2030Calendar of Astronomical Events
2030Phases of the Moon
Alaska Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Alaska Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 9 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2030 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Alaska Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 3 17:49 | Jan 11 05:06 | Jan 19 06:54 | Jan 26 09:14 |
| Feb 2 07:07 | Feb 10 02:49 | Feb 17 21:20 | Feb 24 16:58 |
| Mar 3 21:35 | Mar 11 23:48 | Mar 19 08:56 | Mar 26 00:51 |
| Apr 2 13:02 | Apr 10 17:57 | Apr 17 18:20 | Apr 24 09:39 |
| May 2 05:12 | May 10 08:11 | May 17 02:19 | May 23 19:57 |
| May 31 21:21 A | Jun 8 18:36 | Jun 15 09:41 p | Jun 22 08:19 |
| Jun 30 12:34 | Jul 8 02:02 | Jul 14 17:12 | Jul 21 23:07 |
| Jul 30 02:11 | Aug 6 07:43 | Aug 13 01:44 | Aug 20 16:15 |
| Aug 28 14:07 | Sep 4 12:55 | Sep 11 12:18 | Sep 19 10:56 |
| Sep 27 00:55 | Oct 3 18:56 | Oct 11 01:47 | Oct 19 05:50 |
| Oct 26 11:17 | Nov 2 02:56 | Nov 9 18:30 | Nov 17 23:32 |
| Nov 24 21:46 T | Dec 1 13:57 | Dec 9 13:40 n | Dec 17 15:01 |
| Dec 24 08:32 | Dec 31 04:36 | - | - |
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.
2030Calendar of Astronomical Events
Alaska Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Alaska Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 9 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2030Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Alaska Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AKST Even (h:m)Jan 01 06:33 Moon at Perigee: 364250 km 01 08:49 Antares 3.1°S of Moon 02 11:31 Moon at Ascending Node 03 02 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98334 AU 03 13 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 17:49 NEW MOON 06 04 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 06 10:09 Mars 5.8°S of Moon 11 05:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 23:51 Moon at Apogee: 404647 km 13 14:03 Saturn 5.6°S of Moon 14 10:12 Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon 16 13:41 Moon at Descending Node 19 06:54 FULL MOON 21 17:01 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 22 00 Venus at Perihelion 22 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.4°W 22 02 Mercury 5.4°S of Venus 25 12:46 Spica 2.6°N of Moon 26 09:14 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 17:02 Jupiter 3.7°N of Moon 28 07:03 Moon at Perigee: 369541 km 28 16:14 Antares 3.2°S of Moon 29 18:28 Moon at Ascending Node 30 18:07 Venus 5.3°N of Moon 31 13:04 Mercury 2.4°S of MoonFeb 02 07:07 NEW MOON 09 14 Mercury at Aphelion 09 21:06 Moon at Apogee: 404292 km 09 22:54 Saturn 5.2°S of Moon 10 02:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 18:22 Pleiades 2.0°N of Moon 12 19:07 Moon at Descending Node 17 21:20 FULL MOON 18 01:02 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 21 18:28 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 22 01:01 Moon at Perigee: 368405 km 24 02:19 Jupiter 3.3°N of Moon 24 16:58 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 21:37 Antares 3.5°S of Moon 25 20:23 Moon at Ascending Node 28 04:29 Venus 1.4°N of MoonMar 03 21:35 NEW MOON 09 10:05 Saturn 4.7°S of Moon 09 14 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 09 17:23 Moon at Apogee: 404748 km 10 02:18 Pleiades 2.3°N of Moon 11 21:43 Moon at Descending Node 11 23:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 10:56 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 17 14 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.6°W 19 08:56 FULL MOON 20 04:51 Vernal Equinox 21 02:29 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 21 13:00 Moon at Perigee: 362974 km 23 09:08 Jupiter 3.1°N of Moon 24 03:31 Antares 3.7°S of Moon 24 20:48 Moon at Ascending Node 25 00 Mercury 1.2°N of Mars 25 13 Mercury at Perihelion 26 00:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 16:16 Venus 3.8°S of Moon 31 02 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun Apr 02 13:02 NEW MOON 03 