2014Calendar of Astronomical Events
2014Phases of the Moon
Pacific Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Pacific Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 8 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2014 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Pacific Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 1 03:14 | Jan 7 19:39 | Jan 15 20:52 | Jan 23 21:19 |
| Jan 30 13:39 | Feb 6 11:22 | Feb 14 15:53 | Feb 22 09:15 |
| Mar 1 00:00 | Mar 8 05:27 | Mar 16 09:09 | Mar 23 17:46 |
| Mar 30 10:45 | Apr 7 00:31 | Apr 14 23:42 t | Apr 21 23:52 |
| Apr 28 22:14 A | May 6 19:15 | May 14 11:16 | May 21 04:59 |
| May 28 10:40 | Jun 5 12:39 | Jun 12 20:11 | Jun 19 10:39 |
| Jun 27 00:09 | Jul 5 03:59 | Jul 12 03:25 | Jul 18 18:08 |
| Jul 26 14:42 | Aug 3 16:50 | Aug 10 10:09 | Aug 17 04:26 |
| Aug 25 06:13 | Sep 2 03:11 | Sep 8 17:38 | Sep 15 18:05 |
| Sep 23 22:14 | Oct 1 11:33 | Oct 8 02:51 t | Oct 15 11:12 |
| Oct 23 13:57 P | Oct 30 18:48 | Nov 6 14:23 | Nov 14 07:16 |
| Nov 22 04:32 | Nov 29 02:06 | Dec 6 04:27 | Dec 14 04:51 |
| Dec 21 17:36 | Dec 28 10:31 | - | - |
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 table above. 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.
Phases of the Moon Photo Gallery is an image collection showing the Moon's phases over a complete synodic month.
2014Calendar of Astronomical Events
Pacific Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Pacific Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 8 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2014Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Pacific Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date PST Event (h:m)Jan 01 03:14 NEW MOON 01 13:00 Moon at Perigee: 356922 km 02 16 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66606 AU 03 12 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 03 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98333 AU 05 12 Jupiter at Opposition 07 19:39 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 03:26 Moon at Descending Node 11 04 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 12 00:36 Aldebaran 2.6°S of Moon 14 22:00 Jupiter 4.9°N of Moon 15 17:53 Moon at Apogee: 406537 km 15 20:52 FULL MOON 18 20:43 Regulus 5.2°N of Moon 22 22:29 Mars 3.7°N of Moon 23 01:22 Spica 1.3°S of Moon 23 18:55 Moon at Ascending Node 23 20 Venus at Perihelion 23 21:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 06:18 Saturn 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 28 18:36 Venus 2.2°N of Moon 30 01:58 Moon at Perigee: 357080 km 30 13:39 NEW MOON 31 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.4°E 31 23:07 Mercury 4.1°S of MoonFeb 02 12:27 Mars 4.4°N of Spica 03 16 Mercury at Perihelion 05 04:41 Moon at Descending Node 06 11:22 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 06:41 Aldebaran 2.3°S of Moon 10 22:10 Jupiter 5.0°N of Moon 11 21:09 Moon at Apogee: 406232 km 14 15:53 FULL MOON 15 02:40 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 15 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 19 06:54 Spica 1.6°S of Moon 19 15:59 Mars 3.1°N of Moon 19 19:28 Moon at Ascending Node 21 14:39 Saturn 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 22 09:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 09 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 25 21:23 Venus 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 27 11:52 Moon at Perigee: 360439 km 27 13:24 Mercury 2.9°S of MoonMar 01 00:00 NEW MOON 04 09:45 Moon at Descending Node 07 14:07 Aldebaran 2.1°S of Moon 08 05:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 03:20 Jupiter 5.2°N of Moon 11 11:46 Moon at Apogee: 405367 km 13 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.6°W 14 09:33 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 16 09:09 FULL MOON 18 12:38 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 18 19:14 Mars 3.2°N of Moon 18 22:30 Moon at Ascending Node 19 15 Mercury at Aphelion 20 08:57 Vernal Equinox 20 19:40 Saturn 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 22 13 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.6°W 23 17:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 26 07:10 Mars 4.6°N of Spica 27 01:52 Venus 3.6°S of Moon 27 10:30 Moon at Perigee: 365706 km 30 10:45 NEW MOON 31 18:30 Moon at Descending Node Apr 01 23 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 03 22:52 Aldebaran 