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