Lowell Observatory
1400 West Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ
Astronomical Calendar of Events
2023
January
January 3 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower
January 6 - Full Wolf Moon
January 22 - Conjunction of Venus and Saturn
February
February 1 - Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) visible
February 5 - Full snow moon
February 8 - Alpha Centaurids meteor shower peak
February 22 - Moon, Jupiter and Venus put on a show
March
March 1 - Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter
March 7 - Full worm moon
March 20 - Spring Equinox
April
April 6 - Full pink moon
April 20 - Hybrid Solar Eclipse
April 22-23 - Lyrids Meteor Shower
May
May 5 - Full flower moon, Prenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 6-7 - Eta Aquarids meteor shower
May 17 - Lunar Occultation of Jupiter
May 29 - Great view of Mercury
June
June 3 - Full strawberry moon
June 21 - Summer Solstice
July
July 3 - Full thunder moon
July 28-29 - Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower
August
August 1 - Full sturgeon moon
August 12-13 - Perseids meteor Shower
August 27 - Saturn at Opposition
August 30 - Full blue moon
September
September 19 - Neptune at Opposition
September 22 - Great views of Mercury
September 23 - Fall equinox
September 29 - Full harvest moon
October
October 7 - Draconids Meteor Shower
October 14 - Partial solar eclipse
October 21-22 - Orionid meteor shower peak
October 28 - Partial lunar eclipse, Full hunter's moon
November
November 3 - Great view of Jupiter
November 4 - Taurids Meteor Shower
November 17-18 - Leonids Meteor Shower
November 27 - Beaver full moon
December
December 13-14 - Geminids Meteor Shower
December 21 - Winter Solstice
December 26 - Cold full moon