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.1°E 04 06:32 Mercury 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 05 22:31 Saturn 4.1°S of Moon 06 09:29 Pleiades 2.5°N of Moon 06 09:47 Moon at Apogee: 405659 km 07 23:29 Moon at Descending Node 10 17:57 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 21:06 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 17 12:45 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 17 18:20 FULL MOON 18 18:44 Moon at Perigee: 358706 km 19 15:03 Jupiter 3.1°N of Moon 20 11:44 Antares 3.9°S of Moon 21 00:46 Moon at Ascending Node 22 11 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 02 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 24 09:39 LAST QUARTER MOON May 02 05:12 NEW MOON 03 18:39 Moon at Apogee: 406364 km 05 00 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 02:55 Moon at Descending Node 10 08:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 11 05:53 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 13 01 Jupiter at Opposition 14 08 Venus at Aphelion 14 23:36 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 16 20:49 Jupiter 3.4°N of Moon 17 02:19 FULL MOON 17 04:45 Moon at Perigee: 357018 km 17 22:06 Antares 4.0°S of Moon 18 09:32 Moon at Ascending Node 18 21 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 20 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.6°W 23 19:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 01 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 30 21:14 Moon at Apogee: 406469 km 31 21:21 NEW MOON 31 21:28 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.944Jun 01 08:30 Moon at Descending Node 07 12:40 Regulus 6.0°N of Moon 08 03:10 Mercury 5.4°S of Pleiades 08 08 Mercury 0.3°N of Saturn 08 18:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 04 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 11 09:08 Spica 2.3°N of Moon 13 02:42 Jupiter 3.6°N of Moon 14 08:58 Antares 4.0°S of Moon 14 14:37 Moon at Perigee: 358183 km 14 20:24 Moon at Ascending Node 15 09:33 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.503 15 09:41 FULL MOON 20 22:31 Summer Solstice 21 12 Mercury at Perihelion 22 03:50 Venus 5.5°S of Pleiades 22 08:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 22 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 24 12 Venus 0.3°N of Saturn 27 04:09 Pleiades 2.6°N of Moon 27 05:14 Moon at Apogee: 405881 km 27 13:12 Saturn 3.1°S of Moon 27 20:11 Venus 2.3°S of Moon 28 14:50 Moon at Descending Node 30 05:32 Venus 4.1°N of Aldebaran 30 12:34 NEW MOON | Date AKST Even (h:m)Jul 04 04 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01672 AU 04 18:11 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 08 02:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 16:21 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 10 08:59 Jupiter 3.5°N of Moon 11 00:26 Mercury 0.1°N of Beehive 11 18:31 Antares 4.0°S of Moon 12 05:41 Moon at Ascending Node 12 20:12 Moon at Perigee: 361792 km 14 17:12 FULL MOON 21 23:07 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 11:03 Pleiades 2.7°N of Moon 24 19:55 Moon at Apogee: 404891 km 25 01:44 Saturn 2.7°S of Moon 25 20:01 Moon at Descending Node 26 00:59 Mercury 0.6°S of Regulus 28 02 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 04:10 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 30 02:11 NEW MOON 31 23:57 Regulus 5.8°N of MoonAug 01 11:50 Mercury 4.0°N of Moon 01 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.3°E 04 12 Mercury at Aphelion 04 21:48 Spica 2.0°N of Moon 05 07:22 Mars 5.7°S of Pollux 05 12 Venus 0.7°S of Mars 05 11:38 Venus 6.4°S of Pollux 06 07:43 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 16:26 Jupiter 3.2°N of Moon 08 01:46 Antares 4.1°S of Moon 08 10:44 Moon at Ascending Node 09 13:50 Moon at Perigee: 366742 km 12 18 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 01:44 FULL MOON 16 18:05 Venus 0.9°S of Beehive 20 16:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 18:40 Pleiades 2.9°N of Moon 21 