2040Calendar of Astronomical Events
2040Phases 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.
| 2040 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Mountain Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 7 04:05 |
| Jan 13 20:25 | Jan 20 19:21 | Jan 29 00:54 | Feb 5 15:32 |
| Feb 12 07:24 | Feb 19 14:33 | Feb 27 17:59 | Mar 6 00:19 |
| Mar 12 18:46 | Mar 20 10:59 | Mar 28 08:11 | Apr 4 07:06 |
| Apr 11 07:00 | Apr 19 06:37 | Apr 26 19:38 | May 3 13:00 |
| May 10 20:28 P | May 19 00:00 | May 26 04:47 t | Jun 1 19:17 |
| Jun 9 11:03 | Jun 17 14:32 | Jun 24 12:19 | Jul 1 03:18 |
| Jul 9 02:15 | Jul 17 02:16 | Jul 23 19:05 | Jul 30 14:06 |
| Aug 7 17:26 | Aug 15 11:36 | Aug 22 02:09 | Aug 29 04:16 |
| Sep 6 08:13 | Sep 13 19:07 | Sep 20 10:43 | Sep 27 21:41 |
| Oct 5 22:26 | Oct 13 01:41 | Oct 19 21:50 | Oct 27 17:27 |
| Nov 4 11:56 P | Nov 11 08:23 | Nov 18 12:06 t | Nov 26 14:07 |
| Dec 4 00:33 | Dec 10 16:30 | Dec 18 05:16 | Dec 26 10:02 |
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.
2040Calendar 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.
| 2040Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Mountain Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date MST Event (h:m)Jan 01 13:45 Beehive 2.7°S of Moon 02 08 Mars at Opposition 03 05 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU 03 08:28 Regulus 4.9°S of Moon 04 05 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 05 18:33 Venus 6.2°N of Antares 05 21:34 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 06 17:38 Saturn 2.4°S of Moon 07 04:05 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 21:27 Antares 4.9°S of Moon 11 03:06 Moon at Descending Node 11 10:32 Venus 1.9°N of Moon 13 03:03 Moon at Perigee: 357769 km 13 20:25 NEW MOON 20 19:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 14 Uranus at Opposition 24 02:51 Aldebaran 5.4°S of Moon 24 05:27 Moon at Ascending Node 25 15:42 Moon at Apogee: 405896 km 26 03:20 Mars 1.9°N of Moon 27 18:39 Pollux 3.3°N of Moon 28 19:58 Beehive 2.7°S of Moon 29 00:54 FULL MOON 30 14:23 Regulus 4.8°S of MoonFeb 02 02:51 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 02 23:39 Saturn 2.0°S of Moon 05 15:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°E 07 05:53 Antares 4.8°S of Moon 07 08:18 Moon at Descending Node 08 09 Mercury at Perihelion 10 06:20 Venus 3.6°N of Moon 10 11:42 Moon at Perigee: 361749 km 12 07:24 NEW MOON 19 14:33 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 07:18 Moon at Ascending Node 20 10:09 Aldebaran 5.6°S of Moon 21 06 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 22 08:18 Moon at Apogee: 404988 km 22 09:55 Mars 1.1°N of Moon: Occn. 24 01:47 Pollux 3.2°N of Moon 25 03:06 Beehive 2.8°S of Moon 26 21:17 Regulus 4.8°S of Moon 27 17:59 FULL MOON 29 04:37 Jupiter 3.5°S of MoonMar 01 03:24 Saturn 1.7°S of Moon 02 00:15 Spica 6.1°S of Moon 05 09:03 Moon at Descending Node 05 11:51 Antares 4.5°S of Moon 05 20 Mercury 2.5°N of Venus 06 00:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 05:23 Moon at Perigee: 367227 km 10 16:32 Mercury 5.7°N of Moon 11 02:26 Venus 4.1°N of Moon 12 18:46 NEW MOON 16 13 Jupiter at Opposition 17 15 Venus at Aphelion 18 09:29 Moon at Ascending Node 18 18:26 Aldebaran 5.9°S of Moon 19 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.7°W 19 17:11 Vernal Equinox 20 10:59 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 04:22 Moon at Apogee: 404287 km 21 08:47 Mars 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 22 09:39 Pollux 3.0°N of Moon 23 09 Mercury at Aphelion 23 11:03 Beehive 3.0°S of Moon 25 05:23 Regulus 4.9°S of Moon 27 06:08 Jupiter 3.6°S of Moon 28 07:20 Saturn 1.7°S of Moon 28 08:11 FULL MOON 28 11 Saturn at Opposition 29 07:23 Spica 6.0°S of MoonApr 01 10:18 Moon at Descending Node 01 17:25 Antares 4.3°S of Moon 03 13:39 Moon at Perigee: 369913 km 04 07:06 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 15:21 Mercury 2.4°N of Moon 11 07:00 NEW MOON 14 14:15 Moon at Ascending Node 17 22:56 Mars 4.5°S of Pollux 18 00:16 Moon at Apogee: 404364 km 18 16:26 Mars 1.8°S of Moon 18 17:43 Pollux 2.8°N of Moon 19 06:37 FIRST QUARTER MOON 19 19:16 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon 20 13 Mercury 0.3°S