The Night Sky 2025
The Night Sky – 2025 Edition
The night sky 2025 will offer many opportunities for spectacular astonomical viewing.
The year has kicked-off with unfavorable night sky viewing conditions across much of the United States and other locations. We hope there’s rapid improvement.
Tracking the sky can be done for little or no money, and is a great way to spend time away from technology while enjoying the natural world. Excessive screen time is considered to have negative impacts on youth development.
We use a mix of websites for this post, so you can select the one(s) that best matches your taste.
Fall 2025 | Supermoon, Meteor Shower and more.
What’s on display this fall in the night sky?
Let’s take a look.
December Night Sky 2025
Lots to see the first week of the final month of the year.
Having you been longing to see an interstellar comet? You may get your wish.
December 2025 – Week 1 Look for the supermoon on December 4 and the greates elongation of Mercury on December 7.
December 2025 – Week 2 Peak of the Geminid meteor shower December 13-14.
December 2025 – Week 3 Stars fade and the winter soltice on December 21.
December 2025 – Week 4 Pleiades and Aldebaran December 27.
From the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
November Night Sky 2025
Here’s what’s on tap for the month of November.
The Planets Large planets visible at night — Mercury visible in the morning.
Jupiter and the moon.
November 7-16 in detail.
Meteor showers and other events. Leonid meteor shower peaks — November 17–18.
October 2025
A vibrant and visible Venus and Jupiter, the Dracnoid meteor shower early in the month, and a yellow Saturn near the full moon are just a few events kicking-off autumn.
9 night sky events to see in October from National Geographic
What’s up in the night sky: October 2025 from the Planetary Society
Watch the video from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
SUMMER 2025 – What Can You Observe?
Days are long and nights are short but there will be plenty to see during the warm months of the summer. Some events will be difficult to observe in areas with intense light pollution.
- Visit our K-12 Learning Resources for more astronomy and other science resources, including NASA @home under the “Virtual Tours” tab.
- Also view the “At-home Acitivites” tag on this blog.
September 2025
It’s going to be a jam-packed month of astronomical events. September will feature both a solar and total lunar eclipse, meteorshowers, and more.
Sadly, the lunar eclipse with not be visible in the Americas, but if you’ll be elsewhere you should be able to see some or all of it.
The month begins with a carryover of the Aurigids meteor shower that beging 08/28.
This time we’re directing you to the Star Walk website for a full list of events. Be aware this website encourages visitors to download theri app, but you it’s not a requirement.
You can tweak the In the Sky calendar to your preferences to have a printable list of what you can and want to witness.
August 2025
Challenge 1 – Summer Triangle | August 1
A fishy full moon. Sturgeon Moon | August 8/9
Challenge 2: Perseid meteor shower | August 12
Challenge 3 – Moon, Venus and Jupiter | August 21
From the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Click to watch on YouTube
July 2025
From the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Download the guide from What’s Out Tonight.
From the National Space Centre in the U.K.
June 2025
From Sky & Telescope for the first week of June 2025.
July & August 2025
Use this calendar to plan your viewing. We’ll update this section with video at the end of June and July.
The Night Sky 2025 Beginnings
Depending where on your location, you may have witnessed the Northern Lights to close 2024.
Also starting at the end of 2024 and continuing into the 2025 night sky is the Quadrantis meteor shower.
More January Events
Night sky, January 2025: What you can see tonight [maps] | Space
What to Look for in February
You’re familiar with the term crescent moon, but have you heard of crescent Venus?
This requires viewing with a telescope, if you have one and weather conditions permit, venture out on February 19 to witness this event.
Other February Events
What to Look for in March
There will be a total lunar eclipse starting the evening of March into March 14 (when the moon is full). Click here to download visibility map from NASA.
Later in the month there will be a partial solar eclipse.
Other events in March
We will update this post each quarter, but if you want to plan ahead use these reference links to search for occurrences for the entire year.
We will update this post each quarter, but if you want to plan ahead use these reference links to search for occurrences for the entire year.
The Night Sky – April 2025
Planet conjunctions, meteor showers and Mercury
One of the highlights for the month of April comes in the third week.
The Lyrid meteor shower will be visible April 16-25 with the peak occurring on April 22.
Happening during the same timeframe witll be the conunction of the moon and Saturn on the 24th and the moon and Mercury on the 25th.
Full calendars of April 2025 Events
May 2025 Sky Events
Will there be a new star?
Let NASA explain: What’s Up: May 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
The Eta Aquariid meteors will peak on May 6, 2025.
Final Thoughts
Want to compare 2024 to 2025 night sky events? Take a look back at our year-long blog post. Keeping a journal of your observances through the years a great way to document your activities.
Check back for summer sky happenings.
Use the comments to share your viewing experiences.
Enjoy!
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