2026Calendar of Astronomical Events
2026Phases of the Moon
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2026 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Atlantic Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 3 06:03 | Jan 10 11:48 |
| Jan 18 15:52 | Jan 26 00:47 | Feb 1 18:09 | Feb 9 08:43 |
| Feb 17 08:01 A | Feb 24 08:28 | Mar 3 07:38 t | Mar 11 05:39 |
| Mar 18 21:23 | Mar 25 15:18 | Apr 1 22:12 | Apr 10 00:52 |
| Apr 17 07:52 | Apr 23 22:32 | May 1 13:23 | May 9 17:10 |
| May 16 16:01 | May 23 07:11 | May 31 04:45 | Jun 8 06:00 |
| Jun 14 22:54 | Jun 21 17:55 | Jun 29 19:57 | Jul 7 15:29 |
| Jul 14 05:43 | Jul 21 07:06 | Jul 29 10:36 | Aug 5 22:21 |
| Aug 12 13:37 T | Aug 19 22:46 | Aug 28 00:18 p | Sep 4 03:51 |
| Sep 10 23:27 | Sep 18 16:44 | Sep 26 12:49 | Oct 3 09:25 |
| Oct 10 11:50 | Oct 18 12:13 | Oct 26 00:12 | Nov 1 16:28 |
| Nov 9 03:02 | Nov 17 07:48 | Nov 24 10:53 | Dec 1 02:09 |
| Dec 8 20:52 | Dec 17 01:43 | Dec 23 21:28 | Dec 30 14:59 |
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.
2026Calendar of Astronomical Events
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic 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.
| 2026Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Atlantic Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AST Event (h:m)Jan 01 17:43 Moon at Perigee: 360348 km 03 06:03 FULL MOON 03 13 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU 03 18 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 18:01 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 03 23:28 Pollux 3.0°N of Moon 04 21:09 Beehive 1.3°S of Moon 06 07 Mercury at Aphelion 06 12 Venus at Superior Conjunction 06 12:20 Regulus 0.5°S of Moon 07 07:22 Moon at Descending Node 09 06 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 10 04 Jupiter at Opposition 10 11:48 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 19:50 Spica 1.6°N of Moon 13 16:48 Moon at Apogee: 405437 km 14 15:28 Antares 0.6°N of Moon 18 15:52 NEW MOON 21 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 21 20:03 Moon at Ascending Node 22 16 Venus at Aphelion 23 08:31 Saturn 4.3°S of Moon 26 00:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 17:07 Pleiades 1.1°S of Moon 29 17:53 Moon at Perigee: 365878 km 30 22:31 Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon 31 09:45 Pollux 3.0°N of MoonFeb 01 07:41 Beehive 1.3°S of Moon 01 18:09 FULL MOON 02 22:48 Regulus 0.4°S of Moon 03 15:18 Moon at Descending Node 07 04:26 Spica 1.8°N of Moon 09 08:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 12:52 Moon at Apogee: 404577 km 10 23:19 Antares 0.7°N of Moon 17 08:01 NEW MOON 17 08:12 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.963 18 02:19 Moon at Ascending Node 18 19:03 Mercury 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 19 07 Mercury at Perihelion 19 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E 19 19:54 Saturn 4.6°S of Moon 23 22:43 Pleiades 1.2°S of Moon 24 08:28 FIRST QUARTER MOON 24 19:18 Moon at Perigee: 370132 km 27 02:26 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 27 17:34 Pollux 3.0°N of Moon 27 18 Mercury 4.5°N of Venus 28 16:07 Beehive 1.3°S of MoonMar 02 08:00 Regulus 0.4°S of Moon 03 00:35 Moon at Descending Node 03 07:34 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.151 03 07:38 FULL MOON 06 13:24 Spica 1.8°N of Moon 07 07 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 08 07 Venus 0.9°N of Saturn 10 07:32 Antares 0.7°N of Moon 10 09:43 Moon at Apogee: 404385 km 11 05:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 15 Mercury 3.4°N of Mars 17 10:07 Mercury 2.0°N of Moon 17 11:22 Moon at Ascending Node 18 21:23 NEW MOON 20 08:39 Venus 4.6°S of Moon 20 10:46 Vernal Equinox 22 06 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 22 07:40 Moon at Perigee: 366858 km 23 04:32 Pleiades 1.1°S of Moon 25 04 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 25 15:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 03 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38126 AU 26 08:13 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 26 23:18 Pollux 3.0°N of Moon 27 22:15 Beehive 1.2°S of Moon 29 15:00 Regulus 0.4°S of Moon 30 07:34 Moon at Descending