2019Calendar of Astronomical Events
2019Phases of the Moon
Alaska Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Alaska Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 9 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2019 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Alaska Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 5 16:28 P | Jan 13 21:45 | Jan 20 20:16 t | Jan 27 12:10 |
| Feb 4 12:04 | Feb 12 13:26 | Feb 19 06:53 | Feb 26 02:28 |
| Mar 6 07:04 | Mar 14 01:27 | Mar 20 16:43 | Mar 27 19:10 |
| Apr 4 23:50 | Apr 12 10:06 | Apr 19 02:12 | Apr 26 13:18 |
| May 4 13:45 | May 11 16:12 | May 18 12:11 | May 26 07:33 |
| Jun 3 01:02 | Jun 9 20:59 | Jun 16 23:31 | Jun 25 00:46 |
| Jul 2 10:16 T | Jul 9 01:55 | Jul 16 12:38 p | Jul 24 16:18 |
| Jul 31 18:12 | Aug 7 08:31 | Aug 15 03:29 | Aug 23 05:56 |
| Aug 30 01:37 | Sep 5 18:10 | Sep 13 19:33 | Sep 21 17:41 |
| Sep 28 09:26 | Oct 5 07:47 | Oct 13 12:08 | Oct 21 03:39 |
| Oct 27 18:38 | Nov 4 01:23 | Nov 12 04:34 | Nov 19 12:11 |
| Nov 26 06:06 | Dec 3 21:58 | Dec 11 20:12 | Dec 18 19:57 |
| Dec 25 20:13 A | - | - | - |
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.
2019Calendar of Astronomical Events
Alaska Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Alaska Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 9 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2019Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Alaska Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AKST Even (h:m)Jan 01 12:50 Venus 1.3°S of Moon 01 20 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 02 20 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU 02 22:37 Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon 03 17 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 05 16:28 NEW MOON 05 16:41 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.715 05 20 Venus at Greatest Elong: 47.0°W 06 15:08 Moon at Descending Node 08 19:29 Moon at Apogee: 406116 km 11 23 Mercury at Aphelion 12 10:47 Mars 5.3°N of Moon 13 04 Mercury 1.7°S of Saturn 13 21:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 09:20 Aldebaran 1.6°S of Moon 20 13:48 Moon at Ascending Node 20 20:12 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.195 20 20:16 FULL MOON 21 06:32 Beehive 0.6°N of Moon 21 10:58 Moon at Perigee: 357345 km 22 06 Venus 2.4°N of Jupiter 22 16:41 Regulus 2.5°S of Moon 27 12:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 30 14:54 Jupiter 2.8°S of Moon 31 08:36 Venus 0.1°S of Moon: Occn.Feb 01 22:18 Saturn 0.6°S of Moon: Occn. 02 21:35 Moon at Descending Node 04 12:04 NEW MOON 05 00:26 Moon at Apogee: 406556 km 12 13:26 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 18:29 Aldebaran 1.7°S of Moon 17 00:42 Moon at Ascending Node 17 18:05 Beehive 0.6°N of Moon 18 05 Venus 1.1°N of Saturn 19 00:06 Moon at Perigee: 356762 km 19 04:08 Regulus 2.5°S of Moon 19 06:53 FULL MOON 24 23 Mercury at Perihelion 26 02:28 LAST QUARTER MOON 26 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E 27 05:17 Jupiter 2.3°S of MoonMar 01 09:40 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 02 02:03 Moon at Descending Node 02 12:28 Venus 1.2°N of Moon 04 02:25 Moon at Apogee: 406391 km 06 07:04 NEW MOON 06 16 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 11 03:09 Mars 5.8°N of Moon 13 01:13 Aldebaran 1.9°S of Moon 14 01:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 17 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 16 07:22 Moon at Ascending Node 17 04:01 Beehive 0.5°N of Moon 18 14:59 Regulus 2.6°S of Moon 19 10:47 Moon at Perigee: 359381 km 20 12:58 Vernal Equinox 20 16:43 FULL MOON 26 17:28 Jupiter 1.9°S of Moon 27 19:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 28 20:11 Saturn 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 29 04:08 Moon at Descending Node 30 18:06 Mars 3.1°S of Pleiades 31 15:14 Moon at Apogee: 405577 kmApr 01 19:18 Venus 2.7°N of Moon 02 14:01 Mercury 3.6°N of Moon 04 23:50 NEW MOON 08 21:40 Mars 4.7°N of Moon 09 06:43 Aldebaran 2.1°S of Moon 11 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.7°W 12 09:08 Moon at Ascending Node 12 10:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 11:12 Beehive 0.2°N of Moon 14 15:24 Mars 6.4°N of Aldebaran 14 23:22 Regulus 2.7°S of