2028Calendar of Astronomical Events
2028Phases 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.
| 2028 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Eastern Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | Jan 4 20:40 | Jan 11 23:03 p | Jan 18 14:26 |
| Jan 26 10:12 A | Feb 3 14:10 | Feb 10 10:04 | Feb 17 03:08 |
| Feb 25 05:37 | Mar 4 04:02 | Mar 10 20:06 | Mar 17 18:23 |
| Mar 25 23:31 | Apr 2 14:15 | Apr 9 05:27 | Apr 16 11:37 |
| Apr 24 14:47 | May 1 21:26 | May 8 14:49 | May 16 05:43 |
| May 24 03:16 | May 31 02:37 | Jun 7 01:09 | Jun 14 23:27 |
| Jun 22 13:27 | Jun 29 07:10 | Jul 6 13:11 p | Jul 14 15:57 |
| Jul 21 22:02 T | Jul 28 12:40 | Aug 5 03:10 | Aug 13 06:45 |
| Aug 20 05:44 | Aug 26 20:36 | Sep 3 18:48 | Sep 11 19:46 |
| Sep 18 13:24 | Sep 25 08:10 | Oct 3 11:25 | Oct 11 06:57 |
| Oct 17 21:57 | Oct 24 23:53 | Nov 2 04:17 | Nov 9 16:26 |
| Nov 16 08:18 | Nov 23 19:15 | Dec 1 20:40 | Dec 9 00:39 |
| Dec 15 21:06 | Dec 23 16:45 | Dec 31 11:48 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
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.
| 2028Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Eastern Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date EST Event (h:m)Jan 04 05 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 20:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 08 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 08 09:28 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 08 19 Mercury 0.7°S of Mars 11 23:03 FULL MOON 11 23:13 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.066 12 03:36 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 12 16:27 Moon at Descending Node 13 01:04 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 13 02:47 Moon at Perigee: 359046 km 14 14:13 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 16 13:54 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 17 12 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.8°E 18 08:58 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 18 14:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 18:46 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 24 00 Mercury at Perihelion 26 02:31 Moon at Ascending Node 26 10:08 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.921 26 10:12 NEW MOON 26 18 Mercury 3.3°N of Mars 28 10:31 Moon at Apogee: 406387 km 30 09:01 Venus 5.4°S of MoonFeb 02 04 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 14:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 18:48 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 08 15:04 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 09 03:56 Moon at Descending Node 09 12:32 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 10 10:04 FULL MOON 10 14:53 Moon at Perigee: 356678 km 11 01:05 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 11 07 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38116 AU 12 20:47 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 14 16:42 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 17 03:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 00:37 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 22 08:11 Moon at Ascending Node 22 18:55 Mercury 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 24 11:26 Moon at Apogee: 406563 km 25 05:37 NEW MOON 27 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°W 28 13 Venus 3.4°N of Saturn 29 10:48 Venus 4.3°S of MoonMar 03 01:48 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 04 04:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 01:19 Pollux 6.1°N of Moon 07 13:06 Moon at Descending Node 07 23 Mercury at Aphelion 07 23:24 Beehive 2.2°N of Moon 09 12:30 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 10 03:23 Moon at Perigee: 357599 km 10 20:06 FULL MOON 11 02:47 Jupiter 6.2°N of Moon 12 10 Jupiter at Opposition 13 02:43 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 16 08:06 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 17 18:23 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 01 Venus at Perihelion 19 21:17 Vernal Equinox 20 11:19 Moon at Ascending Node 20 20 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 22 08 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.1°E 22 18:24 Moon at Apogee: 406096 km 25 23:31 NEW MOON 26 05 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 29 23:59 Venus 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 30 07:17 Pleiades 0.3°S of MoonApr 02 14:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 08:58 Pollux 6.4°N of Moon 03 12:50 Venus 0.2°S of Pleiades 03 17:08 Moon at Descending Node 04 07:52 Beehive 2.4°N of Moon 05 22:15 Regulus 3.4°N of Moon 07 07:57 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 07 11:02 Moon at Perigee: 361361 km 09 05:27 FULL MOON 09 13:27 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 11 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 12 17:20 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 16 11:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 12:56 Moon at Ascending Node 19 10:13 Moon at Apogee: 405100 km 20 07 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 20 23 Mercury at Perihelion 22 02 Lyrid Meteor Shower 24 14:47 NEW MOON 25 23:15 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon 26 13:05 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 27 19:20 Venus 1.7°N of Moon 30 17:47 Moon at Descending Node 30 20:33 Mercury 1.7°S of PleiadesMay 01 14:00 Beehive 2.7°N of Moon 01 21:26 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 05:26 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon 04 13:02 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 04 16 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 05:31 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 06 23:00 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 08 14:49 FULL MOON 09 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.4°E 10 03:04 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 13 15:46 Moon at Ascending Node 16 05:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 04:55 Moon at Apogee: 404276 km 23 01 Mercury 2.5°S of Venus 24 03:16 NEW MOON 27 19:40 Moon at Descending Node 28 19:30 Beehive 2.9°N of Moon 30 11:01 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon 30 20 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 31 01:18 Moon at Perigee: 369758 km 31 02:37 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 19:38 Jupiter 6.1°N of MoonJun 01 05 