2030Calendar of Astronomical Events
2030Phases 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.
| 2030 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Eastern Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 3 21:49 | Jan 11 09:06 | Jan 19 10:54 | Jan 26 13:14 |
| Feb 2 11:07 | Feb 10 06:49 | Feb 18 01:20 | Feb 24 20:58 |
| Mar 4 01:35 | Mar 12 03:48 | Mar 19 12:56 | Mar 26 04:51 |
| Apr 2 17:02 | Apr 10 21:57 | Apr 17 22:20 | Apr 24 13:39 |
| May 2 09:12 | May 10 12:11 | May 17 06:19 | May 23 23:57 |
| Jun 1 01:21 A | Jun 8 22:36 | Jun 15 13:41 p | Jun 22 12:19 |
| Jun 30 16:34 | Jul 8 06:02 | Jul 14 21:12 | Jul 22 03:07 |
| Jul 30 06:11 | Aug 6 11:43 | Aug 13 05:44 | Aug 20 20:15 |
| Aug 28 18:07 | Sep 4 16:55 | Sep 11 16:18 | Sep 19 14:56 |
| Sep 27 04:55 | Oct 3 22:56 | Oct 11 05:47 | Oct 19 09:50 |
| Oct 26 15:17 | Nov 2 06:56 | Nov 9 22:30 | Nov 18 03:32 |
| Nov 25 01:46 T | Dec 1 17:57 | Dec 9 17:40 n | Dec 17 19:01 |
| Dec 24 12:32 | Dec 31 08:36 | - | - |
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
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.
| 2030Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Eastern Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date EST Event (h:m)Jan 01 10:33 Moon at Perigee: 364250 km 01 12:49 Antares 3.1°S of Moon 02 15:31 Moon at Ascending Node 03 06 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98334 AU 03 17 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 21:49 NEW MOON 06 08 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 06 14:09 Mars 5.8°S of Moon 11 09:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 03:51 Moon at Apogee: 404647 km 13 18:03 Saturn 5.6°S of Moon 14 14:12 Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon 16 17:41 Moon at Descending Node 19 10:54 FULL MOON 21 21:01 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 22 04 Venus at Perihelion 22 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.4°W 22 06 Mercury 5.4°S of Venus 25 16:46 Spica 2.6°N of Moon 26 13:14 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 21:02 Jupiter 3.7°N of Moon 28 11:03 Moon at Perigee: 369541 km 28 20:14 Antares 3.2°S of Moon 29 22:28 Moon at Ascending Node 30 22:07 Venus 5.3°N of Moon 31 17:04 Mercury 2.4°S of MoonFeb 02 11:07 NEW MOON 09 18 Mercury at Aphelion 10 01:06 Moon at Apogee: 404292 km 10 02:54 Saturn 5.2°S of Moon 10 06:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 22:22 Pleiades 2.0°N of Moon 12 23:07 Moon at Descending Node 18 01:20 FULL MOON 18 05:02 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 21 22:28 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 22 05:01 Moon at Perigee: 368405 km 24 06:19 Jupiter 3.3°N of Moon 24 20:58 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 01:37 Antares 3.5°S of Moon 26 00:23 Moon at Ascending Node 28 08:29 Venus 1.4°N of MoonMar 04 01:35 NEW MOON 09 14:05 Saturn 4.7°S of Moon 09 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 09 21:23 Moon at Apogee: 404748 km 10 06:18 Pleiades 2.3°N of Moon 12 01:43 Moon at Descending Node 12 03:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 14:56 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 17 18 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.6°W 19 12:56 FULL MOON 20 08:51 Vernal Equinox 21 06:29 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 21 17:00 Moon at Perigee: 362974 km 23 13:08 Jupiter 3.1°N of Moon 24 07:31 Antares 3.7°S of Moon 25 00:48 Moon at Ascending Node 25 04 Mercury 1.2°N of Mars 25 17 Mercury at Perihelion 26 04:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 20:16 Venus 3.8°S of Moon 31 06 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun Apr 02 17:02 NEW MOON 04 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.1°E 04 10:32 Mercury 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 06 02:31 Saturn 4.1°S of Moon 06 13:29 Pleiades 2.5°N of Moon 06 