Moon 16 11 Mercury 4.3°N of Venus 16 13:02 Moon at Perigee: 364209 km 17 18 Venus at Aphelion 19 02:12 FULL MOON 22 15 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 15 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 23 02:36 Jupiter 1.6°S of Moon 25 05:38 Saturn 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 25 06:02 Moon at Descending Node 26 13:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 28 09:20 Moon at Apogee: 404577 kmMay 02 02:39 Venus 3.6°N of Moon 02 21:26 Mercury 2.9°N of Moon 04 13:45 NEW MOON 05 04 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 12:52 Aldebaran 2.3°S of Moon 07 14:36 Mars 3.2°N of Moon 09 09:50 Moon at Ascending Node 09 18:30 Pollux 6.3°N of Moon 10 16:35 Beehive 0.0°S of Moon 11 16:12 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 05:19 Regulus 3.0°S of Moon 13 12:53 Moon at Perigee: 369017 km 18 12:11 FULL MOON 20 07:54 Jupiter 1.7°S of Moon 21 04 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 22 10:12 Moon at Descending Node 22 13:25 Saturn 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 23 22 Mercury at Perihelion 26 04:27 Moon at Apogee: 404134 km 26 07:33 LAST QUARTER MOON Jun 01 09:15 Venus 3.2°N of Moon 03 01:02 NEW MOON 04 06:42 Mercury 3.7°N of Moon 05 06:05 Mars 1.6°N of Moon 05 13:46 Moon at Ascending Node 06 00:41 Pollux 6.2°N of Moon 06 22:19 Beehive 0.2°S of Moon 07 14:21 Moon at Perigee: 368508 km 08 10:36 Regulus 3.2°S of Moon 08 16:51 Venus 5.0°S of Pleiades 09 20:59 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 06 Jupiter at Opposition 16 09:50 Jupiter 2.0°S of Moon 16 14:09 Venus 4.6°N of Aldebaran 16 23:31 FULL MOON 18 09 Mercury 0.2°N of Mars 18 16:49 Moon at Descending Node 18 18:58 Saturn 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 19 04:04 Mercury 5.2°S of Pollux 20 23:00 Mars 5.4°S of Pollux 21 06:54 Summer Solstice 22 22:50 Moon at Apogee: 404549 km 23 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.2°E 25 00:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 30 06:06 Aldebaran 2.3°S of Moon | Date AKST Even (h:m)Jul 02 10:16 NEW MOON 02 10:23 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.046 02 21:53 Moon at Ascending Node 03 23:34 Mercury 3.3°S of Moon 04 04:20 Mercury 2.5°S of Beehive 04 06:02 Beehive 0.2°S of Moon 04 14 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01676 AU 04 19:54 Moon at Perigee: 363729 km 05 14 Mercury 3.8°S of Mars 05 17:17 Regulus 3.2°S of Moon 06 22 Mercury at Aphelion 09 01:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 07 Saturn at Opposition 12 22:06 Mars 0.4°S of Beehive 13 10:43 Jupiter 2.3°S of Moon 15 22:27 Saturn 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 16 00:05 Moon at Descending Node 16 12:31 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.653 16 12:38 FULL MOON 20 15:01 Moon at Apogee: 405480 km 21 04 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 24 16:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 15:47 Aldebaran 2.3°S of Moon 28 06 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 30 08:02 Moon at Ascending Node 31 18:12 NEW MOON Aug 01 22:08 Moon at Perigee: 359398 km 07 08:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 02 Venus at Perihelion 09 13:53 Jupiter 2.5°S of Moon 09 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.0°W 12 01:05 Saturn 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 12 05:45 Moon at Descending Node 12 05:59 Jupiter 4.3°N of Antares 12 22 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 21 Venus at Superior Conjunction 15 03:29 FULL MOON 16 19:24 Mercury 1.2°S of Beehive 17 01:50 Moon at Apogee: 406244 km 19 22 Mercury at Perihelion 23 05:56 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 00:24 Aldebaran 2.4°S of Moon 25 16 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66606 AU 26 16:50 Moon at Ascending Node 27 05:30 Pollux 6.1°N of Moon 28 02:31 Beehive 0.2°S of Moon 30 01:37 NEW MOON 30 06:57 Moon at Perigee: 357177 kmSep 02 01 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 03 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 05 18:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 21:52 Jupiter 2.3°S of Moon 08 04:53 Saturn 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 08 08:35 Moon at Descending Node 