2015Calendar of Astronomical Events
2015Phases of the Moon
Central European Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Central European Time(Greenwich Mean Time + 1 hour).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2015 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Central European Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 5 05:53 | Jan 13 10:47 |
| Jan 20 14:14 | Jan 27 05:48 | Feb 4 00:09 | Feb 12 04:50 |
| Feb 19 00:47 | Feb 25 18:14 | Mar 5 19:06 | Mar 13 18:48 |
| Mar 20 10:36 T | Mar 27 08:43 | Apr 4 13:06 p | Apr 12 04:44 |
| Apr 18 19:57 | Apr 26 00:55 | May 4 04:42 | May 11 11:36 |
| May 18 05:13 | May 25 18:19 | Jun 2 17:19 | Jun 9 16:42 |
| Jun 16 15:05 | Jun 24 12:03 | Jul 2 03:20 | Jul 8 21:24 |
| Jul 16 02:24 | Jul 24 05:04 | Jul 31 11:43 | Aug 7 03:03 |
| Aug 14 15:54 | Aug 22 20:31 | Aug 29 19:35 | Sep 5 10:54 |
| Sep 13 07:41 P | Sep 21 09:59 | Sep 28 03:50 t | Oct 4 22:06 |
| Oct 13 01:06 | Oct 20 21:31 | Oct 27 13:05 | Nov 3 13:24 |
| Nov 11 18:47 | Nov 19 07:27 | Nov 25 23:44 | Dec 3 08:40 |
| Dec 11 11:29 | Dec 18 16:14 | Dec 25 12:11 | - |
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.
2015Calendar of Astronomical Events
Central European Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Central European Time(Greenwich Mean Time + 1 hour).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2015Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Central European Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date CET Event (h:m)Jan 02 12:35 Aldebaran 1.4°S of Moon 04 03 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 07 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98328 AU 05 05:53 FULL MOON 08 09:16 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 09 02:34 Regulus 4.1°N of Moon 09 19:17 Moon at Apogee: 405411 km 11 02 Mercury 0.6°N of Venus 12 16:33 Moon at Ascending Node 13 10:27 Spica 3.1°S of Moon 13 10:47 LAST QUARTER MOON 14 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°E 16 12:52 Saturn 1.9°S of Moon 20 14:14 NEW MOON 21 18:39 Mercury 3.0°S of Moon 21 21:06 Moon at Perigee: 359643 km 21 22 Mercury at Perihelion 22 06:01 Venus 5.6°S of Moon 23 05:40 Mars 3.9°S of Moon 25 11:23 Moon at Descending Node 27 05:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 18:07 Aldebaran 1.2°S of Moon 30 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Feb 04 00:09 FULL MOON 04 09:35 Jupiter 5.2°N of Moon 05 09:17 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 06 07:25 Moon at Apogee: 406155 km 06 18 Jupiter at Opposition 08 18:10 Moon at Ascending Node 09 17:23 Spica 3.3°S of Moon 12 04:50 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 01:10 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 17 07:20 Mercury 3.5°S of Moon 19 00:47 NEW MOON 19 08:29 Moon at Perigee: 356992 km 21 01:56 Venus 2.0°S of Moon 21 02:28 Mars 1.5°S of Moon 21 17:05 Moon at Descending Node 22 06 Venus 0.4°S of Mars 24 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.7°W 25 18:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 00:02 Aldebaran 1.0°S of Moon 26 05 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun Mar 03 08:56 Jupiter 5.5°N of Moon 04 15:29 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 05 08:35 Moon at Apogee: 406386 km 05 19:05 FULL MOON 06 21 Mercury at Aphelion 07 22:04 Moon at Ascending Node 08 23:21 Spica 3.4°S of Moon 12 09:25 Saturn 2.3°S of Moon 13 18:48 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 05:57 Mercury 5.2°S of Moon 19 20:38 Moon at Perigee: 357584 km 20 10:36 NEW MOON 20 10:46 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.045 20 23:45 Vernal Equinox 21 03:19 Moon at Descending Node 21 23:13 Mars 1.0°N of Moon: Occn. 22 20:51 Venus 2.8°N of Moon 25 07:55 Aldebaran 0.9°S of Moon 27 08:43 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 11:19 Jupiter 5.6°N of Moon 31 21:45 Regulus 4.0°N of MoonApr 01 13:59 Moon at Apogee: 406012 km 04 04:17 Moon at Ascending Node 04 13:00 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.001 04 13:06 FULL MOON 05 05:21 Spica 3.5°S of Moon 06 15 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 08 14:08 