2028Calendar of Astronomical Events
2028Phases of the Moon
Gulf Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Gulf Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time + 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2028 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Gulf Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | Jan 5 05:40 | Jan 12 08:03 p | Jan 18 23:26 |
| Jan 26 19:12 A | Feb 3 23:10 | Feb 10 19:04 | Feb 17 12:08 |
| Feb 25 14:37 | Mar 4 13:02 | Mar 11 05:06 | Mar 18 03:23 |
| Mar 26 08:31 | Apr 2 23:15 | Apr 9 14:27 | Apr 16 20:37 |
| Apr 24 23:47 | May 2 06:26 | May 8 23:49 | May 16 14:43 |
| May 24 12:16 | May 31 11:37 | Jun 7 10:09 | Jun 15 08:27 |
| Jun 22 22:27 | Jun 29 16:10 | Jul 6 22:11 p | Jul 15 00:57 |
| Jul 22 07:02 T | Jul 28 21:40 | Aug 5 12:10 | Aug 13 15:45 |
| Aug 20 14:44 | Aug 27 05:36 | Sep 4 03:48 | Sep 12 04:46 |
| Sep 18 22:24 | Sep 25 17:10 | Oct 3 20:25 | Oct 11 15:57 |
| Oct 18 06:57 | Oct 25 08:53 | Nov 2 13:17 | Nov 10 01:26 |
| Nov 16 17:18 | Nov 24 04:15 | Dec 2 05:40 | Dec 9 09:39 |
| Dec 16 06:06 | Dec 24 01:45 | Dec 31 20:48 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
Gulf Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Gulf Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time + 4 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 | ||||||||
| Gulf Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date GST Event (h:m)Jan 01 07:52 Moon at Apogee: 405633 km 04 14 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 05 05:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 17 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 08 18:28 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 09 04 Mercury 0.7°S of Mars 12 08:03 FULL MOON 12 08:13 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.066 12 12:36 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 13 01:27 Moon at Descending Node 13 10:04 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 13 11:47 Moon at Perigee: 359046 km 14 23:13 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 16 22:54 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 17 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.8°E 18 17:58 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 18 23:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 03:46 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 24 09 Mercury at Perihelion 26 11:31 Moon at Ascending Node 26 19:08 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.921 26 19:12 NEW MOON 27 03 Mercury 3.3°N of Mars 28 19:31 Moon at Apogee: 406387 km 30 18:01 Venus 5.4°S of MoonFeb 02 13 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 23:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 03:48 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 09 00:04 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 09 12:56 Moon at Descending Node 09 21:32 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 10 19:04 FULL MOON 10 23:53 Moon at Perigee: 356678 km 11 10:05 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 11 16 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38116 AU 13 05:47 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 15 01:42 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 17 12:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 09:37 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 22 17:11 Moon at Ascending Node 23 03:55 Mercury 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 24 20:26 Moon at Apogee: 406563 km 25 14:37 NEW MOON 27 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°W 28 22 Venus 3.4°N of Saturn 29 19:48 Venus 4.3°S of MoonMar 03 10:48 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 04 13:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 10:19 Pollux 6.1°N of Moon 07 22:06 Moon at Descending Node 08 08 Mercury at Aphelion 08 08:24 Beehive 2.2°N of Moon 09 21:30 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 10 12:23 Moon at Perigee: 357599 km 11 05:06 FULL MOON 11 11:47 Jupiter 6.2°N of Moon 12 19 Jupiter at Opposition 13 11:43 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 16 17:06 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 18 03:23 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 10 Venus at Perihelion 20 06:17 Vernal Equinox 20 20:19 Moon at Ascending Node 21 05 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 22 17 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.1°E 23 03:24 Moon at Apogee: 406096 km 26 08:31 NEW MOON 26 14 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 30 08:59 Venus 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 30 16:17 Pleiades 0.3°S of MoonApr 02 23:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 17:58 Pollux 6.4°N of Moon 03 21:50 Venus 0.2°S of Pleiades 04 02:08 Moon at Descending Node 04 16:52 Beehive 2.4°N of Moon 06 07:15 Regulus 3.4°N of Moon 07 16:57 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 07 20:02 Moon at Perigee: 361361 km 09 14:27 FULL MOON 09 22:27 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 12 03 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 13 02:20 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 16 20:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 21:56 Moon at Ascending Node 19 19:13 Moon at Apogee: 405100 km 20 16 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 21 08 Mercury at Perihelion 22 11 Lyrid Meteor Shower 24 23:47 NEW MOON 26 08:15 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon 26 22:05 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 28 04:20 Venus 1.7°N of MoonMay 01 02:47 Moon at Descending Node 01 05:33 Mercury 1.7°S of Pleiades 01 23:00 Beehive 2.7°N of Moon 02 06:26 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 14:26 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon 04 22:02 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 05 01 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 14:31 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 07 08:00 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 08 23:49 FULL MOON 09 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.4°E 10 12:04 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 14 00:46 Moon at Ascending Node 16 14:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 13:55 Moon at Apogee: 404276 km 23 10 Mercury 2.5°S of Venus 24 12:16 NEW MOON 28 04:40 Moon at Descending Node 29 04:30 Beehive 2.9°N of Moon 30 20:01 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon 31 05 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 31 10:18 Moon at Perigee: 369758 km 31 11:37 FIRST QUARTER MOON Jun 01 04:38 Jupiter 6.1°N of Moon 01 14 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 02 07 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 15:21 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 06 20:48 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 07 10:09 FULL MOON 07 21:02 Mars 4.0°S of Pleiades 10 06:18 Moon at Ascending Node 14 03 Venus 2.0°S of Mars 14 08:46 