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