May
17
Tue
⚪ Full Moon
May 17 @ 5:09 am – 6:09 am
Jun
1
Wed
âš« New Moon
Jun 1 @ 3:03 pm – 4:03 pm
Jun
15
Wed
Total Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15 @ 12:22 pm – 4:02 pm

Visible completely over Africa, and Central Asia, visible rising over South America, Western Africa, and Europe, and setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia.

It is a relatively rare “central eclipse” where the moon passes in front of the center of the Earth’s shadow

⚪ Full Moon
Jun 15 @ 2:14 pm – 3:14 pm
Jun
21
Tue
Summer Solstice
Jun 21 @ 11:22 am – 12:22 pm

In the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year (near June 22) when the Sun is farthest north. In the southern hemisphere, winter and summer solstices are exchanged. The summer solstice marks the first day of the season of summer. The declination of the Sun on the (northern) summer solstice is known as the tropic of cancer (23° 27′).

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SummerSolstice.html

Jul
1
Fri
âš« New Moon
Jul 1 @ 2:54 am – 3:54 am
Jul
15
Fri
⚪ Full Moon
Jul 15 @ 12:40 am – 1:40 am
Jul
30
Sat
âš« New Moon
Jul 30 @ 12:36 pm – 1:36 pm
Aug
2
Tue
Mercury Retrograde (Until 8/26)
Aug 2 all-day

see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details…

Aug
12
Fri
Perseids Meteor Shower
Aug 12 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Bring your sunglasses this year! The peak of the Perseids (100 meteors per hour) happens smack dab on the full moon, so you might have to squint to see any trails…