2025Calendar of Astronomical Events
2025Phases of the Moon
Eastern Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Eastern Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 5 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2025 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Eastern Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | Jan 6 18:56 | Jan 13 17:27 | Jan 21 15:31 |
| Jan 29 07:36 | Feb 5 03:02 | Feb 12 08:53 | Feb 20 12:33 |
| Feb 27 19:45 | Mar 6 11:32 | Mar 14 01:55 t | Mar 22 06:30 |
| Mar 29 05:58 P | Apr 4 21:15 | Apr 12 19:22 | Apr 20 20:36 |
| Apr 27 14:31 | May 4 08:52 | May 12 11:56 | May 20 06:59 |
| May 26 22:02 | Jun 2 22:41 | Jun 11 02:44 | Jun 18 14:19 |
| Jun 25 05:31 | Jul 2 14:30 | Jul 10 15:37 | Jul 17 19:38 |
| Jul 24 14:11 | Aug 1 07:41 | Aug 9 02:55 | Aug 16 00:12 |
| Aug 23 01:06 | Aug 31 01:25 | Sep 7 13:09 t | Sep 14 05:33 |
| Sep 21 14:54 P | Sep 29 18:54 | Oct 6 22:47 | Oct 13 13:13 |
| Oct 21 07:25 | Oct 29 11:21 | Nov 5 08:19 | Nov 12 00:28 |
| Nov 20 01:47 | Nov 28 01:59 | Dec 4 18:14 | Dec 11 15:52 |
| Dec 19 20:43 | Dec 27 14:10 | - | - |
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.
2025Calendar of Astronomical Events
Eastern Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Eastern Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 5 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2025Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Eastern Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date EST Event (h:m)Jan 03 10:24 Venus 1.4°N of Moon 03 10 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 09 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98333 AU 04 12:18 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 05 14:46 Moon at Ascending Node 06 18:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 18:34 Moon at Perigee: 370173 km 09 20:01 Pleiades 0.3°S of Moon 09 23 Venus at Greatest Elong: 47.2°E 10 18:13 Jupiter 5.4°S of Moon 13 16:45 Pollux 2.1°N of Moon 13 17:27 FULL MOON 13 22:42 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 14 16:03 Beehive 2.6°S of Moon 15 20 Mars at Opposition 16 09:57 Regulus 2.2°S of Moon 18 11 Venus 2.2°N of Saturn 18 20:48 Moon at Descending Node 19 09 Mercury at Aphelion 20 22:53 Spica 0.1°N of Moon 20 23:55 Moon at Apogee: 404299 km 21 15:31 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 12:07 Mars 2.3°S of Pollux 24 18:34 Antares 0.3°N of Moon 29 07:36 NEW MOON 31 15:27 Jupiter 5.1°N of Aldebaran 31 23:46 Saturn 1.1°S of Moon: Occn.Feb 01 15:27 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 01 17:06 Moon at Ascending Node 01 21:43 Moon at Perigee: 367457 km 05 03:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 01:43 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 06 22:35 Jupiter 5.5°S of Moon 09 07 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 09 14:36 Mars 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 10 00:19 Pollux 2.1°N of Moon 11 00:03 Beehive 2.6°S of Moon 12 08:53 FULL MOON 12 18:21 Regulus 2.2°S of Moon 15 01:53 Moon at Descending Node 17 07:01 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 17 20:11 Moon at Apogee: 404882 km 19 13 Venus at Perihelion 20 12:33 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 03:21 Antares 0.4°N of Moon 25 04 Mercury 1.4°N of Saturn 27 19:45 NEW MOON 28 23:03 Mercury 0.4°N of Moon: Occn.Mar 01 00:40 Moon at Ascending Node 01 16:18 Moon at Perigee: 361967 km 04 09 Mercury at Perihelion 05 07:32 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 06 06:31 Jupiter 5.6°S of Moon 06 11:32 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.2°E 08 19:27 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 09 06:06 Pollux 2.0°N of Moon 10 06:10 Beehive 2.6°S of Moon 12 01:07 Regulus 2.2°S of Moon 12 05 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 12 13 Mercury 5.5°S of Venus 14 01:55 FULL MOON 14 01:59 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.178 14 08:45 Moon at Descending Node 16 14:16 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 17 11:37 Moon at Apogee: 405754 km 19 17 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 20 04:02 Vernal Equinox 20 10:58 Antares 0.5°N of Moon 22 06:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 