2029 Sky Event Almanac

Atlantic Standard Time

The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year . The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 4 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the almanac.

2029 Sky Event Almanac
Atlantic Standard Time
January - June July - December
Date     AST   Event
        (h:m)

Jan 02  15     Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU
    03  12     Quadrantid Meteor Shower
    04  03:56  Regulus 4.7°N of Moon
    05  00:16  Moon at Perigee: 368918 km
    07  09:26  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    07  22:16  Spica 3.4°N of Moon
    09  22     Mercury at Perihelion 
    11  03:10  Antares 1.6°S of Moon
    13  03:32  Venus 0.8°N of Moon: Occn.
    13  17:21  Moon at Ascending Node 
    14  13:13  Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.871
    14  13:24  NEW MOON 
    16  04     Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
    19  18     Mars at Aphelion:  1.66609 AU
    20  14:08  Moon at Apogee: 404884 km
    22  15:23  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    24  19:55  Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon
    28  04:40  Moon at Descending Node 
    30  02:03  FULL MOON 
    31  12:16  Regulus 4.6°N of Moon

Feb 01  08:21  Moon at Perigee: 363336 km
    04  03:59  Spica 3.3°N of Moon
    05  17:52  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    07  08:42  Antares 1.7°S of Moon
    08  22     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.7°W
    09  23:07  Moon at Ascending Node 
    11  00:59  Mercury 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.
    13  06:31  NEW MOON 
    17  07:59  Moon at Apogee: 405812 km
    19  04     Venus at Aphelion 
    21  04:16  Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon
    21  11:10  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    22  22     Mercury at Aphelion 
    24  12:44  Moon at Descending Node 
    27  22:53  Regulus 4.6°N of Moon
    28  13:10  FULL MOON 

Mar 01  14:30  Moon at Perigee: 358626 km
    03  11:56  Spica 3.1°N of Moon
    06  14:29  Antares 1.9°S of Moon
    07  03:52  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    09  01:00  Moon at Ascending Node 
    15  00:19  NEW MOON 
    16  17:33  Moon at Apogee: 406528 km
    20  04:01  Vernal Equinox 
    20  11:01  Pleiades 0.9°N of Moon
    23  03:33  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    23  16     Venus at Superior Conjunction 
    23  16:28  Moon at Descending Node 
    25  04     Mars at Opposition 
    26  12     Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
    27  09:55  Regulus 4.7°N of Moon
    28  19     Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 
    29  22:26  FULL MOON 
    30  01:40  Moon at Perigee: 356665 km
    30  22:19  Spica 3.0°N of Moon

Apr 01  12:11  Jupiter 3.4°N of Spica
    02  22:24  Antares 2.1°S of Moon
    05  01:50  Moon at Ascending Node 
    05  15:51  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    07  21     Mercury at Perihelion 
    11  23     Jupiter at Opposition 
    12  19:04  Moon at Apogee: 406670 km
    13  11     Mercury 4.0°N of Saturn
    13  17:40  NEW MOON 
    15  11:24  Mercury 1.9°S of Moon
    16  16:47  Pleiades 1.0°N of Moon
    19  17:27  Moon at Descending Node 
    21  09     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.1°E
    21  15:50  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    22  09     Lyrid Meteor Shower
    23  19:21  Regulus 4.9°N of Moon
    27  09:23  Spica 3.0°N of Moon
    27  12:24  Moon at Perigee: 357829 km
    28  06:37  FULL MOON 
    30  08:25  Antares 2.3°S of Moon
    30  23:48  Mercury 2.4°S of Pleiades

May 02  05:41  Moon at Ascending Node 
    04  13     Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 
    04  23     Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
    05  05:48  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    10  03:00  Moon at Apogee: 406125 km
    12  19     Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
    13  09:42  NEW MOON 
    16  19:31  Moon at Descending Node 
    21  00:16  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    24  06     Mercury 1.3°S of Saturn
    24  19:08  Spica 3.1°N of Moon
    25  18:19  Moon at Perigee: 361586 km
    27  14:37  FULL MOON 
    27  18:58  Antares 2.4°S of Moon
    29  13:34  Moon at Ascending Node 

