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