The night sky on your birthday: December 29
December 29 is day 364 of the year. Here is what the sky holds for everyone born on it — and a way to get the real sky above the exact place and hour you were born.
The Sun's constellation on December 29
On your birthday the Sun stands in front of Sagittarius, even though horoscopes call December 29 Capricorn: the zodiac signs were fixed about 2,000 years ago and the sky has drifted since (precession of the equinoxes). Because the Sun is in Sagittarius, that constellation is hidden in daylight on your birthday: you see it best around six months later.
Overhead at midnight on December 29
- Northern hemisphere (40°N — New York, Madrid, Beijing): Auriga, Gemini, Lynx and Taurus; brightest stars high up: Capella (75°), Castor (75°) and Pollux (70°).
- Southern hemisphere (40°S — Melbourne, Buenos Aires region, Wellington): Carina, Puppis, Columba and Canis Major; brightest stars high up: Adhara (78°), Canopus (77°) and Sirius (66°).
Meteor showers around December 29
No major annual meteor shower is active on this date — the sky is all stars and planets.
The Moon on your next birthday
On the evening of December 29, 2026 the Moon will be waning gibbous (59% lit).
The exact sky of the night you were born
These are averages for a latitude. Your own sky depends on the city, the year and the hour: Firmament draws the real stars, constellations, Moon and planets above your birthplace at your birth time, as a print-ready A3 poster — $4.99, delivered instantly as a PDF.
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