13:47 Moon at Apogee: 405659 km 08 03:29 Moon at Descending Node 10 21:57 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 01:06 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 17 16:45 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 17 22:20 FULL MOON 18 22:44 Moon at Perigee: 358706 km 19 19:03 Jupiter 3.1°N of Moon 20 15:44 Antares 3.9°S of Moon 21 04:46 Moon at Ascending Node 22 15 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 06 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 24 13:39 LAST QUARTER MOON May 02 09:12 NEW MOON 03 22:39 Moon at Apogee: 406364 km 05 04 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 06:55 Moon at Descending Node 10 12:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 11 09:53 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 13 05 Jupiter at Opposition 14 12 Venus at Aphelion 15 03:36 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 17 00:49 Jupiter 3.4°N of Moon 17 06:19 FULL MOON 17 08:45 Moon at Perigee: 357018 km 18 02:06 Antares 4.0°S of Moon 18 13:32 Moon at Ascending Node 19 01 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 20 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.6°W 23 23:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 05 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 31 01:14 Moon at Apogee: 406469 kmJun 01 01:21 NEW MOON 01 01:28 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.944 01 12:30 Moon at Descending Node 07 16:40 Regulus 6.0°N of Moon 08 07:10 Mercury 5.4°S of Pleiades 08 12 Mercury 0.3°N of Saturn 08 22:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 08 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 11 13:08 Spica 2.3°N of Moon 13 06:42 Jupiter 3.6°N of Moon 14 12:58 Antares 4.0°S of Moon 14 18:37 Moon at Perigee: 358183 km 15 00:24 Moon at Ascending Node 15 13:33 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.503 15 13:41 FULL MOON 21 02:31 Summer Solstice 21 16 Mercury at Perihelion 22 07:50 Venus 5.5°S of Pleiades 22 12:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 02 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 24 16 Venus 0.3°N of Saturn 27 08:09 Pleiades 2.6°N of Moon 27 09:14 Moon at Apogee: 405881 km 27 17:12 Saturn 3.1°S of Moon 28 00:11 Venus 2.3°S of Moon 28 18:50 Moon at Descending Node 30 09:32 Venus 4.1°N of Aldebaran 30 16:34 NEW MOON | Date EST Event (h:m)Jul 04 08 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01672 AU 04 22:11 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 08 06:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 20:21 Spica 2.2°N of Moon 10 12:59 Jupiter 3.5°N of Moon 11 04:26 Mercury 0.1°N of Beehive 11 22:31 Antares 4.0°S of Moon 12 09:41 Moon at Ascending Node 13 00:12 Moon at Perigee: 361792 km 14 21:12 FULL MOON 22 03:07 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 15:03 Pleiades 2.7°N of Moon 24 23:55 Moon at Apogee: 404891 km 25 05:44 Saturn 2.7°S of Moon 26 00:01 Moon at Descending Node 26 04:59 Mercury 0.6°S of Regulus 28 06 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 08:10 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 30 06:11 NEW MOON Aug 01 03:57 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 01 15:50 Mercury 4.0°N of Moon 02 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.3°E 04 16 Mercury at Aphelion 05 01:48 Spica 2.0°N of Moon 05 11:22 Mars 5.7°S of Pollux 05 16 Venus 0.7°S of Mars 05 15:38 Venus 6.4°S of Pollux 06 11:43 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 20:26 Jupiter 3.2°N of Moon 08 05:46 Antares 4.1°S of Moon 08 14:44 Moon at Ascending Node 09 17:50 Moon at Perigee: 366742 km 12 22 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 05:44 FULL MOON 16 22:05 Venus 0.9°S of Beehive 20 20:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 22:40 Pleiades 2.9°N of Moon 21 17:15 Saturn 2.4°S of Moon 21 17:49 Moon at Apogee: 404174 km 21 21:46 