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