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 08 15:34 Jupiter 2.0°S of Beehive 10 05 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 11 16:28 Venus 2.5°S of Pleiades 12 04:44 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 04:53 Moon at Perigee: 361026 km 17 14:07 Moon at Descending Node 18 14 Venus at Perihelion 18 19:57 NEW MOON 19 20:24 Venus 7.2°N of Aldebaran 19 21 Mercury at Perihelion 21 17:35 Aldebaran 0.9°S of Moon 22 20 Mercury 1.3°N of Mars 23 00 Lyrid Meteor Shower 26 00:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 19:06 Jupiter 5.5°N of Moon 28 04:38 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 29 04:55 Moon at Apogee: 405085 kmMay 01 02:29 Mercury 1.6°S of Pleiades 01 10:50 Moon at Ascending Node 02 12:10 Spica 3.5°S of Moon 04 04:42 FULL MOON 05 14 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 17:19 Saturn 2.0°S of Moon 07 06 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.2°E 11 11:36 LAST QUARTER MOON 14 21:37 Moon at Descending Node 15 01:23 Moon at Perigee: 366024 km 18 05:13 NEW MOON 19 07:51 Mercury 5.7°N of Moon 23 02 Saturn at Opposition 24 08:03 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 25 12:14 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon 25 18:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 23:12 Moon at Apogee: 404246 km 28 15:40 Moon at Ascending Node 29 18:27 Venus 3.9°S of Pollux 29 19:52 Spica 3.6°S of Moon 30 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Jun 01 21:02 Saturn 1.9°S of Moon 02 17:19 FULL MOON 06 20 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.4°E 09 16:42 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 05:39 Moon at Perigee: 369713 km 11 00:30 Moon at Descending Node 13 09:59 Venus 0.5°N of Beehive 14 16 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 15 03:26 Mercury 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 16 15:05 NEW MOON 20 12:28 Venus 5.8°N of Moon 21 00:29 Jupiter 4.7°N of Moon 21 17:38 Summer Solstice 21 20:10 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon 23 10:37 Mercury 1.8°N of Aldebaran 23 18:01 Moon at Apogee: 404134 km 24 12:03 FIRST QUARTER MOON 24 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°W 24 18:23 Moon at Ascending Node 26 03:58 Spica 3.8°S of Moon 29 02:27 Saturn 2.0°S of Moon | Date CET Event (h:m)Jul 01 03 Venus 0.3°S of Jupiter 02 03:20 FULL MOON 05 19:54 Moon at Perigee: 367095 km 06 20 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU 08 01:07 Moon at Descending Node 08 21:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 18:55 Aldebaran 0.9°S of Moon 14 22:15 Venus 1.5°S of Regulus 16 02:24 NEW MOON 16 20 Mercury at Perihelion 18 18:34 Jupiter 4.1°N of Moon 19 02:06 Venus 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 19 03:49 Regulus 3.4°N of Moon 21 12:02 Moon at Apogee: 404837 km 21 20:32 Moon at Ascending Node 23 11:45 Spica 4.0°S of Moon 23 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 24 05:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 09:43 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 28 15 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 31 11:43 FULL MOON Aug 02 11:11 Moon at Perigee: 362135 km 04 03:53 Moon at Descending Node 07 03:03 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 08 Mercury 0.5°N of Jupiter 07 18:25 Mercury 0.8°N of Regulus 08 23 Venus at Aphelion 09 00:22 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon 13 07 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 15:54 NEW MOON 15 20 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 16 15:34 Mercury 2.0°N of Moon 18 00:05 Moon at Ascending Node 18 03:33 Moon at Apogee: 405852 km 19 18:46 Spica 4.2°S of Moon 20 04:35 Mars 0.5°S of Beehive 22 18:21 Saturn 2.6°S of Moon 22 20:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 22 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 29 19:35 FULL MOON 29 20 Mercury at Aphelion 30 16:24 Moon at Perigee: 358289 km 31 11:16 Moon at Descending Node Sep 01 03 Neptune at Opposition 04 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 05 06:09 Aldebaran 0.6°S of Moon 05 10:54 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 