20 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 24 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 28 11:29 Moon at Ascending Node 29 05:47 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.938 29 05:58 NEW MOON 29 14:29 Mars 3.9°S of Pollux 30 00:26 Moon at Perigee: 358127 kmApr 01 15:28 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 02 19:24 Jupiter 5.5°S of Moon 04 21:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 11:46 Pollux 2.0°N of Moon 05 14:04 Mars 2.2°S of Moon 06 11:44 Beehive 2.6°S of Moon 08 06:51 Regulus 2.2°S of Moon 10 07 Mercury 2.1°N of Saturn 10 14:56 Moon at Descending Node 12 19:22 FULL MOON 12 20:39 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 13 17:48 Moon at Apogee: 406295 km 16 17 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66606 AU 16 17:19 Antares 0.4°N of Moon 20 20:36 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°W 22 08 Lyrid Meteor Shower 24 20:21 Venus 2.4°N of Moon 24 21:23 Moon at Ascending Node 24 23:15 Saturn 2.3°S of Moon 25 20:05 Mercury 4.4°S of Moon 27 11:15 Moon at Perigee: 357119 km 27 14:31 NEW MOON 28 14 Venus 3.7°N of Saturn 29 01:35 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 30 12:34 Jupiter 5.4°S of MoonMay 02 19:02 Pollux 2.1°N of Moon 03 18:12 Mars 2.1°S of Moon 03 18:27 Beehive 2.5°S of Moon 04 07:03 Mars 0.3°N of Beehive 04 08:52 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 21 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 12:58 Regulus 2.0°S of Moon 07 18:44 Moon at Descending Node 10 02:43 Spica 0.4°N of Moon 10 19:49 Moon at Apogee: 406245 km 12 11:56 FULL MOON 13 23:10 Antares 0.3°N of Moon 17 20 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 20 06:59 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 03:05 Moon at Ascending Node 22 12:51 Saturn 2.8°S of Moon 23 18:52 Venus 4.0°S of Moon 25 20:37 Moon at Perigee: 359023 km 26 22:02 NEW MOON 29 23 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 30 04:13 Pollux 2.3°N of Moon 31 03:00 Beehive 2.2°S of Moon 31 08 Mercury at Perihelion 31 21 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.9°WJun 01 04:49 Mars 1.4°S of Moon 01 20:30 Regulus 1.8°S of Moon 02 22:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 20:33 Moon at Descending Node 06 09:15 Spica 0.5°N of Moon 07 05:42 Moon at Apogee: 405553 km 08 14 Mercury 2.0°N of Jupiter 10 05:25 Antares 0.3°N of Moon 11 02:44 FULL MOON 11 22 Venus at Aphelion 16 21:05 Mars 0.7°N of Regulus 18 04:41 Moon at Ascending Node 18 14:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 22:47 Saturn 3.4°S of Moon 20 21:42 Summer Solstice 21 14:51 Mercury 4.8°S of Pollux 22 21:59 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 22 23:43 Moon at Perigee: 363178 km 24 10 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 25 05:31 NEW MOON 27 01:02 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon 27 12:42 Beehive 2.0°S of Moon 29 05:26 Regulus 1.5°S of Moon 29 20:05 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 30 22:46 Moon at Descending Node | Date EST Event (h:m)Jul 02 12:36 Mercury 1.2°S of Beehive 02 14:30 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 16 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01664 AU 03 16:39 Spica 0.8°N of Moon 03 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.9°E 04 10:44 Venus 6.5°S of Pleiades 04 21:29 Moon at Apogee: 404627 km 07 12:37 Antares 0.4°N of Moon 10 15:37 FULL MOON 13 03:32 Venus 3.1°N of Aldebaran 14 08 Mercury at Aphelion 15 05:42 Moon at Ascending Node 16 05:19 Saturn 3.8°S of Moon 17 19:38 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 05:27 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon 20 08:52 Moon at Perigee: 368047 km 22 23:20 Jupiter 4.9°S of Moon 24 14:11 NEW MOON 26 14:44 Regulus 1.4°S of Moon 27 23 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 03:30 Moon at Descending Node 28 14:45 Mars 1.3°N of Moon 31 00:45 Spica 1.0°N of Moon 31 19 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Aug 01 07:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON 01 15:37 Moon at Apogee: 404164 km 03 20:40 Antares 0.6°N of Moon 09 02:55 FULL MOON 11 09:53 Moon at Ascending Node 12 02 Venus 0.9°S of Jupiter 12 10:05 Saturn 4.0°S of Moon 12 15 