Moon at Apogee: 404222 km 15 08:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 14:15 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 21 00:02 Summer Solstice 21 06:18 Mercury 1.4°N of Aldebaran 21 08:26 Mars 3.5°S of Moon 21 14:33 Mars 5.5°N of Aldebaran 22 22:27 NEW MOON 24 10:42 Moon at Descending Node 25 11:20 Beehive 3.0°N of Moon 26 08:14 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 26 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°W 27 02:00 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 28 14:19 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 29 16:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 21 Mercury 3.3°S of Mars 30 21:02 Spica 3.5°N of Moon | Date GST Event (h:m)Jul 04 03 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU 04 03:48 Antares 0.9°S of Moon 06 22:11 FULL MOON 06 22:20 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.389 07 13:34 Moon at Ascending Node 09 19 Venus at Aphelion 12 02:26 Moon at Apogee: 404945 km 13 05:06 Venus 1.0°N of Aldebaran 15 00:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 23:37 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 18 07 Mercury at Perihelion 20 04:04 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 21 20:09 Moon at Descending Node 22 06:55 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.056 22 07:02 NEW MOON 24 02:14 Moon at Perigee: 361633 km 24 09:55 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 25 17 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 26 03:55 Jupiter 6.4°N of Moon 28 02 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 02:42 Spica 3.5°N of Moon 28 21:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 09:27 Antares 0.9°S of MoonAug 03 20:20 Moon at Ascending Node 05 12:10 FULL MOON 08 16:54 Moon at Apogee: 405894 km 10 21 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°W 12 18 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 15:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 14 08:12 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 17 06:17 Venus 4.2°S of Moon 17 22:48 Mars 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 18 06:04 Moon at Descending Node 20 14:44 NEW MOON 21 08:10 Moon at Perigee: 358074 km 22 08:46 Mercury 4.7°N of Moon 24 10:03 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 25 08:20 Mars 5.8°S of Pollux 27 05:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 15:09 Antares 1.1°S of Moon 28 02 Mercury 2.2°S of Jupiter 31 00:39 Moon at Ascending Node 31 07 Mercury at Aphelion Sep 04 03:48 FULL MOON 05 00:03 Moon at Apogee: 406398 km 06 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 08 15 Venus 2.3°S of Mars 10 15:09 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon 12 04:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 19:21 Venus 2.5°S of Beehive 14 13:05 Moon at Descending Node 15 16:19 Mars 2.6°N of Moon 15 17:10 Beehive 3.1°N of Moon 15 22:23 Venus 1.1°N of Moon: Occn. 16 06:36 Mars 0.5°S of Beehive 17 06:49 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 18 18:23 Moon at Perigee: 357048 km 18 22:24 NEW MOON 19 17:29 Mercury 0.3°N of Spica 20 10:06 Mercury 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 20 19:39 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 22 15:45 Autumnal Equinox 23 22:22 Antares 1.3°S of Moon 25 17:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 02:21 Moon at Ascending Node 30 06 Neptune at Opposition 30 17 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun Oct 02 01:38 Moon at Apogee: 406246 km 02 10:44 Venus 0.1°S of Regulus 02 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 20:25 FULL MOON 07 20:49 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon 11 15:37 Moon at Descending Node 11 15:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 01:50 Beehive 3.4°N of Moon 14 07 Mercury at Perihelion 14 07:41 Mars 4.7°N of Moon 14 16:45 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon 15 19:41 Venus 5.9°N of Moon 17 04:41 Moon at Perigee: 359010 km 18 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.2°W 18 06:57 NEW MOON 21 07:41 Antares 1.5°S of Moon 21 11 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 18 Mercury 1.0°N of Jupiter 23 21:54 Mars 1.0°N of Regulus 24 03:55 Moon at Ascending Node 25 08:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 10:55 Moon at Apogee: 405560 km 30 03 Venus at Perihelion 30 21 Saturn at Opposition Nov 02 13:17 FULL MOON 04 02:34 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 05 11 S Taurid Meteor Shower 07 16:08 Moon at Descending Node 09 08:13 Beehive 3.6°N of Moon 10 01:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 05 Venus 0.6°N of Jupiter 11 00:20 Regulus 4.4°N of Moon 12 10 N Taurid Meteor Shower 14 09:53 Moon at Perigee: 363613 km 14 16:44 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 16 05:15 Venus 3.6°N of Spica 16 17:18 NEW MOON 17 17 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 05 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 20 08:34 Moon at Ascending Node 24 04:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 04:10 Moon at Apogee: 404732 kmDec 01 09:45 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 02 05:40 FULL MOON 04 01 Uranus at Opposition 04 19:14 Moon at Descending Node 06 13:41 Beehive 3.8°N of Moon 08 05:58 Regulus 4.6°N of Moon 09 09:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 16:44 Moon at Perigee: 369056 km 12 00:36 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 14 06 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 11:33 Venus 5.0°N of Moon 16 06:06 NEW MOON 17 16:41 Moon at Ascending Node 21 12:20 Winter Solstice 22 14 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 17:06 Jupiter 3.1°N of Spica 23 06:09 Venus 5.5°N of Antares 24 01:00 Moon at Apogee: 404409 km 24 01:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 07 Jupiter at Aphelion: 5.45386 AU 28 18:35 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 31 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°E 31 20:48 FULL MOON 31 20:52 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.246 | |||||||
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
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2021 to 2030 for five time zones
in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a calendar of astronomical events for that year.
| Calendar of Astronomical Events - Europe, Africa, & Middle East | |||||||||||||||
| GMT | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| CET | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| EET | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| MSK | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| GST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
- GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
- CET = Central European Time (= GMT + 1 hour)
- EET = Eastern European Time (= GMT + 2 hours)
- MSK = Moscow Time (= GMT + 3 hours)
- GST = Gulf Standard Time (= GMT + 4 hours)
- 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.