2038Calendar of Astronomical Events
2038Phases 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.
| 2038 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Alaska Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 5 04:41 A | Jan 13 03:34 | Jan 20 19:00 n | Jan 27 13:00 |
| Feb 3 20:52 | Feb 12 00:30 | Feb 19 07:09 | Feb 25 21:56 |
| Mar 5 14:15 | Mar 13 18:42 | Mar 20 17:09 | Mar 27 08:36 |
| Apr 4 07:43 | Apr 12 09:02 | Apr 19 01:36 | Apr 25 21:15 |
| May 4 00:19 | May 11 19:18 | May 18 09:23 | May 25 11:43 |
| Jun 2 15:24 | Jun 10 02:11 | Jun 16 17:30 n | Jun 24 03:39 |
| Jul 2 04:32 A | Jul 9 07:00 | Jul 16 02:48 n | Jul 23 20:40 |
| Jul 31 15:40 | Aug 7 11:21 | Aug 14 13:57 | Aug 22 14:12 |
| Aug 30 01:13 | Sep 5 16:51 | Sep 13 03:24 | Sep 21 07:27 |
| Sep 28 09:57 | Oct 5 00:52 | Oct 12 19:22 | Oct 20 23:23 |
| Oct 27 18:53 | Nov 3 12:24 | Nov 11 13:27 | Nov 19 13:10 |
| Nov 26 04:47 | Dec 3 03:46 | Dec 11 08:30 n | Dec 19 00:29 |
| Dec 25 16:02 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.
2038Calendar 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.
| 2038Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Alaska Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AKST Even (h:m)Jan 02 20 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98335 AU 03 11:43 Mercury 1.4°S of Moon 03 14 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 16 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 05 04:41 NEW MOON 05 04:46 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.973 05 12:32 Moon at Descending Node 11 23 Uranus at Opposition 12 04:57 Moon at Apogee: 404530 km 13 03:34 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 07 Mercury 6.4°S of Venus 14 11 Jupiter at Opposition 16 23:16 Aldebaran 2.1°S of Moon 19 23:06 Moon at Ascending Node 20 06:41 Jupiter 0.0°S of Moon: Occn. 20 18:48 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.900 20 19:00 FULL MOON 21 03 Venus at Perihelion 21 05:14 Beehive 0.0°S of Moon 21 13 Mercury at Aphelion 22 17:25 Regulus 3.1°S of Moon 23 19:38 Saturn 2.5°S of Moon 24 00:52 Moon at Perigee: 366508 km 27 06:01 Jupiter 6.2°S of Pollux 27 13:00 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 21:02 Venus 5.2°N of MoonFeb 01 20:08 Moon at Descending Node 03 20:52 NEW MOON 04 08:11 Mars 2.0°S of Pleiades 09 01:00 Moon at Apogee: 405275 km 12 00:30 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 05 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 13 08:29 Aldebaran 2.2°S of Moon 16 08:30 Moon at Ascending Node 16 11:47 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 16 17:37 Pollux 6.3°N of Moon 17 15:37 Beehive 0.0°S of Moon 19 03:21 Regulus 3.0°S of Moon 19 07:09 FULL MOON 20 02:09 Saturn 2.3°S of Moon 20 23:05 Moon at Perigee: 360960 km 25 21:56 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 03:30 Mars 7.4°N of Aldebaran 28 23:52 Moon at Descending Node Mar 01 11:46 Venus 4.4°N of Moon 02 23 Saturn at Opposition 05 14:15 NEW MOON 06 13 Mercury at Perihelion 08 15:39 Moon at Apogee: 406184 km 10 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°E 12 16:23 Aldebaran 2.4°S of Moon 13 04:38 Mars 4.6°N of Moon 13 18:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 03 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.6°W 15 14:28 Moon at Ascending Node 15 19:29 Jupiter 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 16 03:32 Pollux 6.1°N of Moon 17 02:03 Beehive 0.2°S of Moon 18 14:18 Regulus 3.1°S of Moon 19 09:49 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 20 03:40 Vernal Equinox 20 17:09 FULL MOON 21 08:16 Moon at Perigee: 357387 km 27 08:36 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 28 00:42 Moon at Descending Node 31 00:43 Venus 4.0°N of MoonApr 04 07:43 NEW MOON 04 20:32 Moon at Apogee: 406665 km 08 22:48 Aldebaran 2.7°S of Moon 10 17:58 Mars 2.8°N of Moon 11 16:27 Moon at Ascending Node 12 05:25 Jupiter 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 12 09:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 11:30 Pollux 5.9°N of Moon 13 10:43 Beehive 0.4°S of Moon 15 00:08 Regulus 3.3°S