Jun 03  21:19  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    04  14     Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 
    06  18:09  Moon at Apogee: 405105 km
    08  08     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.9°W
    10  05:31  Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon
    11  12     Venus at Perihelion 
    11  23:51  NEW MOON 
    12  00:05  Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.458
    13  00:48  Moon at Descending Node 
    13  19:51  Venus 2.3°N of Moon
    19  05:54  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    20  04:00  Mercury 3.4°N of Aldebaran
    20  21:48  Summer Solstice 
    21  02:32  Spica 3.1°N of Moon
    22  11:35  Moon at Perigee: 366596 km
    24  04:18  Antares 2.3°S of Moon
    25  23:09  Moon at Ascending Node 
    25  23:22  Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.844
    25  23:22  FULL MOON 

Date     AST   Event
        (h:m)

Jul 03  13:58  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    04  12:05  Moon at Apogee: 404317 km
    04  20     Mercury at Perihelion 
    06  01     Earth at Aphelion: 1.01671 AU
    07  13:23  Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon
    09  16     Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
    10  08:33  Moon at Descending Node 
    11  11:36  Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.230
    11  11:51  NEW MOON 
    18  07:25  Moon at Perigee: 369666 km
    18  08:07  Spica 3.1°N of Moon
    18  10:14  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    19  12     Mars 1.6°S of Jupiter
    21  05:14  Venus 1.0°N of Regulus
    21  11:31  Antares 2.4°S of Moon
    23  07:12  Moon at Ascending Node 
    25  09:36  FULL MOON 
    27  21:29  Mars 1.4°N of Spica
    28  00     Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
    31  17:28  Mercury 0.4°N of Regulus

Aug 01  06:42  Moon at Apogee: 404310 km
    02  07:15  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    03  21:43  Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon
    06  16:20  Moon at Descending Node 
    09  21:56  NEW MOON 
    12  00:13  Mercury 4.6°N of Moon
    12  16     Perseid Meteor Shower
    13  05:55  Moon at Perigee: 366368 km
    14  13:41  Spica 2.9°N of Moon
    15  08:04  Mars 3.7°N of Moon
    16  14:55  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    17  17:04  Antares 2.5°S of Moon
    17  20     Mercury at Aphelion 
    19  11:31  Moon at Ascending Node 
    19  17     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°E
    22  09:20  Jupiter 2.9°N of Spica
    23  21:51  FULL MOON 
    29  00:45  Moon at Apogee: 405066 km
    31  05:39  Pleiades 1.4°N of Moon

Sep 01  00:33  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    02  21:43  Moon at Descending Node 
    05  00:33  Venus 1.4°N of Spica
    07  08     Venus 1.7°S of Jupiter
    08  06:44  NEW MOON 
    10  00:27  Moon at Perigee: 361349 km
    10  21:06  Spica 2.7°N of Moon
    11  09:29  Venus 3.6°N of Moon
    12  19:54  Mars 2.1°N of Moon
    13  22:41  Antares 2.7°S of Moon
    14  21:29  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    15  12:33  Moon at Ascending Node 
    15  17     Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
    22  12:29  FULL MOON 
    22  13:37  Autumnal Equinox 
    25  15:40  Moon at Apogee: 406002 km
    27  12:36  Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon
    30  00:00  Moon at Descending Node 
    30  16:57  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    30  20     Mercury at Perihelion 

Oct 01  11     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W
    02  10     Neptune at Opposition 
    07  04:09  Mars 3.3°N of Antares
    07  15:14  NEW MOON 
    08  07:26  Moon at Perigee: 357740 km
    10  21:34  Venus 0.9°S of Moon: Occn.
    11  06:16  Antares 3.0°S of Moon
    11  12:13  Mars 0.1°N of Moon: Occn.
    12  13:59  Moon at Ascending Node 
    14  07:09  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    16  04:50  Venus 1.3°N of Antares
    21  09     Orionid Meteor Shower
    22  05:28  FULL MOON 
    22  22:02  Moon at Apogee: 406433 km
    24  18:44  Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon
    27  01:23  Moon at Descending Node 
    27  08     Venus at Greatest Elong: 47.0°E
    30  07:32  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    30  19     Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
    30  19     Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 