of Venus 21 14:01 Regulus 5.0°S of Moon 22 02 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 12 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 23 10:00 Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon 24 12:49 Saturn 1.9°S of Moon 25 16:23 Spica 6.0°S of Moon 26 19:38 FULL MOON 28 15:56 Moon at Descending Node 29 00:40 Antares 4.1°S of Moon 29 21:22 Moon at Perigee: 365739 km 30 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction May 03 13:00 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 14 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66611 AU 04 15 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 08 Mercury at Perihelion 10 20:28 NEW MOON 10 20:42 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.531 11 21:05 Moon at Ascending Node 14 00:24 Mercury 7.2°N of Aldebaran 15 18:01 Moon at Apogee: 405171 km 16 01:20 Pollux 2.7°N of Moon 16 03:24 Mars 0.1°N of Beehive 17 02:59 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 17 04:07 Mars 3.2°S of Moon 18 22:15 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon 19 00:00 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 17:17 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 21 19:56 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 23 02:17 Spica 6.0°S of Moon 26 01:27 Moon at Descending Node 26 04:45 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.535 26 04:47 FULL MOON 26 10:08 Antares 4.1°S of Moon 27 19:22 Moon at Perigee: 360810 km 30 06 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.2°E 30 19 Venus at Superior Conjunction Jun 01 19:17 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 03:51 Moon at Ascending Node 09 11:03 NEW MOON 11 02:42 Mercury 3.6°S of Moon 12 07:18 Moon at Apogee: 406115 km 12 08:09 Pollux 2.7°N of Moon 13 09:51 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 14 17:44 Mars 4.1°S of Moon 15 05:26 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon 17 03:41 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 17 14:32 FIRST QUARTER MOON 18 04:15 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 19 11:39 Spica 6.0°S of Moon 20 10:46 Summer Solstice 22 11:43 Moon at Descending Node 22 20:44 Antares 4.1°S of Moon 24 12:19 FULL MOON 25 02:33 Moon at Perigee: 357652 km 25 10 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 25 15:20 Mars 0.6°N of Regulus | Date MST Event (h:m)Jul 01 03:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 08:32 Moon at Ascending Node 05 12 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU 08 00 Venus at Perihelion 09 02:15 NEW MOON 09 13:13 Moon at Apogee: 406581 km 12 11:38 Regulus 4.9°S of Moon 13 08:39 Mars 4.5°S of Moon 14 16:32 Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon 15 13:24 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 16 19:24 Spica 5.8°S of Moon 17 02:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.5°W 19 19:18 Moon at Descending Node 20 06:47 Antares 4.0°S of Moon 23 12:15 Moon at Perigee: 357113 km 23 19:05 FULL MOON 25 22 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 27 17 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 30 14:06 LAST QUARTER MOON Aug 01 10:44 Moon at Ascending Node 02 08 Mercury at Perihelion 03 14:01 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus 05 16:43 Moon at Apogee: 406353 km 05 20:16 Pollux 2.7°N of Moon 07 17:26 NEW MOON 09 08:04 Venus 3.8°S of Moon 11 00:53 Mars 4.2°S of Moon 11 07:19 Jupiter 3.5°S of Moon 11 23:26 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 12 09 Perseid Meteor Shower 12 23 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 13 01:32 Spica 5.6°S of Moon 15 11:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 22:30 Moon at Descending Node 16 14:57 Antares 3.8°S of Moon 17 19 Mars 0.6°S of Jupiter 20 20:59 Moon at Perigee: 359359 km 22 02:09 FULL MOON 28 12:18 Moon at Ascending Node 28 13:11 Pleiades 4.1°N of Moon 29 04:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 30 21 Mars 1.8°S of SaturnSep 01 10 Venus 0.2°S of Jupiter 02 02:43 Pollux 2.6°N of Moon 02 03:15 Moon at Apogee: 405547 km 03 04:24 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 06 08:13 NEW MOON 06 12 Venus 1.5°S of Saturn 07 14 Mercury 1.5°S of Jupiter 07 23:23 