2018Calendar of Astronomical Events
2018Phases 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.
| 2018 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Gulf Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 2 06:24 | Jan 9 02:25 |
| Jan 17 06:17 | Jan 25 02:20 | Jan 31 17:27 t | Feb 7 19:54 |
| Feb 16 01:05 P | Feb 23 12:09 | Mar 2 04:51 | Mar 9 15:20 |
| Mar 17 17:12 | Mar 24 19:35 | Mar 31 16:37 | Apr 8 11:18 |
| Apr 16 05:57 | Apr 23 01:46 | Apr 30 04:58 | May 8 06:09 |
| May 15 15:48 | May 22 07:49 | May 29 18:20 | Jun 6 22:32 |
| Jun 13 23:43 | Jun 20 14:51 | Jun 28 08:53 | Jul 6 11:51 |
| Jul 13 06:48 P | Jul 19 23:52 | Jul 28 00:20 t | Aug 4 22:18 |
| Aug 11 13:58 P | Aug 18 11:49 | Aug 26 15:56 | Sep 3 06:37 |
| Sep 9 22:01 | Sep 17 03:15 | Sep 25 06:53 | Oct 2 13:45 |
| Oct 9 07:47 | Oct 16 22:02 | Oct 24 20:45 | Oct 31 20:40 |
| Nov 7 20:02 | Nov 15 18:54 | Nov 23 09:39 | Nov 30 04:19 |
| Dec 7 11:20 | Dec 15 15:49 | Dec 22 21:49 | Dec 29 13:34 |
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.
2018Calendar 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.
| 2018Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Gulf Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date GST Event (h:m)Jan 02 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.7°W 02 01:54 Moon at Perigee: 356566 km 02 06:24 FULL MOON 03 10 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU 03 23:50 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 04 00 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 11:48 Moon at Ascending Node 05 11:24 Regulus 0.9°S of Moon 07 05 Mars 0.2°S of Jupiter 09 02:25 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 10 Venus at Superior Conjunction 11 09:59 Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon 11 14:03 Mars 4.6°S of Moon 13 12 Mercury 0.7°S of Saturn 15 06:10 Moon at Apogee: 406461 km 15 06:13 Saturn 2.6°S of Moon 15 11:24 Mercury 3.4°S of Moon 17 06:17 NEW MOON 18 18:28 Moon at Descending Node 23 21 Venus at Aphelion 25 02:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 25 15 Mercury at Aphelion 27 14:09 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon 30 13:54 Moon at Perigee: 358995 km 31 11:19 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 31 17:27 FULL MOON 31 17:30 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.315 31 22:46 Moon at Ascending Node Feb 01 22:24 Regulus 0.9°S of Moon 07 19:54 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 23:47 Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon 09 09:12 Mars 4.4°S of Moon 11 18:16 Moon at Apogee: 405701 km 11 18:46 Saturn 2.5°S of Moon 11 20:40 Mars 5.0°N of Antares 15 01:11 Moon at Descending Node 16 00:51 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.599 16 01:05 NEW MOON 17 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 23 12:09 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 21:07 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon 27 18:48 Moon at Perigee: 363938 km 27 21:28 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 28 09:03 Moon at Ascending Node Mar 01 09:09 Regulus 0.9°S of Moon 02 04:51 FULL MOON 04 10 Mercury 1.1°N of Venus 04 18 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 07 10:57 Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon 09 15:20 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 04:37 Mars 3.8°S of Moon 10 15 Mercury at Perihelion 11 06:37 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 11 13:13 Moon at Apogee: 404682 km 14 07:47 Moon at Descending Node 15 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.4°E 17 17:12 NEW MOON 18 23:07 Venus 3.7°N of Moon 19 12 Mercury 3.8°N of Venus 20 20:15 Vernal Equinox 23 02:33 Aldebaran 0.9°S of Moon 24 19:35 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 21:17 Moon at Perigee: 369104 km 27 04:52 Beehive 2.2°N of Moon 27 14:56 