Superluna and giant planets in the sky of 2021

The

is full of promise, with a Supermoon and a shower of shooting stars in August that promises to be spectacular, Four eclipses are also scheduled, two of the Moon and two of the Sun, unfortunately all impossible to see from Italy.

"The sky of this new year is full of events, from the supermoon of May 26 to the four full moons of summer", observes astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, head of the Virtual Telescope.

If clouds, rain and snow have canceled the spectacle of the

, the shooting stars that greet the new year, all that remains is to look at the next appointment in the 2021 astronomical calendar: the meeting between

at the dawn of

.

"They are the two brightest planets and are worth looking at, but doing it won't be very easy because they will be quite low on the horizon," says Masi.

Instead, it will be easier not to miss the appointment at dawn on March 5, when Jupiter and Mercury will appear very close.

Do not miss the

, which

to

be the queen of spring.

"It will be a full Moon close to perigee", ie the point of its orbit closest to the Earth, and for this "it will appear a little bigger and brighter", explains Masi.

On the same day, a

is also expected

that we will not be able to observe from Italy.

The show can be best appreciated from Australia, the United States and western South America and Southeast Asia.

The

will be the turn of '

, visible only from Russia, Greenland and northern Canada.

On the evening of

it will be possible to easily observe the conjunction of

, both bright in the summer sky, and on

that of

.

The whole summer promises spectacular skies, especially in

.

On

and therefore very visible, to leave the scene to

the evening of

, but the most awaited event is in the

, with the rain of

.

"After the excellent year of 2018, the

will once again be admired thanks to the complete absence of the Moon and - observes Masi - they promise to be among the most important astronomical events of the year".

On

there will be the third full moon of the four expected in the summer, traditionally called the 'Blue Moon'.

On

shine in the evening sky and on

will be the turn of a

very deep

, to the point of appearing almost total.

To close the astronomical events of 2021 will be the

 of

, visible only from Africa, and the rain of the falling stars in winter, the

, putrppo penalized by the moonlight.