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