421.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Sun, 14 Jan 2029 at 12:25 EDT (1,663 days away) in Sagittarius

422.

Partial solar eclipse There will be an eclipse of the Sun, visible from the Americas. Sun, 14 Jan 2029 at 12:13 EDT (1,663 days away) in Sagittarius

423.

The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun, which happens each month around the time of new moon. Sun, 14 Jan 2029 at 05:21 EDT (1,663 days away) in Sagittarius

424.

Lunar occultation of Venus The Moon will pass in front of Venus, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Australia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Heard Island and McDonald Islands amongst others. Sat, 13 Jan 2029 at 02:46 EDT (1,662 days away) in Sagittarius

425.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 47'. Sat, 13 Jan 2029 at 02:32 EDT (1,662 days away) in Sagittarius

426.

Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Tue, 09 Jan 2029 at 20:41 EDT (1,658 days away) in Capricornus

427.

Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy passes perihelion Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy makes its closest approach to the Sun. Tue, 09 Jan 2029 (1,658 days away) in Orion

428.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°52'. Mon, 08 Jan 2029 at 02:38 EDT (1,657 days away) in Virgo

429.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Sun, 07 Jan 2029 at 22:33 EDT (1,656 days away) in Virgo

430.

Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Sun, 07 Jan 2029 at 08:26 EDT (1,656 days away) in Virgo

431.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 8°32'. Sat, 06 Jan 2029 at 19:27 EDT (1,655 days away) in Virgo

432.

Saturn ends retrograde motion Saturn returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Fri, 05 Jan 2029 at 07:25 EDT (1,654 days away) in Aries

433.

The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month. Thu, 04 Jan 2029 at 23:16 EDT (1,654 days away) in Sextans

434.

Quadrantid meteor shower 2029 The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 03 Jan 2029 (1,652 days away) in Bootes

435.

The Earth at perihelion The Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun. Tue, 02 Jan 2029 at 13:13 EDT (1,651 days away) in Pisces

436.

Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky. Tue, 02 Jan 2029 at 07:03 EDT (1,651 days away) in Capricornus

437.

Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Mon, 01 Jan 2029 (1,651 days away) in Sagittarius

438.

The cluster Messier 41 is well placed The open star cluster M41 (NGC 2287; mag 4.5) in Canis Major culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 01 Jan 2029 (1,650 days away) in Canis Major

439.

Total lunar eclipse There will be an eclipse of the Moon, visible from Asia, Russia, Africa, north-western Canada, Oceania, Europe, Greenland and Alaska. Sun, 31 Dec 2028 at 11:52 EDT (1,649 days away) in Gemini

440.

Blue Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sun, 31 Dec 2028 at 11:48 EDT (1,649 days away) in Gemini