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