2.0°S of Moon 06 14:25 Jupiter 5.4°N of Moon 07 00:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 06:52 Moon at Apogee: 404503 km 08 12 Mars at Opposition 10 17:26 Regulus 5.2°N of Moon 14 10:24 Mars 3.5°N of Moon 14 19:57 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 14 23:42 FULL MOON 14 23:46 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.291 15 05:22 Moon at Ascending Node 16 23:42 Saturn 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 21 23:52 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 09 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 16:27 Moon at Perigee: 369765 km 25 15:16 Venus 4.4°S of Moon 25 19 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 28 03:36 Moon at Descending Node 28 22:03 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.987 28 22:14 NEW MOON May 01 07:51 Aldebaran 2.0°S of Moon 02 15 Mercury at Perihelion 04 06:02 Jupiter 5.5°N of Moon 04 22 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 02:22 Moon at Apogee: 404319 km 06 19:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 01:43 Regulus 5.2°N of Moon 10 10 Saturn at Opposition 11 05:32 Mars 3.0°N of Moon 12 04:47 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 12 14:06 Moon at Ascending Node 14 04:41 Saturn 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 14 11:16 FULL MOON 16 04 Venus at Aphelion 18 03:58 Moon at Perigee: 367099 km 21 04:59 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.7°E 25 07:43 Venus 2.3°S of Moon 25 09:56 Moon at Descending Node 28 10:40 NEW MOON Jun 01 00:07 Jupiter 5.5°N of Moon 02 20:25 Moon at Apogee: 404956 km 04 09:35 Regulus 5.0°N of Moon 05 12:39 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 16:44 Mars 1.6°N of Moon 08 14:05 Spica 1.8°S of Moon 08 21:36 Moon at Ascending Node 10 11:11 Saturn 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 12 20:11 FULL MOON 14 19:34 Moon at Perigee: 362062 km 15 03:57 Jupiter 6.3°S of Pollux 19 10:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 21 02:52 Summer Solstice 21 12:30 Moon at Descending Node 23 05:00 Venus 5.6°S of Pleiades 24 04:54 Venus 1.3°N of Moon 24 22:22 Aldebaran 2.0°S of Moon 27 00:09 NEW MOON 30 11:09 Moon at Apogee: 405932 km | Date PST Event (h:m)Jul 01 07:08 Venus 4.0°N of Aldebaran 01 16:30 Regulus 4.8°N of Moon 03 16 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU 05 03:59 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 17:21 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 05 22:32 Spica 2.0°S of Moon 06 01:50 Moon at Ascending Node 07 18:48 Saturn 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 12 03:25 FULL MOON 12 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.9°W 13 00:27 Moon at Perigee: 358259 km 13 10:39 Mars 1.2°N of Spica 16 11 Mercury 6.2°S of Venus 18 13:21 Moon at Descending Node 18 18:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 03:56 Aldebaran 1.8°S of Moon 24 10:16 Venus 4.4°N of Moon 24 12 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 26 14:42 NEW MOON 27 19:27 Moon at Apogee: 406570 km 28 00 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 22:36 Regulus 4.7°N of Moon 29 14 Mercury at Perihelion Aug 02 03:26 Moon at Ascending Node 02 05:27 Spica 2.3°S of Moon 03 02:02 Mars 2.2°S of Moon 03 16:50 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 02:54 Saturn 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 06 14:29 Venus 6.5°S of Pollux 08 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 10 09:43 Moon at Perigee: 356897 km 10 10:09 FULL MOON 12 16 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 16:18 Moon at Descending Node 17 04:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 20 Venus 0.2°N of Jupiter 17 21:05 Venus 0.9°S of Beehive 17 22:48 Jupiter 1.1°S of Beehive 18 09:46 Aldebaran 1.6°S of Moon 23 22:09 Moon at Apogee: 406523 km 25 06:13 NEW MOON 25 19 Mars 3.4°S of Saturn 26 21:33 Mercury 3.4°N of Moon 29 05 Neptune at Opposition 29 05:14 Moon at Ascending Node 29 11:08 Spica 2.5°S of Moon 31 11:21 Saturn 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 31 15:43 Mars 4.1°S of MoonSep 02 03:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 12 Venus at Perihelion 07 19:29 Moon at Perigee: 358388 km 08 17:38 FULL MOON 10 23:32 Moon at Descending Node 11 14 Mercury at Aphelion 14 17:01 Aldebaran 1.4°S of Moon 15 18:05 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 02:39 Jupiter 5.4°N of Moon 20 