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