2022Calendar of Astronomical Events
2022Phases of the Moon
Mountain Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Mountain Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 7 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2022 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Mountain Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 2 11:33 | Jan 9 11:11 | Jan 17 16:49 | Jan 25 06:41 |
| Jan 31 22:46 | Feb 8 06:50 | Feb 16 09:57 | Feb 23 15:32 |
| Mar 2 10:35 | Mar 10 03:45 | Mar 18 00:17 | Mar 24 22:37 |
| Mar 31 23:24 | Apr 8 23:47 | Apr 16 11:55 | Apr 23 04:56 |
| Apr 30 13:28 P | May 8 17:21 | May 15 21:14 t | May 22 11:43 |
| May 30 04:30 | Jun 7 07:48 | Jun 14 04:52 | Jun 20 20:11 |
| Jun 28 19:52 | Jul 6 19:14 | Jul 13 11:37 | Jul 20 07:18 |
| Jul 28 10:55 | Aug 5 04:06 | Aug 11 18:36 | Aug 18 21:36 |
| Aug 27 01:17 | Sep 3 11:08 | Sep 10 02:59 | Sep 17 14:52 |
| Sep 25 14:54 | Oct 2 17:14 | Oct 9 13:55 | Oct 17 10:15 |
| Oct 25 03:49 P | Oct 31 23:37 | Nov 8 04:02 t | Nov 16 06:27 |
| Nov 23 15:57 | Nov 30 07:36 | Dec 7 21:08 | Dec 16 01:56 |
| Dec 23 03:17 | Dec 29 18:21 | - | - |
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.
2022Calendar of Astronomical Events
Mountain Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Mountain Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 7 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2022Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Mountain Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date MST Event (h:m)Jan 01 16:00 Moon at Perigee: 358037 km 02 11:33 NEW MOON 03 14 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 18:23 Mercury 3.1°N of Moon 04 00 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98333 AU 04 09:50 Saturn 4.2°N of Moon 05 17:09 Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon 07 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.2°E 08 18 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 09 11:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 21:19 Moon at Ascending Node 12 21 Mercury 3.4°N of Saturn 14 02:27 Moon at Apogee: 405806 km 15 16 Mercury at Perihelion 17 08:37 Pollux 2.6°N of Moon 17 16:49 FULL MOON 18 09:33 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 20 03:26 Regulus 4.9°S of Moon 22 23 Venus at Perihelion 23 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 24 06:25 Spica 5.5°S of Moon 25 06:41 LAST QUARTER MOON 26 23:14 Moon at Descending Node 27 15:57 Antares 3.7°S of Moon 29 08:05 Mars 2.4°N of Moon 30 00:09 Moon at Perigee: 362250 km 31 22:46 NEW MOON Feb 02 14:08 Jupiter 4.3°N of Moon 04 12 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 08 06:50 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 23:12 Moon at Ascending Node 10 19:39 Moon at Apogee: 404897 km 13 15:52 Pollux 2.6°N of Moon 14 16:42 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 16 09:57 FULL MOON 16 10:12 Regulus 4.8°S of Moon 16 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.3°W 20 12:00 Spica 5.3°S of Moon 22 23:54 Moon at Descending Node 23 15:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 22:17 Antares 3.5°S of Moon 26 15:18 Moon at Perigee: 367787 km 27 02:00 Mars 3.5°N of Moon 28 13:07 Mercury 3.7°N of Moon 28 16 Mercury at Aphelion 28 16:47 Saturn 4.3°N of MoonMar 02 09 Mercury 0.7°S of Saturn 02 10:35 NEW MOON 05 06 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 08 01:22 Moon at Ascending Node 08 09:46 Pleiades 3.8°N of Moon 10 03:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 16:05 Moon at Apogee: 404268 km 12 23:58 Pollux 2.4°N of Moon 13 04 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 14 00:55 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 15 18:26 Regulus 4.9°S of Moon 15 21 Venus 3.9°N of Mars 18 00:17 FULL MOON 19 18:51 Spica 5.1°S of Moon 20 03 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.6°W 20 08:33 Vernal Equinox 20 23 Mercury 1.2°S of Jupiter 22 01:12 Moon at Descending Node 23 03:43 Antares 3.2°S of Moon 23 16:28 Moon at Perigee: 369764 km 24 22:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 19:54 Mars 4.1°N of Moon 28 04:43 Saturn 4.4°N of Moon 28 18 Venus 2.1°N of Saturn 31 23:24 NEW MOON Apr 02 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 04 06:05 Moon at Ascending Node 04 18:16 Pleiades 3.6°N of Moon 04 19 Mars 0.3°S of