue Moon)

19 September: Neptune at opposition

22 September: Mercury at greatest western elongation

23 September: Autumn Solstice

29 September: Supermoon

8-10 October: Dracondis Meteor Shower

14 October: Annular Solar Eclipse in the Americas

20-21 October: Orionids Meteor Shower

23 October: Venus at greatest western elongation

28 October: Partial Lunar Eclipse

3 November: Jupiter at opposition

13 November: Uranus at opposition

17-18 November: Leonids Meteor Shower

4 December: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation

14-15 December: Geminid Meteor Shower

21-22 December: Ursids Meteor Shower

22 December: Winter Solstice