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