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 13:01 Moon at Perigee: 369287 km 16 00:12 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 11:09 Pleiades 0.9°S of Moon 18 23:58 Mercury 2.6°S of Beehive 19 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.6°W 19 16:05 Jupiter 4.8°S of Moon 20 01:15 Venus 7.1°S of Pollux 20 05:51 Venus 4.9°S of Moon 20 07:07 Pollux 2.4°N of Moon 21 06:09 Beehive 2.0°S of Moon 21 11:14 Mercury 3.7°S of Moon 23 01:06 NEW MOON 24 10:41 Moon at Descending Node 26 11:41 Mars 2.8°N of Moon 27 07 Mercury at Perihelion 27 08:57 Spica 1.1°N of Moon 29 10:34 Moon at Apogee: 404552 km 31 01:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 04:55 Antares 0.7°N of Moon 31 12:57 Venus 1.4°S of BeehiveSep 07 13:09 FULL MOON 07 13:12 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.362 07 18:08 Moon at Ascending Node 08 15:09 Saturn 4.0°S of Moon 10 07:09 Moon at Perigee: 364781 km 12 16:48 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 12 22:28 Mars 2.0°N of Spica 13 06 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 14 05:33 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 06:06 Jupiter 4.6°S of Moon 16 12:58 Pollux 2.4°N of Moon 17 12:24 Beehive 2.0°S of Moon 19 03:57 Venus 0.4°N of Regulus 19 06:11 Regulus 1.3°S of Moon 19 06:46 Venus 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 20 18:13 Moon at Descending Node 21 00 Saturn at Opposition 21 14:42 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.855 21 14:54 NEW MOON 22 13:20 Autumnal Equinox 23 06 Neptune at Opposition 23 16:31 Spica 1.1°N of Moon 24 09:50 Mars 3.9°N of Moon 26 04:46 Moon at Apogee: 405552 km 27 12:34 Antares 0.6°N of Moon 29 18:54 FIRST QUARTER MOON Oct 02 06 Venus at Perihelion 05 04:20 Moon at Ascending Node 05 21:46 Saturn 3.8°S of Moon 06 22:47 FULL MOON 08 07:36 Moon at Perigee: 359819 km 08 16:17 Jupiter 6.6°S of Pollux 10 00:20 Pleiades 0.9°S of Moon 13 13:13 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 17:31 Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon 13 18:31 Pollux 2.5°N of Moon 14 17:53 Beehive 1.9°S of Moon 16 11:56 Regulus 1.3°S of Moon 17 23:34 Moon at Descending Node 19 15 Mercury 2.0°S of Mars 19 16:37 Venus 3.7°N of Moon 21 07 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 07:25 NEW MOON 23 11:15 Mercury 2.3°N of Moon 23 18:31 Moon at Apogee: 406445 km 24 19:15 Antares 0.5°N of Moon 29 11:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.9°ENov 01 12:46 Moon at Ascending Node 01 20:02 Venus 3.3°N of Spica 02 05:46 Saturn 3.7°S of Moon 05 08 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 08:19 FULL MOON 05 17:29 Moon at Perigee: 356833 km 06 10:26 Pleiades 0.8°S of Moon 08 21:41 Mercury 2.6°N of Antares 10 01:40 Pollux 2.7°N of Moon 10 02:56 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 11 00:27 Beehive 1.7°S of Moon 12 00:28 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 07 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 17:51 Regulus 1.1°S of Moon 12 23 Mercury 1.2°S of Mars 14 01:38 Moon at Descending Node 17 05:11 Spica 1.2°N of Moon 17 13 Leonid Meteor Shower 19 21:48 Moon at Apogee: 406693 km 20 01:47 NEW MOON 20 04 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 21 08 Uranus at Opposition 23 06 Mercury at Perihelion 24 19 Mercury 1.0°N of Venus 28 01:59 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 16:33 Moon at Ascending Node 29 14:08 Saturn 3.7°S of MoonDec 03 21:54 Pleiades 0.8°S of Moon 04 06:06 Moon at Perigee: 356962 km 04 18:14 FULL MOON 07 10:48 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 07 11:21 Pollux 2.9°N of Moon 07 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.7°W 08 09:23 Beehive 1.5°S of Moon 10 01:32 Regulus 0.8°S of Moon 11 02:35 Moon at Descending Node 11 15:52 LAST QUARTER MOON 14 02 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 11:27 Spica 1.4°N of Moon 17 01:09 Moon at Apogee: 406324 km 17 19:19 Jupiter 6.4°S of Pollux 19 09:05 Mercury 5.4°N of Antares 19 20:43 NEW MOON 21 10:03 Winter Solstice 22 11 Ursid Meteor Shower 25 17:03 Moon at Ascending Node 26 22:24 Saturn 4.0°S of Moon 27 14:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 08:21 Pleiades 0.9°S of 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.