06:53 Venus 2.7°S of Moon 13 07:41 NEW MOON 13 07:54 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.788 14 05:38 Moon at Ascending Node 14 12:28 Moon at Apogee: 406466 km 15 07:15 Mercury 5.3°S of Moon 16 01:00 Spica 4.3°S of Moon 19 03:54 Saturn 2.8°S of Moon 21 09:59 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 09:20 Autumnal Equinox 24 20:38 Mars 0.7°N of Regulus 27 22:04 Moon at Descending Node 28 02:46 Moon at Perigee: 356877 km 28 03:47 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.276 28 03:50 FULL MOON 30 16 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Oct 02 13:51 Aldebaran 0.5°S of Moon 04 22:06 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 21:32 Venus 0.7°N of Moon: Occn. 08 22:52 Regulus 3.3°N of Moon 09 01:26 Venus 2.5°S of Regulus 09 17:51 Mars 3.4°N of Moon 10 00:30 Jupiter 2.7°N of Moon 11 11:54 Moon at Ascending Node 11 13:00 Mercury 1.0°N of Moon: Occn. 11 14:17 Moon at Apogee: 406389 km 12 04 Uranus at Opposition 12 19 Mercury at Perihelion 13 01:06 NEW MOON 16 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°W 16 14:20 Saturn 3.0°S of Moon 17 22 Mars 0.4°N of Jupiter 20 21:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 00 Orionid Meteor Shower 25 08:36 Moon at Descending Node 26 00 Venus 1.0°S of Jupiter 26 08 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.4°W 26 13:59 Moon at Perigee: 358464 km 27 13:05 FULL MOON 29 23:45 Aldebaran 0.6°S of MoonNov 03 08 Venus 0.7°S of Mars 03 13:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 05:19 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 06 00 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 16:49 Jupiter 2.3°N of Moon 07 10:56 Mars 1.8°N of Moon 07 14:54 Venus 1.2°N of Moon 07 16:53 Moon at Ascending Node 07 22:48 Moon at Apogee: 405724 km 09 13:27 Spica 4.3°S of Moon 11 18:47 NEW MOON 12 23 N Taurid Meteor Shower 17 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 18 06 Leonid Meteor Shower 19 07:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 00 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66606 AU 21 14:56 Moon at Descending Node 23 21:06 Moon at Perigee: 362818 km 25 23:44 FULL MOON 26 10:33 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon 29 07 Venus at Perihelion 29 20:20 Venus 3.9°N of Spica 30 01 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun Dec 02 12:53 Regulus 3.0°N of Moon 03 08:40 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 07:21 Jupiter 1.8°N of Moon 04 19:33 Moon at Ascending Node 05 15:56 Moon at Apogee: 404800 km 06 03:40 Mars 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 06 20:42 Spica 4.4°S of Moon 07 17:55 Venus 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 11 11:29 NEW MOON 14 19 Geminid Meteor Shower 18 07:01 Saturn 6.1°N of Antares 18 16:13 Moon at Descending Node 18 16:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 09:53 Moon at Perigee: 368418 km 22 05:48 Winter Solstice 23 03 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 15:18 Mars 3.3°N of Spica 23 20:09 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon 25 12:11 FULL MOON 29 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.7°E 29 21:30 Regulus 2.7°N of Moon 31 18:55 Jupiter 1.5°N of Moon 31 21:19 Moon at Ascending 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
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2011 to 2020 for five time zones
in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a calendar of astronomical events for that year.
| Calendar of Astronomical Events - Europe, Africa, & Middle East | |||||||||||||||
| GMT | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| CET | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| EET | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| MSK | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| GST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
- GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
- CET = Central European Time (= GMT + 1 hour)
- EET = Eastern European Time (= GMT + 2 hours)
- MSK = Moscow Time (= GMT + 3 hours)
- GST = Gulf Standard Time (= GMT + 4 hours)
- 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.