lunar eclipes
Lunar Eclipse. Photo © Morris Yoder
  • January 3: Supermoon, the first of three for this year.
  • January 3, 4: The Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks.
  • January 10: Jupiter will be at opposition. This will be its closest approach to Earth this year, making it brighter than the rest of the year.
  • February 19: Mercury will be at its greatest eastern elongation. Look in the western sky just after sunset to see Mercury maximum high above the horizon.
  • Early morning of March 3 there will be a total lunar eclipse in the western states, and partial lunar eclipse through the rest of the USA.

    Pacific Time Zone times
    Penumbral eclipse begins (faint): 12:44 a.m.
    Partial eclipse begins: 1:50 a.m.
    Totality begins: 3:04 a.m.
    Maximum totality: 3:33 a.m.
    Totality ends: 4:02 a.m.
    Partial eclipse ends: 5:17 a.m.
    Penumbral eclipse ends: 6:23 a.m.