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