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 01 22 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 06:21 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 06 11:48 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 07 01:09 FULL MOON 07 12:02 Mars 4.0°S of Pleiades 09 21:18 Moon at Ascending Node 13 18 Venus 2.0°S of Mars 13 23:46 Moon at Apogee: 404222 km 14 23:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 05:15 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 20 15:02 Summer Solstice 20 21:18 Mercury 1.4°N of Aldebaran 20 23:26 Mars 3.5°S of Moon 21 05:33 Mars 5.5°N of Aldebaran 22 13:27 NEW MOON 24 01:42 Moon at Descending Node 25 02:20 Beehive 3.0°N of Moon 25 23:14 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 26 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°W 26 17:00 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 28 05:19 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 29 07:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 12 Mercury 3.3°S of Mars 30 12:02 Spica 3.5°N of Moon | Date EST Event (h:m)Jul 03 18 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU 03 18:48 Antares 0.9°S of Moon 06 13:11 FULL MOON 06 13:20 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.389 07 04:34 Moon at Ascending Node 09 10 Venus at Aphelion 11 17:26 Moon at Apogee: 404945 km 12 20:06 Venus 1.0°N of Aldebaran 14 15:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 14:37 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 17 22 Mercury at Perihelion 19 19:04 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 21 11:09 Moon at Descending Node 21 21:55 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.056 21 22:02 NEW MOON 23 17:14 Moon at Perigee: 361633 km 24 00:55 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 25 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 25 18:55 Jupiter 6.4°N of Moon 27 17 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 27 17:42 Spica 3.5°N of Moon 28 12:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 00:27 Antares 0.9°S of MoonAug 03 11:20 Moon at Ascending Node 05 03:10 FULL MOON 08 07:54 Moon at Apogee: 405894 km 10 12 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°W 12 09 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 06:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 23:12 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 16 21:17 Venus 4.2°S of Moon 17 13:48 Mars 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 17 21:04 Moon at Descending Node 20 05:44 NEW MOON 20 23:10 Moon at Perigee: 358074 km 21 23:46 Mercury 4.7°N of Moon 24 01:03 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 24 23:20 Mars 5.8°S of Pollux 26 20:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 06:09 Antares 1.1°S of Moon 27 17 Mercury 2.2°S of Jupiter 30 15:39 Moon at Ascending Node 30 22 Mercury at Aphelion Sep 03 18:48 FULL MOON 04 15:03 Moon at Apogee: 406398 km 06 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 08 06 Venus 2.3°S of Mars 10 06:09 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon 11 19:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 10:21 Venus 2.5°S of Beehive 14 04:05 Moon at Descending Node 15 07:19 Mars 2.6°N of Moon 15 08:10 Beehive 3.1°N of Moon 15 13:23 Venus 1.1°N of Moon: Occn. 15 21:36 Mars 0.5°S of Beehive 16 21:49 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 18 09:23 Moon at Perigee: 357048 km 18 13:24 NEW MOON 19 08:29 Mercury 0.3°N of Spica 20 01:06 Mercury 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 20 10:39 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 22 06:45 Autumnal Equinox 23 13:22 Antares 1.3°S of Moon 25 08:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 17:21 Moon at Ascending Node 29 21 Neptune at Opposition 30 08 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun Oct 01 16:38 Moon at Apogee: 406246 km 02 01:44 Venus 0.1°S of Regulus 02 06 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 11:25 FULL MOON 07 11:49 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon 11 06:37 Moon at Descending Node 11 06:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 16:50 Beehive 3.4°N of Moon 13 22 Mercury at Perihelion 13 22:41 Mars 4.7°N of Moon 14 07:45 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon 15 10:41 Venus 5.9°N of Moon 16 19:41 Moon at Perigee: 359010 km 17 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.2°W 17 21:57 NEW MOON 20 22:41 Antares 1.5°S of Moon 21 02 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 09 Mercury 1.0°N of Jupiter 23 12:54 Mars 1.0°N of Regulus 23 18:55 Moon at Ascending Node 24 23:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 01:55 Moon at Apogee: 405560 km 29 18 Venus at Perihelion 30 12 Saturn at Opposition Nov 02 04:17 FULL MOON 03 17:34 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 05 02 S Taurid Meteor Shower 07 07:08 Moon at Descending Node 08 23:13 Beehive 3.6°N of Moon 09 16:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 20 Venus 0.6°N of Jupiter 10 15:20 Regulus 4.4°N of Moon 12 01 N Taurid Meteor Shower 14 00:53 Moon at Perigee: 363613 km 14 07:44 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 15 20:15 Venus 3.6°N of Spica 16 08:18 NEW MOON 17 08 Leonid Meteor Shower 19 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 19 23:34 Moon at Ascending Node 23 19:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 25 19:10 Moon at Apogee: 404732 kmDec 01 00:45 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 01 20:40 FULL MOON 03 16 Uranus at Opposition 04 10:14 Moon at Descending Node 06 04:41 Beehive 3.8°N of Moon 07 20:58 Regulus 4.6°N of Moon 09 00:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 07:44 Moon at Perigee: 369056 km 11 15:36 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 13 21 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 02:33 Venus 5.0°N of Moon 15 21:06 NEW MOON 17 07:41 Moon at Ascending Node 21 03:20 Winter Solstice 22 05 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 08:06 Jupiter 3.1°N of Spica 22 21:09 Venus 5.5°N of Antares 23 16:00 Moon at Apogee: 404409 km 23 16:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 22 Jupiter at Aphelion: 5.45386 AU 28 09:35 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 30 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°E 31 11:48 FULL MOON 31 11:52 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.246 31 17:49 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.