13:15 Saturn 2.4°S of Moon 21 13:49 Moon at Apogee: 404174 km 21 17:46 Aldebaran 5.8°S of Moon 21 23:09 Moon at Descending Node 26 20:05 Mars 0.5°S of Beehive 28 14:07 NEW MOON 29 11 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Sep 01 03:19 Spica 1.8°N of Moon 03 02:11 Jupiter 2.6°N of Moon 03 17 Venus at Perihelion 04 07:16 Antares 4.4°S of Moon 04 08:06 Moon at Perigee: 369884 km 04 11:52 Moon at Ascending Node 04 12:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 22 Mercury 3.4°S of Venus 09 19:17 Mercury 1.8°S of Regulus 11 12:18 FULL MOON 14 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W 17 02:36 Pleiades 3.2°N of Moon 17 12 Mercury at Perihelion 17 22:45 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 18 01:12 Moon at Descending Node 18 01:42 Aldebaran 5.5°S of Moon 18 09:09 Moon at Apogee: 404258 km 19 10:56 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 14:27 Autumnal Equinox 24 16:14 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 24 22:11 Saturn 3.2°N of Aldebaran 27 00:55 NEW MOON 30 06:39 Moon at Perigee: 366348 km 30 15:24 Jupiter 1.9°N of MoonOct 01 12:55 Antares 4.6°S of Moon 01 13:00 Moon at Ascending Node 01 18:17 Mars 0.8°N of Regulus 03 18:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 18 Neptune at Opposition 11 01:47 FULL MOON 11 14 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 14 10:18 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon 15 04:20 Moon at Descending Node 15 05:21 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 15 09:22 Aldebaran 5.3°S of Moon 16 04:21 Moon at Apogee: 405078 km 19 05:50 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 02 Venus at Superior Conjunction 21 10 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 01:58 Regulus 6.0°N of Moon 26 11:17 NEW MOON 28 03:07 Moon at Perigee: 361122 km 28 08:29 Jupiter 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 28 18:24 Moon at Ascending Node 28 20:46 Antares 4.8°S of MoonNov 02 02:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 10 S Taurid Meteor Shower 09 01 Mercury 2.6°S of Jupiter 09 18:30 FULL MOON 10 17:18 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon 11 09:03 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 11 09:45 Moon at Descending Node 11 16:21 Aldebaran 5.2°S of Moon 12 10 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 20:00 Moon at Apogee: 405993 km 13 11:29 Mercury 2.3°N of Antares 17 16 Leonid Meteor Shower 17 23:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 07:31 Spica 1.7°N of Moon 24 21:46 NEW MOON 24 21:50 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.047 25 04:32 Moon at Ascending Node 25 12:07 Moon at Perigee: 357521 km 26 10:19 Mercury 4.1°S of Moon 26 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.8°E 27 07 Saturn at Opposition 30 04 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun Dec 01 13:57 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 15 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66601 AU 07 23:35 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon 08 11:06 Saturn 2.3°S of Moon 08 16:17 Moon at Descending Node 08 22:42 Aldebaran 5.2°S of Moon 09 13:28 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.942 09 13 Mercury 0.7°N of Venus 09 13:40 FULL MOON 10 01:03 Moon at Apogee: 406371 km 12 12 Uranus at Opposition 14 05 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 11 Mercury at Perihelion 15 10 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 17 15:01 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 06:40 Mars 6.1°N of Moon 19 17:22 Spica 1.6°N of Moon 21 11:09 Winter Solstice 22 14 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 15:54 Moon at Ascending Node 22 18:46 Antares 4.8°S of Moon 23 06:08 Mercury 2.2°N of Moon 24 01:09 Moon at Perigee: 356926 km 24 08:32 NEW MOON 25 13:23 Venus 5.0°S of Moon 28 01 Mercury 2.6°N of Jupiter 31 04:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON | |||||||
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.