2028Calendar of Astronomical Events
2028Phases 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.
| 2028 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Alaska Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | Jan 4 16:40 | Jan 11 19:03 p | Jan 18 10:26 |
| Jan 26 06:12 A | Feb 3 10:10 | Feb 10 06:04 | Feb 16 23:08 |
| Feb 25 01:37 | Mar 4 00:02 | Mar 10 16:06 | Mar 17 14:23 |
| Mar 25 19:31 | Apr 2 10:15 | Apr 9 01:27 | Apr 16 07:37 |
| Apr 24 10:47 | May 1 17:26 | May 8 10:49 | May 16 01:43 |
| May 23 23:16 | May 30 22:37 | Jun 6 21:09 | Jun 14 19:27 |
| Jun 22 09:27 | Jun 29 03:10 | Jul 6 09:11 p | Jul 14 11:57 |
| Jul 21 18:02 T | Jul 28 08:40 | Aug 4 23:10 | Aug 13 02:45 |
| Aug 20 01:44 | Aug 26 16:36 | Sep 3 14:48 | Sep 11 15:46 |
| Sep 18 09:24 | Sep 25 04:10 | Oct 3 07:25 | Oct 11 02:57 |
| Oct 17 17:57 | Oct 24 19:53 | Nov 2 00:17 | Nov 9 12:26 |
| Nov 16 04:18 | Nov 23 15:15 | Dec 1 16:40 | Dec 8 20:39 |
| Dec 15 17:06 | Dec 23 12:45 | Dec 31 07:48 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.
2028Calendar 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.
| 2028Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Alaska Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AKST Even (h:m)Jan 04 01 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 16:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 04 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 08 05:28 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 08 15 Mercury 0.7°S of Mars 11 19:03 FULL MOON 11 19:13 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.066 11 23:36 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 12 12:27 Moon at Descending Node 12 21:04 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 12 22:47 Moon at Perigee: 359046 km 14 10:13 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 16 09:54 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 17 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.8°E 18 04:58 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 18 10:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 14:46 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 23 20 Mercury at Perihelion 25 22:31 Moon at Ascending Node 26 06:08 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.921 26 06:12 NEW MOON 26 14 Mercury 3.3°N of Mars 28 06:31 Moon at Apogee: 406387 km 30 05:01 Venus 5.4°S of MoonFeb 02 00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 10:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 04 14:48 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 08 11:04 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 08 23:56 Moon at Descending Node 09 08:32 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 10 06:04 FULL MOON 10 10:53 Moon at Perigee: 356678 km 10 21:05 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 11 03 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38116 AU 12 16:47 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 14 12:42 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 16 23:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 20:37 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 22 04:11 Moon at Ascending Node 22 14:55 Mercury 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 24 07:26 Moon at Apogee: 406563 km 25 01:37 NEW MOON 27 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°W 28 09 Venus 3.4°N of Saturn 29 06:48 Venus 4.3°S of MoonMar 02 21:48 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 04 00:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 21:19 Pollux 6.1°N of Moon 07 09:06 Moon at Descending Node 07 19 Mercury at Aphelion 07 19:24 Beehive 2.2°N of Moon 09 08:30 Regulus 3.2°N of Moon 09 23:23 Moon at Perigee: 357599 km 10 16:06 FULL MOON 10 22:47 Jupiter 6.2°N of Moon 12 06 Jupiter at Opposition 12 22:43 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 16 04:06 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 17 14:23 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 21 Venus at Perihelion 19 17:17 Vernal Equinox 20 07:19 Moon at Ascending Node 20 16 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 22 04 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.1°E 22 14:24 Moon at Apogee: 406096 km 25 19:31 NEW MOON 26 01 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 29 19:59 Venus 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 30 03:17 Pleiades 0.3°S of MoonApr 02 10:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 04:58 Pollux 6.4°N of Moon 03 08:50 Venus 0.2°S of Pleiades 03 13:08 Moon at Descending Node 04 03:52 Beehive 2.4°N of Moon 05 18:15 Regulus 3.4°N of Moon 07 03:57 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 07 07:02 Moon at Perigee: 361361 km 09 01:27 FULL MOON 09 09:27 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 11 14 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 12 13:20 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 16 07:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 08:56 Moon at Ascending Node 19 06:13 Moon at Apogee: 405100 km 20 03 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 20 19 Mercury at Perihelion 21 22 Lyrid Meteor Shower 24 10:47 NEW MOON 25 19:15 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon 26 09:05 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 27 15:20 Venus 1.7°N of Moon 30 13:47 Moon at Descending Node 30 16:33 Mercury 1.7°S of PleiadesMay 01 10:00 Beehive 2.7°N of Moon 01 17:26 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 01:26 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon 04 09:02 Jupiter 6.0°N of Moon 04 12 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 01:31 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 06 19:00 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 08 10:49 FULL MOON 08 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.4°E 09 23:04 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 13 11:46 Moon at Ascending Node 16 01:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 00:55 Moon at Apogee: 404276 km 22 21 Mercury 2.5°S of Venus 23 23:16 NEW MOON 27 15:40 Moon at Descending