05:56 Mercury 0.5°S of Spica 20 06:22 Moon at Apogee: 405846 km 21 10:52 Regulus 4.7°N of Moon 21 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.4°E 22 18:30 Autumnal Equinox 23 22:14 NEW MOON 25 09:41 Moon at Ascending Node 25 16:48 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 26 01:32 Mercury 4.2°S of Moon 27 20:46 Saturn 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 27 22:26 Mars 3.0°N of Antares 29 09:01 Mars 5.6°S of MoonOct 01 11:33 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 01:41 Moon at Perigee: 362481 km 07 12 Uranus at Opposition 08 02:51 FULL MOON 08 02:55 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.166 08 09:44 Moon at Descending Node 12 01:58 Aldebaran 1.4°S of Moon 15 11:12 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 13 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 17 19:25 Jupiter 5.4°N of Moon 17 22:05 Moon at Apogee: 404898 km 18 18:08 Regulus 4.7°N of Moon 21 08 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 16:46 Moon at Ascending Node 23 13:45 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.811 23 13:57 NEW MOON 24 23 Venus at Superior Conjunction 25 08:04 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 25 13 Mercury at Perihelion 30 18:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON Nov 01 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.7°W 02 16:21 Moon at Perigee: 367871 km 04 04:10 Mercury 3.9°N of Spica 04 19:13 Moon at Descending Node 05 09 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 14:23 FULL MOON 08 11:41 Aldebaran 1.4°S of Moon 12 08 N Taurid Meteor Shower 14 07:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 14 09:39 Jupiter 5.2°N of Moon 14 17:56 Moon at Apogee: 404338 km 15 02:05 Regulus 4.6°N of Moon 17 14 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 00 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 19 00:18 Moon at Ascending Node 19 08:01 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 22 04:32 NEW MOON 27 15:11 Moon at Perigee: 369825 km 29 02:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON Dec 02 00:32 Moon at Descending Node 05 20:35 Aldebaran 1.5°S of Moon 06 04:27 FULL MOON 08 02 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 08 11:29 Jupiter 2.7°N of Regulus 11 19:36 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 12 00 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38121 AU 12 10:06 Regulus 4.4°N of Moon 12 15:02 Moon at Apogee: 404584 km 14 04 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 04:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 05:27 Moon at Ascending Node 16 17:05 Spica 2.8°S of Moon 19 12:55 Saturn 1.6°S of Moon 21 15:03 Winter Solstice 21 17:36 NEW MOON 22 12 Ursid Meteor Shower 24 08:43 Moon at Perigee: 364791 km 24 23:32 Mars 5.7°S of Moon 28 10:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 01:27 Moon at Descending Node | |||||||
Terms Used in Astronomical Events Calendar
- 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
- Beehive - bright star cluster in the constellation Cancer
Calendars of Astronomical Events: 2011 to 2020
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2011 to 2020 for seven time zones in the Americas.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a calendar of astronomical events for that year.
| Calendars of Astronomical Events - The Americas | |||||||||||||||
| AST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| EST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| CST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| MST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| PST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| AKST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| HST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
- AST = Atlantic Standard Time (= GMT - 4 hours)
- EST = Eastern Standard Time (= GMT - 5 hours)
- CST = Central Standard Time (= GMT - 6 hours)
- MST = Mountain Standard Time (= GMT - 7 hours)
- PST = Pacific Standard Time (= GMT - 8 hours)
- AKST = Alaskan Standard Time (= GMT - 9 hours)
- HST = Hawaiian Standard Time (= GMT - 10 hours)
(where GMT = Greenwich Mean Time)
- Time Zones Abbreviations
A time zone may have a different name in different countries. Note the difference in hours between a given time zone and Greenwich Mean Time to help in identification.
For other years and other time zones, visit: Calendars of Astronomical Events.