Nov 04  18:14  Spica 2.7°N of Moon
    05  09     S Taurid Meteor Shower
    05  19:09  Moon at Perigee: 356900 km
    06  00:24  NEW MOON 
    07  16:23  Antares 3.1°S of Moon
    08  19:44  Moon at Ascending Node 
    09  08:30  Venus 4.6°S of Moon
    09  09:20  Mars 2.1°S of Moon
    12  08     N Taurid Meteor Shower
    12  20:35  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    13  11     Saturn at Opposition 
    17  15     Leonid Meteor Shower
    18  22:53  Moon at Apogee: 406241 km
    21  00:03  FULL MOON 
    21  00:46  Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon
    23  04:55  Moon at Descending Node 
    28  19:48  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    29  08     Venus 1.9°S of Mars

Dec 02  04:35  Spica 2.7°N of Moon
    03  15:14  Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon
    04  06:38  Moon at Perigee: 359274 km
    05  10:52  NEW MOON 
    05  11:03  Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.891
    06  05:50  Moon at Ascending Node 
    06  20:20  Mercury 3.2°S of Moon
    08  04:11  Venus 4.6°S of Moon
    08  05     Uranus at Opposition 
    08  10:50  Mars 4.1°S of Moon
    12  13:49  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    13  23     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.6°E
    14  04     Geminid Meteor Shower
    16  09:58  Moon at Apogee: 405520 km
    18  07:32  Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon
    20  11:21  Moon at Descending Node 
    20  18:42  Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.117
    20  18:46  FULL MOON 
    21  10:14  Winter Solstice 
    22  12     Ursid Meteor Shower
    27  19     Mercury at Perihelion 
    28  05:49  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    29  09     Mars at Perihelion:  1.38140 AU
    29  12:17  Spica 2.7°N of Moon
    31  08     Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
    31  08:42  Jupiter 4.1°N of Moon

    

Terms Used in Sky Event Almanac

  • Perihelion - instant when a planet is closest to the Sun
  • Aphelion - instant when a planet is furthest from the Sun
  • Perigee - instant when the Moon is closest to Earth
  • Apogee - instant when the Moon is furthest from Earth
  • Inferior Conjunction - instant when a planet (Mercury or Venus) passes between Earth and the Sun
  • Superior Conjunction - instant when a planet (Mercury or Venus) passes on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth
  • Greatest Elongation - the maximum angular separation between the Sun and the planet (Mercury or Venus) as seen from Earth
    - during eastern elongation (E), the planet appears as an evening star;
    - during western elongation (W), the planet appears as a morning star
  • Opposition - instant when a planet appears opposite the Sun as seen from Earth
  • Conjunction - instant when a planet appears closest the Sun as seen from Earth
  • Occultation - the Moon occults or eclipses a star or planet
  • Ascending Node - point where the Moon crosses from the southern to northern portion of its orbit
  • Descending Node - point where the Moon crosses from the northern to the southern portion of its orbit

  • Aldebaran - bright star in the constellation Taurus
  • Pollux - bright star in the constellation Gemini
  • Regulus - bright star in the constellation Leo
  • Spica - bright star in the constellation Virgo
  • Antares - bright star in the constellation Scorpius
  • Pleiades - bright star cluster in the constellation Taurus

2029 Phases of the Moon

Atlantic Standard Time

The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year . The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 4 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.

2029 Phases of the Moon
Atlantic Standard Time
New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
--- Jan 07 09:26
Jan 14 13:24 P Jan 22 15:23 Jan 30 02:03 Feb 05 17:52
Feb 13 06:31 Feb 21 11:10 Feb 28 13:10 Mar 07 03:52
Mar 15 00:19 Mar 23 03:33 Mar 29 22:26 Apr 05 15:51
Apr 13 17:40 Apr 21 15:50 Apr 28 06:37 May 05 05:48
May 13 09:42 May 21 00:16 May 27 14:37 Jun 03 21:19
Jun 11 23:51 P Jun 19 05:54 Jun 25 23:22 t Jul 03 13:58
Jul 11 11:51 P Jul 18 10:14 Jul 25 09:36 Aug 02 07:15
Aug 09 21:56 Aug 16 14:55 Aug 23 21:51 Sep 01 00:33
Sep 08 06:44 Sep 14 21:29 Sep 22 12:29 Sep 30 16:57
Oct 07 15:14 Oct 14 07:09 Oct 22 05:28 Oct 30 07:32
Nov 06 00:24 Nov 12 20:35 Nov 21 00:03 Nov 28 19:48
Dec 05 10:52 P Dec 12 13:49 Dec 20 18:46 t Dec 28 05:49

For a collection of images showing the Moon's phases see: Phases of the Moon Photo Gallery.