of Moon 15 17:34 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 18 08 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 18 19:30 Moon at Perigee: 356842 km 19 01:36 FULL MOON 22 12 Lyrid Meteor Shower 24 02:37 Moon at Descending Node 24 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.3°W 25 21:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 30 00:51 Venus 3.8°N of MoonMay 01 13:14 Mercury 2.3°N of Moon 01 23:35 Moon at Apogee: 406509 km 02 16:42 Jupiter 6.1°S of Pollux 04 00:19 NEW MOON 05 01 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 04:34 Aldebaran 2.8°S of Moon 08 17:33 Moon at Ascending Node 09 06:54 Mars 1.0°N of Moon: Occn. 09 17:19 Jupiter 0.6°S of Moon: Occn. 09 17:31 Pollux 5.7°N of Moon 10 17:10 Beehive 0.7°S of Moon 11 19:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 07:39 Regulus 3.5°S of Moon 13 00:44 Saturn 2.5°S of Moon 13 11 Venus at Aphelion 17 04:35 Moon at Perigee: 359249 km 17 09:03 Mars 5.1°S of Pollux 18 09:23 FULL MOON 21 08:34 Moon at Descending Node 22 17 Mars 1.0°N of Jupiter 25 11:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 11:16 Moon at Apogee: 405684 km 30 07:36 Venus 3.0°N of MoonJun 01 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 02 12 Mercury at Perihelion 02 15:24 NEW MOON 04 21:06 Moon at Ascending Node 05 22:58 Pollux 5.5°N of Moon 06 07:15 Jupiter 1.2°S of Moon: Occn. 06 19:00 Mars 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 06 22:34 Beehive 0.8°S of Moon 08 13:20 Regulus 3.7°S of Moon 09 07:54 Saturn 2.7°S of Moon 10 01:06 Mars 0.2°S of Beehive 10 02:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 06:26 Moon at Perigee: 363752 km 16 15 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66611 AU 16 17:30 FULL MOON 16 17:44 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.442 17 17:42 Moon at Descending Node 20 21:09 Summer Solstice 21 15:48 Venus 5.5°S of Pleiades 22 14:45 Mercury 4.8°S of Pollux 24 03:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 26 03:55 Moon at Apogee: 404680 km 29 16:31 Venus 1.4°N of Moon 29 17:14 Venus 4.1°N of Aldebaran 29 18:02 Aldebaran 2.8°S of Moon 30 02 Mercury 0.5°N of Jupiter | Date AKST Even (h:m)Jul 02 03:47 Moon at Ascending Node 02 04:32 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.991 02 04:32 NEW MOON 02 19:06 Mercury 0.9°S of Beehive 03 23:23 Jupiter 1.7°S of Moon 04 04:35 Beehive 0.8°S of Moon 04 06:39 Mercury 2.2°S of Moon 04 11 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01669 AU 05 06:47 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 05 18:50 Regulus 3.7°S of Moon 06 16:26 Saturn 2.9°S of Moon 06 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.1°E 09 07:00 FIRST QUARTER MOON 11 10:32 Moon at Perigee: 368535 km 15 02:58 Moon at Descending Node 16 02:35 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.500 16 02:48 FULL MOON 16 12 Mercury at Aphelion 16 15 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 17 06:30 Mars 0.6°N of Regulus 23 20:40 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 22:19 Moon at Apogee: 404203 km 27 02:15 Aldebaran 2.9°S of Moon 28 03 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 29 11:50 Moon at Ascending Node 29 22:32 Venus 0.6°S of Moon: Occn. 31 15:40 NEW MOON Aug 02 19:07 Mars 3.7°S of Moon 02 19 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 03 03:27 Saturn 3.0°S of Moon 03 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 04 22:35 Venus 6.4°S of Pollux 05 12:36 Moon at Perigee: 368833 km 07 11:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON 11 09:24 Moon at Descending Node 11 19 Mars 0.9°S of Saturn 12 19 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 13:57 FULL MOON 16 04:58 Venus 0.9°S of Beehive 17 07 Mercury 2.9°S of Venus 19 02:16 Mercury 3.3°S of Beehive 20 16:57 Moon at Apogee: 404583 km 21 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.5°W 22 14:12 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 21 Venus 0.3°N of Jupiter 23 10:43 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 25 18:40 Moon at Ascending Node 26 10 Mercury 0.2°S of Jupiter 