December 2025

Friday December 19

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

January 2026

Friday January 16

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

February 2026

Friday February 20

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

March 2026

Friday March 20

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

April 2026

Friday April 17

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

May 2026

Friday May 15

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

June 2026

Friday June 19

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

July 2026

Friday July 17

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

August 2026

Friday August 21

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

September 2026

Friday September 18

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

October 2026

Friday October 16

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

November 2026

Friday November 20

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bartow Friday Fest Public
Recurs monthly

This is for anyone who wants to go to a block party. It’s o bserving and Q&A only. Solar scopes are welcome before sunset. Set up at Main St. & S Wilson Ave.
If you want to take a look around, someone will watch your scope for you. There’s usually some good food close by and music down the street.
The view is somewhat limited and there’s lots of light,Β but those who stop by, have some good questions, so, be readyΒ with some goodΒ answers.
This is another event that has brought us new members.

December 2025

Friday December 19

8:43 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Sunday December 21Monday December 22

Ursids Meteor Shower

Dark skies! Watch for Ursids on the evening of December 21st through dawn.

The Ursids is a minor meteor shower producing about 5-10 meteors per hour. It is produced by dust grains left behind by comet Tuttle, which was first discovered in 1790. The shower runs annually from December 17-25. It peaks this year on the the night of the 21st and morning of the 22nd. Meteors will radiate from the constellation Ursa Minor, but can appear anywhere in the sky.

Sunday December 21

10:03 am
December solstice

This marks the beginning of winter (in the northern hemisphere) and the beginning of summer (in the southern hemisphere.) The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a minimum for the year. Of course, daylight saving time means that the first Sunday in April has 23 hours and the last Sunday in October has 25 hours, but these human meddlings with the calendar and do not correspond to the actual number of daylight hours.

If you live in the southern hemisphere, this is your Summer Solstice, and good cause for celebrating the longest day of the year.

Saturday December 27Tuesday December 30

Jupiter Crazy Bright

Jupiter will be at opposition β€” its nearest point to Earth this year, making it exceptionally bright and visible throughout the entire night. This event offers the optimal opportunity to observe and photograph Jupiter, along with its moons. With a medium-sized telescope, you can view details in Jupiter’s cloud bands.

Using a good pair of binoculars, you should be able to spot the four largest moons of Jupiter, known as the Galilean moons (discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610), appearing as distinct bright spots on either side of the planet. Beyond these, astronomers have discovered 76 more Jovain moons since Galileo’s time.

Fun fact: Jupiter emits more heat than it receives from the Sun! Jupiter generates its own heat as a result of perpetually (and slowly) shrinking and compressing, converting gravitational potential energy into thermal energy.

Saturday December 27

2:09 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

January 2026

Thursday January 1

All Day
HAPPY NEW YEAR from your Astronomy Calendar

This event is in your calendar because at some point you subscribed to Canton Becker’s moon and astronomical events calendar. If you are reading this on January 1, 2026 and you ONLY see moon/solstice/equinox events from this point forward, you may need to resubscribe:

https://cantonbecker.com/astronomy-calendar/

Saturday January 3

5:02 am
πŸŒ• Full Supermoon

Saturday January 10

10:48 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Sunday January 18

2:51 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Sunday January 25

11:47 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

February 2026

Sunday February 1

5:09 pm
πŸŒ• Full Moon

Monday February 9

7:43 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Tuesday February 17

7:01 am
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Tuesday February 24

7:27 am
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

March 2026

Tuesday March 3

6:37 am
πŸŒ• Full Moon

Wednesday March 11

5:38 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Wednesday March 18

9:23 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Friday March 20

10:45 am
March Equinox

Wednesday March 25

3:17 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

April 2026

Wednesday April 1

10:11 pm
πŸŒ• Full Moon

Friday April 10

12:51 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Friday April 17

7:51 am
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Thursday April 23

10:31 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

May 2026

Friday May 1

1:23 pm
πŸŒ• Full Moon

Saturday May 9

5:10 pm
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Saturday May 16

4:00 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Saturday May 23

7:10 am
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

Sunday May 31

4:45 am
πŸŒ• Full Moon

June 2026

Monday June 8

6:00 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Sunday June 14

10:54 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Sunday June 21

4:24 am
June Solstice
5:55 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

Monday June 29

7:56 pm
πŸŒ• Full Moon

July 2026

Tuesday July 7

3:28 pm
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Tuesday July 14

5:43 am
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Tuesday July 21

7:05 am
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

Wednesday July 29

10:35 am
πŸŒ• Full Moon

August 2026

Wednesday August 5

10:21 pm
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Wednesday August 12

11:34 am – 3:57 pm
Total Solar Eclipse (Spain and Mallorca)

To experience greatest totality, you might get a lucky break in the clouds in Greenland or Iceland… but unlikely according to Eclipsophile:

Two-thirds of the Moon’s shadow path falls over water and even a casual glance at Figure 1 shows that ship-borne viewing sites will be challenged to find good weather. Instead, the best observing sites are on land or close to land and of these, Spain and Mallorca are the most promising.

1:36 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Wednesday August 19

10:46 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

Friday August 28

12:18 am
πŸŒ• Full Moon

September 2026

Friday September 4

3:51 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Thursday September 10

11:26 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Friday September 18

4:43 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

Tuesday September 22

8:05 pm
September Equinox

Saturday September 26

12:48 pm
πŸŒ• Full Moon

October 2026

Saturday October 3

9:24 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Saturday October 10

11:50 am
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Sunday October 18

12:12 pm
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

Monday October 26

12:11 am
πŸŒ• Full Moon

November 2026

Sunday November 1

3:28 pm
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Monday November 9

2:02 am
πŸŒ‘ New Moon

Tuesday November 17

6:47 am
πŸŒ“ First Quarter Moon

Tuesday November 24

9:53 am
πŸŒ• Full Moon

December 2026

Tuesday December 1

1:08 am
πŸŒ— Third Quarter Moon

Tuesday December 8

7:51 pm
πŸŒ‘ New Moon
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