Moon at Ascending Node 28 17:38 Regulus 1.0°S of Moon 31 16:37 FULL MOON Apr 01 22 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 02 23 Mars 1.3°S of Saturn 03 18:14 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 07 16:50 Saturn 1.9°S of Moon 07 22:15 Mars 3.1°S of Moon 08 09:32 Moon at Apogee: 404145 km 08 11:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 12:09 Moon at Descending Node 14 13:24 Mercury 3.9°N of Moon 16 05:57 NEW MOON 17 16 Saturn at Aphelion: 10.06564 AU 17 23:29 Venus 5.4°N of Moon 18 19 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 19 08:45 Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon 20 18:44 Moon at Perigee: 368713 km 22 22 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 01:46 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 10:17 Beehive 1.9°N of Moon 23 16:19 Moon at Ascending Node 24 20:47 Venus 3.4°S of Pleiades 24 23:39 Regulus 1.2°S of Moon 29 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.0°W 30 04:58 FULL MOON 30 21:16 Jupiter 3.8°S of MoonMay 02 17:29 Venus 6.3°N of Aldebaran 05 00:31 Saturn 1.7°S of Moon 05 11 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 04:35 Moon at Apogee: 404458 km 06 11:24 Mars 2.7°S of Moon 07 14:23 Moon at Descending Node 08 06:09 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 04 Jupiter at Opposition 13 21:21 Mercury 2.4°N of Moon 15 15:48 NEW MOON 16 05 Venus at Perihelion 17 22:11 Venus 4.8°N of Moon 18 01:06 Moon at Perigee: 363777 km 20 15:57 Beehive 1.7°N of Moon 20 17:13 Moon at Ascending Node 22 04:53 Regulus 1.4°S of Moon 22 07:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 21:39 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 29 18:20 FULL MOON Jun 01 05:20 Saturn 1.6°S of Moon 02 20:34 Moon at Apogee: 405316 km 03 15:58 Mars 3.2°S of Moon 03 16:39 Moon at Descending Node 06 06 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 06 14 Mercury at Perihelion 06 22:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 07:37 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 13 23:43 NEW MOON 15 03:55 Moon at Perigee: 359507 km 16 17:13 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 16 21:50 Moon at Ascending Node 16 23:38 Beehive 1.5°N of Moon 18 11:25 Regulus 1.7°S of Moon 20 06:21 Venus 0.4°N of Beehive 20 14:51 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 14:07 Summer Solstice 23 22:47 Jupiter 4.2°S of Moon 25 01:37 Mercury 4.7°S of Pollux 27 16 Saturn at Opposition 28 07:59 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 28 08:53 FULL MOON 30 06:43 Moon at Apogee: 406061 km 30 20:44 Moon at Descending Node | Date GST Event (h:m)Jul 01 05:43 Mars 4.8°S of Moon 04 09:39 Mercury 0.6°S of Beehive 06 11:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 21 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01670 AU 10 03:34 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 10 13:30 Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon 12 09 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.4°E 13 06:48 NEW MOON 13 07:01 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.337 13 12:28 Moon at Perigee: 357432 km 14 06:50 Moon at Ascending Node 15 02:04 Mercury 2.2°S of Moon 15 20:14 Regulus 1.7°S of Moon 16 07:31 Venus 1.6°S of Moon 19 23:52 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 14 Mercury at Aphelion 21 03:57 Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon 24 20:49 Mercury 1.2°S of Regulus 25 10:10 Saturn 2.0°S of Moon 27 10 Mars at Opposition 27 09:44 Moon at Apogee: 406223 km 28 00:20 FULL MOON 28 00:22 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.609 28 02:40 Moon at Descending Node 28 13 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 04 22:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 22:35 Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon 09 06 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 