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