Mercury 4.8°S of Moon 07 23:57 Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon 08 10:51 Saturn 1.5°S of Moon 08 13:58 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 08 18:36 Mars 3.3°S of Moon 09 07:09 Spica 5.3°S of Moon 11 06 Mercury 3.1°S of Saturn 11 23:11 Moon at Descending Node 12 21 Venus 0.2°N of Mars 12 21:04 Antares 3.5°S of Moon 13 19:07 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 07 Mercury at Aphelion 16 19:23 Venus 2.2°N of Spica 17 23:43 Moon at Perigee: 363882 km 18 04 Mercury 5.1°S of Venus 20 01:32 Mars 2.1°N of Spica 20 09 Mercury 2.3°S of Mars 20 10:43 FULL MOON 20 13:54 Mercury 0.0°S of Spica 22 02:44 Autumnal Equinox 24 16:04 Moon at Ascending Node 24 21:55 Pleiades 3.9°N of Moon 26 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.1°E 27 21:41 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 10:01 Pollux 2.4°N of Moon 29 19:50 Moon at Apogee: 404658 km 30 11:41 Beehive 3.4°S of MoonOct 02 07:11 Regulus 5.0°S of Moon 04 12 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 05 22:26 NEW MOON 07 10 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 07 13:46 Mars 1.9°S of Moon 07 14:40 Mercury 5.5°S of Moon 08 16:52 Venus 1.3°S of Moon 09 01:33 Moon at Descending Node 10 02:31 Antares 3.3°S of Moon 10 13 Mercury 3.4°S of Mars 13 01:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 04:20 Moon at Perigee: 368986 km 19 21:50 FULL MOON 21 01 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 21 23:09 Moon at Ascending Node 22 07:14 Pleiades 3.8°N of Moon 24 18:29 Venus 2.9°N of Antares 26 18:02 Pollux 2.2°N of Moon 26 22 Neptune at Opposition 27 15:34 Moon at Apogee: 404342 km 27 17:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 19:40 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 29 07 Mercury at Perihelion 29 15:23 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon 30 21 Mercury 4.0°S of Saturn 31 02 Mercury 4.1°S of JupiterNov 01 00 Jupiter 1.1°S of Saturn 02 14:22 Jupiter 2.2°S of Moon 02 14:59 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 03 00:08 Mercury 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 03 04:23 Mercury 4.0°N of Spica 04 11:56 NEW MOON 04 12:08 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.807 05 02 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 08:13 Moon at Descending Node 05 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°W 06 09:22 Antares 3.3°S of Moon 07 14:29 Venus 0.7°N of Moon: Occn. 08 23:17 Moon at Perigee: 368784 km 11 08:23 FIRST QUARTER MOON 12 01 N Taurid Meteor Shower 17 07 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 03 Jupiter at Aphelion: 5.45292 AU 18 07:37 Moon at Ascending Node 18 12:03 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.397 18 12:06 FULL MOON 18 15:51 Pleiades 3.8°N of Moon 23 02:11 Pollux 2.2°N of Moon 24 03:45 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 24 12:12 Moon at Apogee: 404851 km 25 23:41 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon 26 14:07 LAST QUARTER MOON 30 00:08 Jupiter 3.0°N of Spica 30 06:22 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 30 07:59 Spica 5.3°S of Moon 30 10:30 Jupiter 1.7°S of MoonDec 02 18:02 Moon at Descending Node 04 00:33 NEW MOON 06 06:20 Moon at Perigee: 363352 km 07 06:45 Venus 2.4°N of Moon 10 16:30 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 21 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 03 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 15 14:13 Moon at Ascending Node 15 22:53 Pleiades 3.8°N of Moon 17 06 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 18 05:16 FULL MOON 20 09:44 Pollux 2.3°N of Moon 20 23:33 Winter Solstice 21 11:16 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 22 05 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 06:29 Moon at Apogee: 405778 km 23 07:17 Regulus 5.0°S of Moon 26 10:02 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 17:28 Spica 5.2°S of Moon 27 20:06 Saturn 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 28 04:38 Jupiter 1.1°S of Moon: Occn. 29 06:56 Saturn 4.3°N of Spica 30 03:13 Moon at Descending Node 31 05:37 Antares 3.2°S of 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: 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.