Saturn 07 12:11 Moon at Apogee: 404438 km 08 23:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 08:14 Pollux 2.2°N of Moon 10 09:27 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 12 03:27 Regulus 5.0°S of Moon 13 15 Mercury at Perihelion 16 03:46 Spica 5.1°S of Moon 16 11:55 FULL MOON 18 07:01 Moon at Descending Node 19 08:16 Moon at Perigee: 365143 km 19 10:36 Antares 3.1°S of Moon 22 11 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 04:56 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 13:56 Saturn 4.5°N of Moon 25 15:06 Mars 3.9°N of Moon 26 18:51 Venus 3.8°N of Moon 27 01:23 Jupiter 3.6°N of Moon 29 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.6°E 29 12:31 Mercury 1.3°S of Pleiades 30 13 Venus 0.2°S of Jupiter 30 13:28 NEW MOON 30 13:41 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.640May 01 12:53 Moon at Ascending Node 02 07:17 Mercury 1.8°N of Moon 05 01 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 02 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 05 05:46 Moon at Apogee: 405287 km 06 15:56 Pollux 2.1°N of Moon 07 17:23 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 08 17:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 12:05 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon 13 13:56 Spica 5.1°S of Moon 15 08 Venus at Aphelion 15 16:44 Moon at Descending Node 15 21:11 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.414 15 21:14 FULL MOON 16 19:48 Antares 3.1°S of Moon 17 08:23 Moon at Perigee: 360298 km 21 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 21 21:43 Saturn 4.5°N of Moon 22 11:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 12:24 Mars 2.8°N of Moon 24 16:59 Jupiter 3.3°N of Moon 26 19:52 Venus 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 28 19:33 Moon at Ascending Node 29 02 Mars 0.6°S of Jupiter 30 04:30 NEW MOON Jun 01 18:14 Moon at Apogee: 406191 km 02 22:42 Pollux 2.1°N of Moon 04 00:17 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 05 19:32 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon 07 07:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 23:46 Spica 5.1°S of Moon 12 03:02 Moon at Descending Node 13 06:26 Antares 3.1°S of Moon 14 04:52 FULL MOON 14 16:21 Moon at Perigee: 357434 km 16 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.2°W 18 05:22 Saturn 4.3°N of Moon 20 20:11 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 02:14 Summer Solstice 21 06 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38130 AU 21 06:32 Jupiter 2.7°N of Moon 22 11:08 Mercury 2.8°N of Aldebaran 22 11:16 Mars 0.9°N of Moon: Occn. 22 17:53 Venus 5.6°S of Pleiades 25 00:10 Moon at Ascending Node 25 14:27 Pleiades 3.5°N of Moon 26 01:11 Venus 2.7°S of Moon 27 01:19 Mercury 3.9°S of Moon 28 19:52 NEW MOON 28 23:08 Moon at Apogee: 406581 km 30 19:45 Venus 4.0°N of Aldebaran | Date MST Event (h:m)Jul 01 06:21 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 03 01:46 Regulus 4.9°S of Moon 04 00 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01672 AU 06 19:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 08:01 Spica 4.9°S of Moon 09 10:28 Moon at Descending Node 10 15 Mercury at Perihelion 10 16:50 Antares 3.0°S of Moon 13 02:08 Moon at Perigee: 357264 km 13 11:37 FULL MOON 15 13:16 Saturn 4.0°N of Moon 16 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 18 17:55 Jupiter 2.2°N of Moon 20 07:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 09:46 Mars 1.1°S of Moon: Occn. 22 02:21 Moon at Ascending Node 22 20:29 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon 26 03:22 Moon at Apogee: 406276 km 26 07:12 Venus 4.2°S of Moon 28 02 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 10:55 NEW MOON 30 07:32 Regulus 4.8°S of MoonAug 03 14:26 Spica 4.6°S of Moon 03 21:58 Mercury 0.6°N of Regulus 05 04:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 13:30 Moon at Descending Node 06 02:28 Venus 6.4°S of Pollux 07 01:29 Antares 2.8°S of Moon 10 10:14 Moon at Perigee: 359830 km 11 18:36 FULL MOON 11 20:55 Saturn 3.9°N of Moon 12 18 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 10 Saturn at Opposition 15 02:37 Jupiter 1.9°N of Moon 17 09:02 Venus 0.9°S of Beehive 18 03:59 Moon at Ascending Node 18 21:36 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 03:32 Pleiades 3.1°N of Moon 19 05:16 Mars 2.7°S of