09 21 Neptune at Opposition 13 04:32 Moon at Apogee: 406378 km 13 19:33 FULL MOON 20 07:14 Aldebaran 2.6°S of Moon 21 17:41 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 21:30 Moon at Ascending Node 22 22:50 Autumnal Equinox 23 14:34 Pollux 5.9°N of Moon 24 12:15 Beehive 0.4°S of Moon 25 23:30 Regulus 3.3°S of Moon 27 17:27 Moon at Perigee: 357803 km 28 09:26 NEW MOON 28 19:15 Mercury 1.2°N of SpicaOct 03 11:23 Jupiter 1.9°S of Moon 05 07:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 09:49 Moon at Descending Node 05 11:48 Saturn 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 10 09:29 Moon at Apogee: 405902 km 13 12:08 FULL MOON 17 12:51 Aldebaran 2.9°S of Moon 19 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.6°E 19 22:28 Moon at Ascending Node 20 21:21 Pollux 5.7°N of Moon 21 03:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 14 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 19:41 Beehive 0.6°S of Moon 23 08:11 Regulus 3.5°S of Moon 26 01:41 Moon at Perigee: 361316 km 27 18:38 NEW MOON 27 23 Uranus at Opposition 29 04:34 Venus 3.9°S of Moon 30 19 Mercury 2.5°S of Venus 31 05:22 Jupiter 1.3°S of MoonNov 01 12:40 Moon at Descending Node 01 22:31 Saturn 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 04 01:23 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 15 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 23:37 Moon at Apogee: 405060 km 09 10:18 Venus 3.8°N of Antares 09 14:07 Mars 2.6°N of Spica 11 06 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 12 04:34 FULL MOON 12 14 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 18:52 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 15 21 Mercury at Perihelion 15 23:48 Moon at Ascending Node 17 02:41 Pollux 5.4°N of Moon 17 20 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 01:11 Beehive 0.9°S of Moon 19 12:11 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 14:24 Regulus 3.7°S of Moon 22 22:54 Moon at Perigee: 366721 km 24 00:02 Mars 4.3°S of Moon 24 03 Venus 1.4°S of Jupiter 24 17:50 Mercury 1.9°S of Moon 26 06:06 NEW MOON 28 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.1°W 28 01:49 Jupiter 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 28 09:50 Venus 1.9°S of Moon 28 19:13 Moon at Descending Node 29 12:12 Saturn 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.Dec 03 21:58 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 19:09 Moon at Apogee: 404447 km 11 02 Venus 1.8°S of Saturn 11 02:40 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 11 20:12 FULL MOON 13 05:15 Moon at Ascending Node 14 08:51 Pollux 5.3°N of Moon 14 09 Geminid Meteor Shower 15 06:54 Beehive 1.0°S of Moon 16 19:41 Regulus 3.8°S of Moon 18 11:30 Moon at Perigee: 370260 km 18 19:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 19:19 Winter Solstice 22 16:49 Mars 3.5°S of Moon 22 18 Ursid Meteor Shower 25 20:13 NEW MOON 25 20:18 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.970 26 04:01 Moon at Descending Node 27 09 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 28 16:32 Venus 1.0°N of Moon: Occn. 29 20 Mercury at Aphelion | |||||||
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
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2011 to 2020 for seven time zones in the Americas.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a calendar of astronomical events for that year.
| Calendars of Astronomical Events - The Americas | |||||||||||||||
| AST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| EST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| CST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| MST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| PST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| AKST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| HST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
- AST = Atlantic Standard Time (= GMT - 4 hours)
- EST = Eastern Standard Time (= GMT - 5 hours)
- CST = Central Standard Time (= GMT - 6 hours)
- MST = Mountain Standard Time (= GMT - 7 hours)
- PST = Pacific Standard Time (= GMT - 8 hours)
- AKST = Alaskan Standard Time (= GMT - 9 hours)
- HST = Hawaiian Standard Time (= GMT - 10 hours)
(where GMT = Greenwich Mean Time)
- 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.