Why 2025 Hits Different For Space Enthusiasts

Buckle up, space enthusiasts—2025 is set to be a landmark cosmic year. From new missions to the Moon and Mars to total lunar eclipses, this year promises nothing short of science fiction meets reality.

Finally, your month-by-month guide to 2025's celestial moments 🌟

January

January 1-12

• Planet Parade

  • Six out of seven planets will line up

January 3 - 4 

• Quadrantids Meteor Shower 

  • 40 meteors per hour

Lunar Trailblazer & Nova-C IM-2 lunar mission

• Intuitive Machines, a private company, is gearing up for its IM-2 mission. It is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and head to the Moon.

February

February 28

• All planets align in the sky

  • It is one of the most dramatic planetary events. All seven solar system's planets will appear together in a rare alignment.

March

March 14

• Total lunar eclipse 

  • It is visible from almost all of North America, including the contiguous United States and Central America, as well as from most of South America. 

March 20 

• Spring Equinox

March 29

• Partial solar eclipse 

  • It is best viewed from northeastern Canada but will also be visible to a lesser extent from most of Europe and parts of North Africa and Russia.

April  

April 21-22

• The Lyrid meteor shower

  • Up to 20 meteors per hour

May

May 3-4

• The Eta Aquarid meteor shower

  • Up to 30 shooting stars per hour 

June

June 21 

• Summer Solstice

June 30

• Asteroid Day (as if we didn’t have enough to worry about…)

  • Asteroid Day is the United Nations-sanctioned day of public awareness around planetary defense and the risks asteroids pose to Earth.

July

July 29-30

• The Southern Delta Aquarid and Alpha Capricornid meteor showers

  • Up to 5-20 meteors per hour

July 2

• See the glow of the Milky Way galaxy

  • The new moon is when the sky is at its darkest and the best time to see the glowy outline of our galaxy.

August

August 12-13 

• Perseids Meteor Shower 

  • Up to 60 meteors per hour

September

September 7 

• Total Lunar Eclipse

  • It is visible throughout Asia, Australia, and the central and eastern parts of Europe and Africa. (NASA Map and Eclipse Information)

September 21

• Partial Solar Eclipse

  • This eclipse will only be visible to those in New Zealand, Antarctica, and the South Pacific Ocean.

September 22

• Fall Equinox

October

October 6

• Supermoon

October 21-22 

• Orionids Meteor Shower

  • Up to 20 meteors per hour

 October 4-10

• World Space Week - Share your space entries on social media, and don’t forget to use #WSW2024 

• Learn more here

  • It’s the world’s largest annual space event. United Nations puts it on annually to promote and celebrate space and the use of technology to help humanity. This year’s theme is “Living in Space.”

November

November 5

• Supermoon

December

December 4

• Supermoon

Dec 21

• Winter Solstice

December 21-22 

• Ursids Meteor Shower

  • 5-10 meteors per hour