2028Calendar of Astronomical Events
2028Phases of the Moon
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2028 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Central Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | Jan 4 19:40 | Jan 11 22:03 p | Jan 18 13:26 |
| Jan 26 09:12 A | Feb 3 13:10 | Feb 10 09:04 | Feb 17 02:08 |
| Feb 25 04:37 | Mar 4 03:02 | Mar 10 19:06 | Mar 17 17:23 |
| Mar 25 22:31 | Apr 2 13:15 | Apr 9 04:27 | Apr 16 10:37 |
| Apr 24 13:47 | May 1 20:26 | May 8 13:49 | May 16 04:43 |
| May 24 02:16 | May 31 01:37 | Jun 7 00:09 | Jun 14 22:27 |
| Jun 22 12:27 | Jun 29 06:10 | Jul 6 12:11 p | Jul 14 14:57 |
| Jul 21 21:02 T | Jul 28 11:40 | Aug 5 02:10 | Aug 13 05:45 |
| Aug 20 04:44 | Aug 26 19:36 | Sep 3 17:48 | Sep 11 18:46 |
| Sep 18 12:24 | Sep 25 07:10 | Oct 3 10:25 | Oct 11 05:57 |
| Oct 17 20:57 | Oct 24 22:53 | Nov 2 03:17 | Nov 9 15:26 |
| Nov 16 07:18 | Nov 23 18:15 | Dec 1 19:40 | Dec 8 23:39 |
| Dec 15 20:06 | Dec 23 15:45 | Dec 31 10:48 t | - |
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.
2028Calendar of Astronomical Events
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2028Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
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| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date CST Event (h:m)Jan 04 04 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 19:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 07 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 08 08:28 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 08 18 Mercury 0.7°S of Mars 11 22:03 FULL MOON 11 22:13 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.066 12 02:36 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 12 15:27 Moon at Descending Node 13 00:04 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 13 01:47 Moon at Perigee: 359046 km 14 13:13 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 16 12:54 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 17 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.8°E 18 07:58 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 18 13:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 17:46 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 23 23 Mercury at Perihelion 26 01:31 Moon at Ascending Node 26 09:08 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.921 26 09:12 NEW MOON 26 17 Mercury 3.3°N of Mars 28 09:31 Moon at Apogee: 406387 km 30 08:01 Venus 5.4°S of MoonFeb 02 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 13:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 17:48 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 08 14:04 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 09 02:56 Moon at Descending Node 09 11:32 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 10 09:04 FULL MOON 10 13:53 Moon at Perigee: 356678 km 11 00:05 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 11 06 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38116 AU 12 19:47 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 14 15:42 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 17 02:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 23:37 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 22 07:11 Moon at Ascending Node 22 17:55 Mercury 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 24 10:26 Moon at Apogee: 406563 km 25 04:37 NEW MOON 27 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°W 28 12 Venus 3.4°N of Saturn 29 09:48 Venus 4.3°S of MoonMar 03 00:48 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 04 03:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 00:19 Pollux 6.1°N of Moon 07 12:06 Moon at Descending Node 07 22 Mercury at Aphelion 07 22:24 Beehive 2.2°N of Moon 09 11:30 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 10 02:23 Moon at Perigee: 357599 km 10 19:06 FULL MOON 11 01:47 Jupiter 6.2°N of Moon 12 09 Jupiter at Opposition 13 01:43 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 16 07:06 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 17 17:23 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 00 Venus at Perihelion 19 20:17 Vernal Equinox 20 10:19 Moon at Ascending Node 20 19 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 22 07 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.1°E 22 17:24 Moon at Apogee: 406096 km 25 22:31 NEW MOON 26 04 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 29 22:59 Venus 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 30 06:17 Pleiades 0.3°S of MoonApr 02 13:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 07:58 Pollux 6.4°N of Moon 03 11:50 Venus 0.2°S of Pleiades 03 16:08 Moon at Descending Node 04 06:52 Beehive 2.4°N of Moon 05 21:15 Regulus 3.4°N of Moon 07 06:57 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 07 10:02 Moon at Perigee: 361361 km 09 04:27 FULL MOON 09 12:27 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 11 17 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 12 16:20 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 16 10:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 11:56 Moon at Ascending Node 19 09:13 Moon at Apogee: 405100 km 20 06 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 20 22 Mercury at Perihelion 22 01 Lyrid Meteor Shower 24 13:47 NEW MOON 25 22:15 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon 26 12:05 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 27 18:20 Venus 1.7°N of Moon 30 16:47 Moon at Descending Node 30 19:33 Mercury 1.7°S of PleiadesMay 01 13:00 Beehive 2.7°N of Moon 01 20:26 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 04:26 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon 04 12:02 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 04 15 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 04:31 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 06 22:00 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 08 13:49 FULL MOON 09 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.4°E 10 02:04 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 13 14:46 Moon at Ascending Node 16 04:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 03:55 Moon at Apogee: 404276 km 23 00 Mercury 2.5°S of Venus 24 02:16 NEW MOON 27 18:40 Moon at Descending Node 28 18:30 Beehive 2.9°N of Moon 30 10:01 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon 30 19 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 31 00:18 Moon at Perigee: 369758 km 31 01:37 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 18:38 Jupiter 6.1°N