26 22:40 Pollux 5.4°N of Moon 27 21:34 Beehive 0.9°S of Moon 28 18:22 Mercury 2.6°S of Moon 29 11 Mercury at Perihelion 30 01:13 NEW MOON Sep 01 13:39 Moon at Perigee: 364106 km 02 19 Venus at Perihelion 03 09 Mercury 0.4°N of Venus 05 16:51 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 11:51 Moon at Descending Node 11 20 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 13 03:24 FULL MOON 16 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 17 10:15 Moon at Apogee: 405516 km 19 18:32 Aldebaran 3.3°S of Moon 21 07:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 22:26 Moon at Ascending Node 22 13:02 Autumnal Equinox 23 07:57 Pollux 5.2°N of Moon 24 07:17 Beehive 1.0°S of Moon 25 08:35 Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon 25 20:56 Regulus 3.7°S of Moon 28 09:57 NEW MOON 29 11 Mercury 0.2°S of Mars 29 15:20 Moon at Perigee: 359444 kmOct 04 12:28 Moon at Descending Node 05 00:52 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 19:22 FULL MOON 14 22:13 Moon at Apogee: 406282 km 17 01:16 Aldebaran 3.5°S of Moon 17 16 Venus at Superior Conjunction 18 23:51 Moon at Ascending Node 20 15:55 Pollux 5.0°N of Moon 20 23:23 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 11 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 15:54 Beehive 1.3°S of Moon 22 20 Neptune at Opposition 23 02:07 Jupiter 3.5°S of Moon 23 06:39 Regulus 3.9°S of Moon 25 00:54 Saturn 3.3°S of Moon 27 18:53 NEW MOON 28 01:19 Moon at Perigee: 356944 km 29 08:01 Mercury 5.7°S of Moon 31 15:41 Moon at Descending Node 31 22 Mars in Conjunction with Sun Nov 01 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.7°E 03 12:24 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 12 S Taurid Meteor Shower 09 23:27 Mercury 2.1°N of Antares 10 23:59 Moon at Apogee: 406419 km 11 13:27 FULL MOON 12 11 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 07:19 Aldebaran 3.6°S of Moon 14 03:23 Jupiter 0.3°N of Regulus 15 02:00 Moon at Ascending Node 16 22:12 Pollux 4.8°N of Moon 17 17 Leonid Meteor Shower 17 22:35 Beehive 1.5°S of Moon 19 13:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 14:25 Regulus 4.2°S of Moon 19 15:30 Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon 21 14:40 Saturn 3.5°S of Moon 22 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 25 11 Mercury at Perihelion 25 13:45 Moon at Perigee: 357562 km 26 04:47 NEW MOON 27 23:54 Moon at Descending Node Dec 03 03:46 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 04:35 Moon at Apogee: 405980 km 10 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.9°W 10 13:34 Aldebaran 3.6°S of Moon 11 08:30 FULL MOON 11 08:44 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.805 12 07:05 Moon at Ascending Node 14 03:48 Pollux 4.7°N of Moon 14 06 Geminid Meteor Shower 15 04:08 Beehive 1.6°S of Moon 16 20:15 Regulus 4.3°S of Moon 16 23:30 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 19 00:29 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 00:32 Saturn 3.4°S of Moon 20 08:07 Mercury 5.5°N of Antares 21 10:01 Winter Solstice 22 15 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 23:23 Moon at Perigee: 361283 km 24 10:19 Mercury 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 25 09 Mercury 0.8°N of Mars 25 10:55 Moon at Descending Node 25 15:59 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.027 25 16:02 NEW MOON 26 22:27 Venus 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. | |||||||
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: 2031 to 2040
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2031 to 2040 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| EST | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | |||||
| CST | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | |||||
| MST | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | |||||
| PST | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | |||||
| AKST | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | |||||
| HST | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | |||||
- 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.