Moon 20 01:36 Mars 5.4°S of Pleiades 22 14:53 Moon at Apogee: 405419 km 23 14 Mercury at Aphelion 23 17:17 Pollux 2.1°N of Moon 24 18:46 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 25 13:58 Venus 4.3°S of Moon 27 01:17 NEW MOON 27 09 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.3°E 30 19:59 Spica 4.4°S of MoonSep 01 14:12 Moon at Descending Node 03 07:56 Antares 2.5°S of Moon 03 11:08 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 16 Venus at Perihelion 06 14:28 Mars 4.2°N of Aldebaran 07 11:17 Moon at Perigee: 364491 km 08 03:31 Saturn 3.9°N of Moon 10 02:59 FULL MOON 11 08:11 Jupiter 1.8°N of Moon 14 07:49 Moon at Ascending Node 15 11:50 Pleiades 2.9°N of Moon 16 14 Neptune at Opposition 16 18:41 Mars 3.6°S of Moon 17 14:52 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 07:44 Moon at Apogee: 404556 km 20 00:40 Pollux 1.9°N of Moon 21 02:11 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 22 18:04 Autumnal Equinox 22 21:16 Regulus 4.8°S of Moon 23 00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 25 14:54 NEW MOON 26 11 Jupiter at Opposition 28 16:43 Moon at Descending Node 30 13:20 Antares 2.4°S of MoonOct 02 17:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 10:01 Moon at Perigee: 369335 km 05 08:51 Saturn 4.1°N of Moon 06 14 Mercury at Perihelion 08 11:06 Jupiter 2.1°N of Moon 08 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.0°W 09 13:55 FULL MOON 11 14:49 Moon at Ascending Node 12 20:46 Pleiades 2.7°N of Moon 14 21:28 Mars 3.6°S of Moon 17 03:21 Moon at Apogee: 404330 km 17 08:41 Pollux 1.8°N of Moon 17 10:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 10:17 Beehive 3.8°S of Moon 20 05:42 Regulus 4.9°S of Moon 21 11 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 14 Venus at Superior Conjunction 25 03:49 NEW MOON 25 04:00 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.862 25 23:30 Moon at Descending Node 27 19:48 Antares 2.3°S of Moon 29 07:48 Moon at Perigee: 368289 km 31 23:37 FIRST QUARTER MOON Nov 01 14:08 Saturn 4.2°N of Moon 04 13:19 Jupiter 2.4°N of Moon 05 11 S Taurid Meteor Shower 07 23:08 Moon at Ascending Node 08 03:59 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.359 08 04:02 FULL MOON 08 09 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 09 02 Uranus at Opposition 09 05:16 Pleiades 2.7°N of Moon 11 06:43 Mars 2.5°S of Moon 12 10 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 16:43 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 13 23:41 Moon at Apogee: 404924 km 14 18:24 Beehive 3.8°S of Moon 16 06:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 14:16 Regulus 5.0°S of Moon 17 17 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 20:36 Spica 4.3°S of Moon 22 09:23 Moon at Descending Node 23 15:57 NEW MOON 25 18:30 Moon at Perigee: 362826 km 28 21:40 Saturn 4.2°N of Moon 30 07:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON Dec 01 17:52 Jupiter 2.5°N of Moon 05 05:39 Moon at Ascending Node 06 12:26 Pleiades 2.7°N of Moon 07 21:08 FULL MOON 07 21:21 Mars 0.5°S of Moon: Occn. 07 21 Mars at Opposition 11 00:06 Pollux 1.8°N of Moon 11 17:30 Moon at Apogee: 405869 km 12 01:49 Beehive 3.7°S of Moon 13 22:01 Regulus 4.8°S of Moon 14 06 Geminid Meteor Shower 16 01:56 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 06:37 Spica 4.1°S of Moon 19 18:36 Moon at Descending Node 21 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.1°E 21 14:48 Winter Solstice 21 15:43 Antares 2.3°S of Moon 22 14 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 03:17 NEW MOON 24 01:32 Moon at Perigee: 358270 km 24 04:29 Venus 3.5°N of Moon 24 11:31 Mercury 3.8°N of Moon 26 09:11 Saturn 4.0°N of Moon 29 00 Mercury 1.4°N of Venus 29 03:29 Jupiter 2.3°N of Moon 29 18:21 FIRST 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: 2021 to 2030
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2021 to 2030 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| EST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| CST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| MST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| PST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| AKST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| HST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
- 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.