of MoonJun 01 04 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 01 21 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 05:21 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 06 10:48 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 07 00:09 FULL MOON 07 11:02 Mars 4.0°S of Pleiades 09 20:18 Moon at Ascending Node 13 17 Venus 2.0°S of Mars 13 22:46 Moon at Apogee: 404222 km 14 22:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 04:15 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 20 14:02 Summer Solstice 20 20:18 Mercury 1.4°N of Aldebaran 20 22:26 Mars 3.5°S of Moon 21 04:33 Mars 5.5°N of Aldebaran 22 12:27 NEW MOON 24 00:42 Moon at Descending Node 25 01:20 Beehive 3.0°N of Moon 25 22:14 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 26 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°W 26 16:00 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 28 04:19 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 29 06:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 11 Mercury 3.3°S of Mars 30 11:02 Spica 3.5°N of Moon | Date CST Event (h:m)Jul 03 17 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU 03 17:48 Antares 0.9°S of Moon 06 12:11 FULL MOON 06 12:20 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.389 07 03:34 Moon at Ascending Node 09 09 Venus at Aphelion 11 16:26 Moon at Apogee: 404945 km 12 19:06 Venus 1.0°N of Aldebaran 14 14:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 13:37 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 17 21 Mercury at Perihelion 19 18:04 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 21 10:09 Moon at Descending Node 21 20:55 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.056 21 21:02 NEW MOON 23 16:14 Moon at Perigee: 361633 km 23 23:55 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 25 07 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 25 17:55 Jupiter 6.4°N of Moon 27 16 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 27 16:42 Spica 3.5°N of Moon 28 11:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 23:27 Antares 0.9°S of MoonAug 03 10:20 Moon at Ascending Node 05 02:10 FULL MOON 08 06:54 Moon at Apogee: 405894 km 10 11 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°W 12 08 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 05:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 22:12 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 16 20:17 Venus 4.2°S of Moon 17 12:48 Mars 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 17 20:04 Moon at Descending Node 20 04:44 NEW MOON 20 22:10 Moon at Perigee: 358074 km 21 22:46 Mercury 4.7°N of Moon 24 00:03 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 24 22:20 Mars 5.8°S of Pollux 26 19:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 05:09 Antares 1.1°S of Moon 27 16 Mercury 2.2°S of Jupiter 30 14:39 Moon at Ascending Node 30 21 Mercury at Aphelion Sep 03 17:48 FULL MOON 04 14:03 Moon at Apogee: 406398 km 06 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 08 05 Venus 2.3°S of Mars 10 05:09 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon 11 18:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 09:21 Venus 2.5°S of Beehive 14 03:05 Moon at Descending Node 15 06:19 Mars 2.6°N of Moon 15 07:10 Beehive 3.1°N of Moon 15 12:23 Venus 1.1°N of Moon: Occn. 15 20:36 Mars 0.5°S of Beehive 16 20:49 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 18 08:23 Moon at Perigee: 357048 km 18 12:24 NEW MOON 19 07:29 Mercury 0.3°N of Spica 20 00:06 Mercury 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 20 09:39 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 22 05:45 Autumnal Equinox 23 12:22 Antares 1.3°S of Moon 25 07:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 16:21 Moon at Ascending Node 29 20 Neptune at Opposition 30 07 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun Oct 01 15:38 Moon at Apogee: 406246 km 02 00:44 Venus 0.1°S of Regulus 02 05 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 10:25 FULL MOON 07 10:49 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon 11 05:37 Moon at Descending Node 11 05:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 15:50 Beehive 3.4°N of Moon 13 21 Mercury at Perihelion 13 21:41 Mars 4.7°N of Moon 14 06:45 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon 15 09:41 Venus 5.9°N of Moon 16 18:41 Moon at Perigee: 359010 km 17 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.2°W 17 20:57 NEW MOON 20 21:41 Antares 1.5°S of Moon 21 01 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 08 Mercury 1.0°N of Jupiter 23 11:54 Mars 1.0°N of Regulus 23 17:55 Moon at Ascending Node 24 22:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 00:55 Moon at Apogee: 405560 km 29 17 Venus at Perihelion 30 11 Saturn at Opposition Nov 02 03:17 FULL MOON 03 16:34 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 05 01 S Taurid Meteor Shower 07 06:08 Moon at Descending Node 08 22:13 Beehive 3.6°N of Moon 09 15:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 19 Venus 0.6°N of Jupiter 10 14:20 Regulus 4.4°N of Moon 12 00 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 23:53 Moon at Perigee: 363613 km 14 06:44 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 15 19:15 Venus 3.6°N of Spica 16 07:18 NEW MOON 17 07 Leonid Meteor Shower 19 19 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 19 22:34 Moon at Ascending Node 23 18:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 25 18:10 Moon at Apogee: 404732 km 30 23:45 Pleiades 0.5°N of MoonDec 01 19:40 FULL MOON 03 15 Uranus at Opposition 04 09:14 Moon at Descending Node 06 03:41 Beehive 3.8°N of Moon 07 19:58 Regulus 4.6°N of Moon 08 23:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 06:44 Moon at Perigee: 369056 km 11 14:36 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 13 20 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 01:33 Venus 5.0°N of Moon 15 20:06 NEW MOON 17 06:41 Moon at Ascending Node 21 02:20 Winter Solstice 22 04 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 07:06 Jupiter 3.1°N of Spica 22 20:09 Venus 5.5°N of Antares 23 15:00 Moon at Apogee: 404409 km 23 15:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 21 Jupiter at Aphelion: 5.45386 AU 28 08:35 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 30 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°E 31 10:48 FULL MOON 31 10:52 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.246 31 16:49 Moon at Descending Node | |||||||
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.