Night sky in January 2028

What to see in the night sky in January 2028: Moon phases, the darkest nights for the Milky Way, planets, meteor showers and other events, with dates and times.

• 3 Jan

  Quadrantids meteor shower 2028

  Peak night, up to 120 meteors an hour under a dark sky. The Moon (31%) gets in the way for part of the night — watch after it sets.

• 7 Jan

  Mars and Mercury in conjunction, 7 January 2028

  Mars and Mercury are just 1° apart — they fit in one binocular view.

• 12 Jan

  Supermoon: Wolf Moon, 12 January 2028

  The full Moon is near perigee (360,268 km), so it looks up to 7% bigger and 15% brighter than average.

• 12 Jan

  Partial lunar eclipse 12 January 2028

  Visible wherever the Moon is up: the Americas, Europe and Africa.

• 18 Jan

  Mercury at greatest eastern elongation, 18 January 2028

  Mercury is 18.8° from the Sun — the best time to find it low in the west after sunset.

• 26 Jan

  Annular solar eclipse 26 January 2028

  The annular path crosses Ecuador, Peru and Brazil, then the Atlantic, reaching Portugal and Spain near sunset. The Americas, Western Europe and West Africa see a partial eclipse.

Check the clouds for that night