The Phases of the Moon table also shows when an eclipse takes place. An eclipse of the Sun can only occur at New Moon (see: Solar Eclipses for Beginners), while an eclipse of the Moon can only occur at Full Moon (see: Lunar Eclipses for Beginners). In any calendar year there are a minimum of two solar and two lunar eclipses.

If an eclipse of the Sun or Moon takes place on a given date, it is noted by a character next to the date in the Phases of the Moon table. Solar eclipses are indicated as: T=Total, A=Annular, H=Hybrid and P=Partial. Lunar eclipses are indicated as: t=Total, p=Partial, and n=Penumbral.


Solar Eclipses

The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of solar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to a global visibility map, an interactive Google map, tables, and additional information.

Decade Pages of Solar Eclipses
Decades
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100

Lunar Eclipses

The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of lunar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to an eclipse diagram, a global visibility map, tables, and additional information.

Decade Pages of Lunar Eclipses
Decades
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100


Sky Event Almanacs: 2021 to 2030

The Americas

Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2021 to 2030 for eight time zones in the Americas.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a sky event almanac for that year.

Sky Event Almanacs - The Americas
ART 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
AST 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
EST 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
CST 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
MST 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
PST 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
AKST 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
HST 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030

        Time Zones Abbreviations
        • ART = Argentina Time (= UTC - 3 hours)
        • AST = Atlantic Standard Time (= UTC - 4 hours)
        • EST = Eastern Standard Time (= UTC - 5 hours)
        • CST = Central Standard Time (= UTC - 6 hours)
        • MST = Mountain Standard Time (= UTC - 7 hours)
        • PST = Pacific Standard Time (= UTC - 8 hours)
        • AKST = Alaskan Standard Time (= UTC - 9 hours)
        • HST = Hawaiian Standard Time (= UTC - 10 hours)
          (where UTC = Coordinated Universal Time)

A time zone may have a different name in different countries. Note the difference in hours between a given time zone and Coordinated Universal Time to help in identification.

For other years and other time zones, visit: Sky Event Almanacs.

Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs

The goal of the Sky Event Almanacs is to present a wide range of solar system phenomena with reasonable accuracy. In general, events listed to the nearest hour are accurate to ± 30 minutes. Events listed with a precision in hours and minutes (i.e., hh:mm) are typically accurate to ± 5 minutes or less.

The following table gives a more detailed breakdown of the accuracy of times for various astronomical events.

Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs
Solstice/Equinox (Earth) ± 0.5 minute
Aphelion/Perihelion (Earth) ± 30 minutes; ± 0.00001 AU
Solar and Lunar Eclipses ± 0.5 minute
Phases of the Moon ± 0.5 minute
Moon at Nodes ± 2 minutes
Apogee/Perigee of Moon ± 5 minutes; ± 5 kilometers
Conjunctions of Moon with Star or Planet ± 10 minutes
Conjunctions of Planet with Planet ± 3 hours
Inferior/Superior Conjunctions (Mercury & Venus) ± 30 minutes
Greatest Elongation (Mercury & Venus) ± 30 minutes
Opposition/Conjunction (Outer Planets) ± 3 hours
Aphelion/Perihelion of Planets ± 30 minutes

Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events - 2021 to 2070

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For more information and sample pages, see Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events - 2021 To 2070.

Acknowledgements

All calculations are by Fred Espenak and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Algorithms used in predicting many of the astronomical events are based on Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus (Willmann-Bell Inc. Richmond 1998).

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by the acknowledgment:

    "Sky Event Almanacs Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.AstroPixels.com".


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