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