Aldebaran 5.8°S of Moon 22 03:09 Moon at Descending Node 27 00:05 Mars 0.5°S of Beehive 28 18:07 NEW MOON 29 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Sep 01 07:19 Spica 1.8°N of Moon 03 06:11 Jupiter 2.6°N of Moon 03 21 Venus at Perihelion 04 11:16 Antares 4.4°S of Moon 04 12:06 Moon at Perigee: 369884 km 04 15:52 Moon at Ascending Node 04 16:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 02 Mercury 3.4°S of Venus 09 23:17 Mercury 1.8°S of Regulus 11 16:18 FULL MOON 15 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W 17 06:36 Pleiades 3.2°N of Moon 17 16 Mercury at Perihelion 18 02:45 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 18 05:12 Moon at Descending Node 18 05:42 Aldebaran 5.5°S of Moon 18 13:09 Moon at Apogee: 404258 km 19 14:56 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 18:27 Autumnal Equinox 24 20:14 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 25 02:11 Saturn 3.2°N of Aldebaran 27 04:55 NEW MOON 30 10:39 Moon at Perigee: 366348 km 30 19:24 Jupiter 1.9°N of MoonOct 01 16:55 Antares 4.6°S of Moon 01 17:00 Moon at Ascending Node 01 22:17 Mars 0.8°N of Regulus 03 22:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 22 Neptune at Opposition 11 05:47 FULL MOON 11 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 14 14:18 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon 15 08:20 Moon at Descending Node 15 09:21 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 15 13:22 Aldebaran 5.3°S of Moon 16 08:21 Moon at Apogee: 405078 km 19 09:50 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 06 Venus at Superior Conjunction 21 14 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 05:58 Regulus 6.0°N of Moon 26 15:17 NEW MOON 28 07:07 Moon at Perigee: 361122 km 28 12:29 Jupiter 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 28 22:24 Moon at Ascending Node 29 00:46 Antares 4.8°S of MoonNov 02 06:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 14 S Taurid Meteor Shower 09 05 Mercury 2.6°S of Jupiter 09 22:30 FULL MOON 10 21:18 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon 11 13:03 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 11 13:45 Moon at Descending Node 11 20:21 Aldebaran 5.2°S of Moon 12 14 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 00:00 Moon at Apogee: 405993 km 13 15:29 Mercury 2.3°N of Antares 17 20 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 03:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 11:31 Spica 1.7°N of Moon 25 01:46 NEW MOON 25 01:50 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.047 25 08:32 Moon at Ascending Node 25 16:07 Moon at Perigee: 357521 km 26 14:19 Mercury 4.1°S of Moon 26 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.8°E 27 11 Saturn at Opposition 30 08 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun Dec 01 17:57 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 19 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66601 AU 08 03:35 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon 08 15:06 Saturn 2.3°S of Moon 08 20:17 Moon at Descending Node 09 02:42 Aldebaran 5.2°S of Moon 09 17:28 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.942 09 17 Mercury 0.7°N of Venus 09 17:40 FULL MOON 10 05:03 Moon at Apogee: 406371 km 12 16 Uranus at Opposition 14 09 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 15 Mercury at Perihelion 15 14 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 17 19:01 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 10:40 Mars 6.1°N of Moon 19 21:22 Spica 1.6°N of Moon 21 15:09 Winter Solstice 22 18 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 19:54 Moon at Ascending Node 22 22:46 Antares 4.8°S of Moon 23 10:08 Mercury 2.2°N of Moon 24 05:09 Moon at Perigee: 356926 km 24 12:32 NEW MOON 25 17:23 Venus 5.0°S of Moon 28 05 Mercury 2.6°N of Jupiter 31 08:36 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.