Node Apr 01 22:12 FULL MOON 02 21:32 Spica 1.8°N of Moon 03 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.8°W 06 15:21 Antares 0.6°N of Moon 07 04:32 Moon at Apogee: 404974 km 10 00:52 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 19:43 Moon at Ascending Node 15 15:12 Mercury 5.2°S of Moon 15 20:45 Mars 3.7°S of Moon 17 07:52 NEW MOON 19 02:57 Moon at Perigee: 361631 km 19 04:49 Venus 4.8°S of Moon 19 12:28 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 19 15 Mars 1.2°N of Saturn 20 06 Mercury 0.5°S of Saturn 20 18 Mercury 1.7°S of Mars 22 15 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 18:06 Jupiter 3.6°S of Moon 23 04:59 Pollux 3.2°N of Moon 23 22:32 FIRST QUARTER MOON 24 00:17 Venus 3.4°S of Pleiades 24 03:46 Beehive 1.1°S of Moon 25 20:37 Regulus 0.2°S of Moon 26 10:36 Moon at Descending Node 30 04:17 Spica 1.8°N of MoonMay 01 13:23 FULL MOON 01 21:02 Venus 6.3°N of Aldebaran 03 22:20 Antares 0.5°N of Moon 04 18:30 Moon at Apogee: 405843 km 05 04 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 09 17:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 00:36 Moon at Ascending Node 13 17:47 Saturn 5.7°S of Moon 14 10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 15 00 Venus at Perihelion 16 16:01 NEW MOON 17 09:48 Moon at Perigee: 358074 km 18 06 Mercury at Perihelion 18 21:50 Venus 2.9°S of Moon 20 08:39 Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon 20 12:30 Pollux 3.4°N of Moon 21 10:38 Beehive 0.8°S of Moon 22 12 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 23 02:41 Regulus 0.0°N of Moon 23 07:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 11:26 Moon at Descending Node 27 10:09 Spica 1.9°N of Moon 31 04:32 Antares 0.4°N of Moon 31 04:45 FULL MOON Jun 01 00:32 Moon at Apogee: 406369 km 07 02:19 Moon at Ascending Node 07 12:17 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 08 06:00 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 16 Venus 1.6°N of Jupiter 10 07:29 Saturn 6.2°S of Moon 12 17:14 Mars 5.6°S of Moon 13 09:15 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 14 19:18 Moon at Perigee: 357196 km 14 22:54 NEW MOON 15 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.5°E 16 15:32 Mercury 2.6°S of Moon 16 22:08 Pollux 3.6°N of Moon 17 02:54 Jupiter 2.5°S of Moon 17 16:21 Venus 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 17 19:40 Beehive 0.6°S of Moon 18 11:01 Mercury 5.8°S of Pollux 19 10:31 Regulus 0.3°N of Moon 19 11:44 Venus 0.4°N of Beehive 19 13:57 Moon at Descending Node 21 04:25 Summer Solstice 21 17:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 16:11 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 25 08 Mercury 3.8°S of Jupiter 27 10:32 Antares 0.5°N of Moon 28 03:11 Moon at Apogee: 406267 km 28 14:32 Mars 4.3°S of Pleiades 29 19:57 FULL MOON | Date AST Event (h:m)Jul 01 06 Mercury at Aphelion 04 03:51 Moon at Ascending Node 06 14 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01664 AU 07 15:29 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 10:36 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 10 18:54 Pleiades 1.1°S of Moon 11 10:38 Mars 5.3°S of Moon 12 09:20 Mars 5.2°N of Aldebaran 12 21 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 13 03:50 Moon at Perigee: 359111 km 14 05:43 NEW MOON 16 20:07 Regulus 0.5°N of Moon 16 20:27 Moon at Descending Node 17 12:31 Venus 2.0°N of Moon 20 23:21 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 21 07:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 24 17:00 Antares 0.6°N of Moon 25 12:45 Moon at Apogee: 405549 km 28 06 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 29 08 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 29 10:36 FULL MOON 31 07:54 Moon at Ascending Node Aug 02 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.5°W 05 22:21 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 02:23 Pleiades 1.2°S of Moon 09 01:31 Mars 4.4°S of Moon 10 07:18 Moon at Perigee: 363288 km 10 18:38 Pollux 3.6°N of Moon 11 08:48 Mercury 2.1°S of Moon 12 13:37 NEW MOON 12 13:46 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.039 12 22 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 05:56 Moon at Descending Node 14 05 Mercury at Perihelion 15 