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