If you’re searching for a new and unique experience in eastern Montana, look no further than our local events and programs, offered by the following locations (plus all of these places warrant a daytime visit themselves!):

American Prairie National Discovery Center
302 W Main Street, Lewistown
406-585-4600
Website

Carter County Museum
306 N. Main Street, Ekalaka
406-775-6886
Website

Fort Peck Interpretive Center
157 Yellowstone Road, Fort Peck
406-526-3493 | 406-526-3411
Website

Huntley Project Museum
770 Railroad Hwy, Huntley
406-348-2533
Website

First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park
342 Ulm-Vaughn Road, Ulm
406-454-5840
Website

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2026 ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR

July 2026

6 The Earth at aphelion
7 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
7 Moon at Last Quarter
7 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
10 Close approach of the Moon and M45
11 Close approach of the Moon and Mars
11 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
17 Close approach of the Moon and Venus
17 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
21 Moon at First Quarter
26 Saturn enters retrograde motion
29 Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2026
29 Full Moon
30 Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2026
30 α-Capricornid meteor shower 2026

August 2026

September 2026

1 Aurigid meteor shower 2026
3 Close approach of the Moon and M45
4 Moon at Last Quarter
6 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
6 Close approach of the Moon and Mars
8 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
8 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
9 September ε-Perseid meteor shower 2026
14 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
14 Close approach of the Moon and Venus
18 Moon at First Quarter
22 Venus at greatest brightness
22 September equinox
26 Full Moon
27 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
27 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
27 Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2026
30 Close approach of the Moon and M45

October 2026

November 2026

1 Moon at Last Quarter
2 Close approach of the Moon and Mars
2 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
2 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
2 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
12 Northern Taurid meteor shower 2026
14 Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars
15 Close approach of Jupiter and Mars
17 Moon at First Quarter
18 Leonid meteor shower 2026
18 Mercury at dichotomy
18 The Pleiades cluster is well placed
20 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
20 Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
20 Mercury at greatest elongation west
20 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
21 α-Monocerotid meteor shower 2026
24 Close approach of the Moon and M45
24 Full Moon
27 Venus at greatest brightness
28 November Orionid meteor shower 2026
28 The Hyades cluster is well placed
30 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
30 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
30 Close approach of the Moon and Mars
30 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
30 Moon at Last Quarter

December 2026

5 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
6 December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2026
9 Monocerotid meteor shower 2026
9 Venus at highest altitude in morning sky
10 Saturn ends retrograde motion
12 σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2026
12 Jupiter enters retrograde motion
14 Geminid meteor shower 2026
16 Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2026
16 Moon at First Quarter
17 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
18 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
20 December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2026
21 December solstice
21 Close approach of the Moon and M45
22 Ursid meteor shower 2026
23 Full Moon
27 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
27 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
28 Close approach of the Moon and Mars
28 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
30 Moon at Last Quarter

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