02 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.9°E 15 07 Mercury 0.6°N of Jupiter 16 04:47 Venus 2.1°N of Moon 17 07:49 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 19 22:46 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 00:18 Antares 0.6°N of Moon 22 04:20 Moon at Apogee: 404644 km 27 13 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 27 14:47 Moon at Ascending Node 28 00:13 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.930 28 00:18 FULL MOON Sep 01 09:24 Venus 1.2°S of Spica 03 08:03 Pleiades 1.2°S of Moon 04 03:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 14:24 Mars 3.0°S of Moon 06 16:26 Moon at Perigee: 368255 km 07 02:32 Pollux 3.6°N of Moon 08 00:43 Beehive 0.5°S of Moon 08 14:13 Jupiter 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 09 15:17 Moon at Descending Node 10 23:27 NEW MOON 13 16:53 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 14 07:10 Venus 0.5°S of Moon: Occn. 16 21:44 Mars 5.8°S of Pollux 17 08:18 Antares 0.6°N of Moon 18 16:44 FIRST QUARTER MOON 18 23:00 Moon at Apogee: 404217 km 22 20:06 Autumnal Equinox 23 22:40 Moon at Ascending Node 25 20 Neptune at Opposition 25 21:49 Mercury 0.8°N of Spica 26 12:49 FULL MOON 30 13:39 Pleiades 1.1°S of MoonOct 01 16:41 Moon at Perigee: 369338 km 03 09:25 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 08 Saturn at Opposition 04 08:27 Pollux 3.8°N of Moon 05 01:30 Mars 1.2°S of Moon: Occn. 05 07:06 Beehive 0.4°S of Moon 06 06:18 Jupiter 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 06 21:19 Moon at Descending Node 06 22:57 Regulus 0.6°N of Moon 07 00 Mercury 5.0°N of Venus 10 11:50 NEW MOON 10 11:55 Mars 0.4°S of Beehive 11 22:30 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 12 06 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.2°E 12 16:08 Mercury 2.1°N of Moon 14 16:25 Antares 0.4°N of Moon 16 18:56 Moon at Apogee: 404639 km 18 12:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 04:53 Moon at Ascending Node 21 14 Orionid Meteor Shower 23 23 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 26 00:12 FULL MOON 27 21:11 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 28 14:01 Moon at Perigee: 364411 km 31 14:00 Pollux 4.0°N of MoonNov 01 12:34 Beehive 0.2°S of Moon 01 16:28 LAST QUARTER MOON 02 10:23 Mars 1.1°N of Moon: Occn. 02 19:11 Jupiter 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 02 23:02 Moon at Descending Node 03 04:40 Regulus 0.8°N of Moon 04 10 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 05 15 S Taurid Meteor Shower 07 07:31 Venus 1.1°N of Moon: Occn. 07 08:40 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 09 03:02 NEW MOON 10 05 Mercury at Perihelion 10 09:49 Venus 0.1°S of Spica 10 23:58 Antares 0.3°N of Moon 12 14 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 13:50 Moon at Apogee: 405619 km 16 00 Mars 1.2°N of Jupiter 17 07:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 07:49 Moon at Ascending Node 17 20 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°W 24 07:18 Pleiades 0.9°S of Moon 24 10:53 FULL MOON 25 03:47 Mars 1.6°N of Regulus 25 16:58 Moon at Perigee: 359348 km 25 19 Uranus at Opposition 27 21:27 Pollux 4.2°N of Moon 28 19:21 Beehive 0.1°N of Moon 29 23:34 Moon at Descending Node 30 05:18 Jupiter 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 30 10:35 Regulus 1.1°N of Moon 30 15:32 Mars 3.3°N of MoonDec 01 02:09 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 14:36 Spica 2.5°N of Moon 08 20:52 NEW MOON 11 02:46 Moon at Apogee: 406421 km 12 11:35 Jupiter 1.3°N of Regulus 14 09:04 Moon at Ascending Node 14 09 Geminid Meteor Shower 17 01:43 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 16:50 Winter Solstice 21 18:37 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 22 18 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 21:28 FULL MOON 24 04 Mercury at Aphelion 24 04:30 Moon at Perigee: 356650 km 25 07:41 Pollux 4.4°N of Moon 25 17 Venus at Perihelion 26 04:52 Beehive 0.3°N of Moon 27 03:55 Moon at Descending Node 27 13:32 Jupiter 1.5°N of Moon 27 18:44 Regulus 1.4°N of Moon 28 13:42 Mars 5.3°N of Moon 30 14:59 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: 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.