10 17:40 Moon at Ascending Node 10 22:05 Moon at Perigee: 358083 km 11 13:46 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.737 11 13:58 NEW MOON 13 05 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 17:35 Venus 6.3°S of Moon 17 14:38 Jupiter 4.5°S of Moon 17 20 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.9°E 18 11:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 06:09 Mercury 4.8°S of Beehive 21 13:55 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 23 15:23 Moon at Apogee: 405744 km 24 08:51 Moon at Descending Node 26 15:56 FULL MOON 27 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°WSep 01 08:45 Venus 1.0°S of Spica 02 14 Mercury at Perihelion 03 05:34 Aldebaran 1.2°S of Moon 03 06:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 02:42 Moon at Ascending Node 07 06:13 Beehive 1.4°N of Moon 07 21 Neptune at Opposition 08 05:21 Moon at Perigee: 361355 km 09 22:01 NEW MOON 14 06:21 Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon 16 17 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38144 AU 17 03:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 20:46 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 20 04:54 Moon at Apogee: 404875 km 20 10:38 Mars 4.8°S of Moon 20 13:30 Moon at Descending Node 21 06 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 23 05:54 Autumnal Equinox 25 06:52 FULL MOON 30 11:06 Aldebaran 1.4°S of MoonOct 02 13:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 07:10 Moon at Ascending Node 04 13:51 Beehive 1.3°N of Moon 06 01:58 Regulus 1.8°S of Moon 06 02:29 Moon at Perigee: 366396 km 09 07:47 NEW MOON 12 01:21 Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon 15 07:01 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 16 07 Mercury 6.2°N of Venus 16 22:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 16:03 Moon at Descending Node 17 23:16 Moon at Apogee: 404227 km 18 17:01 Mars 1.9°S of Moon 21 21 Orionid Meteor Shower 24 05 Uranus at Opposition 24 20:45 FULL MOON 26 18 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 27 17:04 Aldebaran 1.6°S of Moon 29 10 Mercury 3.1°S of Jupiter 31 07:46 Moon at Ascending Node 31 19:24 Beehive 1.0°N of Moon 31 20:40 LAST QUARTER MOON Nov 01 00:05 Moon at Perigee: 370201 km 02 08:16 Regulus 2.1°S of Moon 05 22 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.3°E 07 20:02 NEW MOON 09 08:58 Mercury 1.8°N of Antares 11 19:46 Saturn 1.4°S of Moon 12 21 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 18:04 Moon at Descending Node 14 19:57 Moon at Apogee: 404341 km 15 03:14 Venus 0.2°S of Spica 15 18:54 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 08:16 Mars 1.0°N of Moon: Occn. 18 03 Leonid Meteor Shower 23 09:39 FULL MOON 24 01:11 Aldebaran 1.7°S of Moon 26 10 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 26 16:10 Moon at Perigee: 366623 km 27 09:18 Moon at Ascending Node 27 13 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 28 00:57 Beehive 0.8°N of Moon 29 13 Mercury at Perihelion 29 13:27 Regulus 2.3°S of Moon 30 04:19 LAST QUARTER MOON Dec 03 22:42 Venus 3.6°S of Moon 06 01:06 Mercury 1.9°S of Moon 07 11:20 NEW MOON 09 09:30 Saturn 1.1°S of Moon: Occn. 10 21:57 Moon at Descending Node 12 16:25 Moon at Apogee: 405177 km 14 16 Geminid Meteor Shower 15 03:21 Mars 3.6°N of Moon 15 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.3°W 15 15:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 11:31 Aldebaran 1.7°S of Moon 22 00 Mercury 0.8°N of Jupiter 22 02:22 Winter Solstice 22 12:05 Mercury 5.8°N of Antares 22 19:03 Jupiter 5.1°N of Antares 22 21:49 FULL MOON 23 01 Ursid Meteor Shower 24 13:52 Moon at Perigee: 361060 km 24 15:54 Moon at Ascending Node 25 08:52 Beehive 0.6°N of Moon 26 20:06 Regulus 2.5°S of Moon 26 22 Venus at Perihelion 29 13:34 LAST QUARTER 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.