Node 28 15:30 Beehive 2.9°N of Moon 30 07:01 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon 30 16 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 30 21:18 Moon at Perigee: 369758 km 30 22:37 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 15:38 Jupiter 6.1°N of MoonJun 01 01 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 01 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 02:21 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 06 07:48 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 06 21:09 FULL MOON 07 08:02 Mars 4.0°S of Pleiades 09 17:18 Moon at Ascending Node 13 14 Venus 2.0°S of Mars 13 19:46 Moon at Apogee: 404222 km 14 19:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 01:15 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 20 11:02 Summer Solstice 20 17:18 Mercury 1.4°N of Aldebaran 20 19:26 Mars 3.5°S of Moon 21 01:33 Mars 5.5°N of Aldebaran 22 09:27 NEW MOON 23 21:42 Moon at Descending Node 24 22:20 Beehive 3.0°N of Moon 25 19:14 Moon at Perigee: 366533 km 26 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°W 26 13:00 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 28 01:19 Jupiter 6.3°N of Moon 29 03:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 08 Mercury 3.3°S of Mars 30 08:02 Spica 3.5°N of Moon | Date AKST Even (h:m)Jul 03 14 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU 03 14:48 Antares 0.9°S of Moon 06 09:11 FULL MOON 06 09:20 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.389 07 00:34 Moon at Ascending Node 09 06 Venus at Aphelion 11 13:26 Moon at Apogee: 404945 km 12 16:06 Venus 1.0°N of Aldebaran 14 11:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 10:37 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 17 18 Mercury at Perihelion 19 15:04 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 21 07:09 Moon at Descending Node 21 17:55 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.056 21 18:02 NEW MOON 23 13:14 Moon at Perigee: 361633 km 23 20:55 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 25 04 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 25 14:55 Jupiter 6.4°N of Moon 27 13 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 27 13:42 Spica 3.5°N of Moon 28 08:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 20:27 Antares 0.9°S of MoonAug 03 07:20 Moon at Ascending Node 04 23:10 FULL MOON 08 03:54 Moon at Apogee: 405894 km 10 08 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°W 12 05 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 02:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 19:12 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 16 17:17 Venus 4.2°S of Moon 17 09:48 Mars 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 17 17:04 Moon at Descending Node 20 01:44 NEW MOON 20 19:10 Moon at Perigee: 358074 km 21 19:46 Mercury 4.7°N of Moon 23 21:03 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 24 19:20 Mars 5.8°S of Pollux 26 16:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 02:09 Antares 1.1°S of Moon 27 13 Mercury 2.2°S of Jupiter 30 11:39 Moon at Ascending Node 30 18 Mercury at Aphelion Sep 03 14:48 FULL MOON 04 11:03 Moon at Apogee: 406398 km 06 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 08 02 Venus 2.3°S of Mars 10 02:09 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon 11 15:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 06:21 Venus 2.5°S of Beehive 14 00:05 Moon at Descending Node 15 03:19 Mars 2.6°N of Moon 15 04:10 Beehive 3.1°N of Moon 15 09:23 Venus 1.1°N of Moon: Occn. 15 17:36 Mars 0.5°S of Beehive 16 17:49 Regulus 4.0°N of Moon 18 05:23 Moon at Perigee: 357048 km 18 09:24 NEW MOON 19 04:29 Mercury 0.3°N of Spica 19 21:06 Mercury 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 20 06:39 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 22 02:45 Autumnal Equinox 23 09:22 Antares 1.3°S of Moon 25 04:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 13:21 Moon at Ascending Node 29 17 Neptune at Opposition 30 04 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun Oct 01 12:38 Moon at Apogee: 406246 km 01 21:44 Venus 0.1°S of Regulus 02 02 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 07:25 FULL MOON 07 07:49 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon 11 02:37 Moon at Descending Node 11 02:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 12:50 Beehive 3.4°N of Moon 13 18 Mercury at Perihelion 13 18:41 Mars 4.7°N of Moon 14 03:45 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon 15 06:41 Venus 5.9°N of Moon 16 15:41 Moon at Perigee: 359010 km 17 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.2°W 17 17:57 NEW MOON 20 18:41 Antares 1.5°S of Moon 20 22 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 05 Mercury 1.0°N of Jupiter 23 08:54 Mars 1.0°N of Regulus 23 14:55 Moon at Ascending Node 24 19:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 21:55 Moon at Apogee: 405560 km 29 14 Venus at Perihelion 30 08 Saturn at Opposition Nov 02 00:17 FULL MOON 03 13:34 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 04 22 S Taurid Meteor Shower 07 03:08 Moon at Descending Node 08 19:13 Beehive 3.6°N of Moon 09 12:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 16 Venus 0.6°N of Jupiter 10 11:20 Regulus 4.4°N of Moon 11 21 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 20:53 Moon at Perigee: 363613 km 14 03:44 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 15 16:15 Venus 3.6°N of Spica 16 04:18 NEW MOON 17 04 Leonid Meteor Shower 19 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 19 19:34 Moon at Ascending Node 23 15:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON 25 15:10 Moon at Apogee: 404732 km 30 20:45 Pleiades 0.5°N of MoonDec 01 16:40 FULL MOON 03 12 Uranus at Opposition 04 06:14 Moon at Descending Node 06 00:41 Beehive 3.8°N of Moon 07 16:58 Regulus 4.6°N of Moon 08 20:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 03:44 Moon at Perigee: 369056 km 11 11:36 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 13 17 Geminid Meteor Shower 13 22:33 Venus 5.0°N of Moon 15 17:06 NEW MOON 17 03:41 Moon at Ascending Node 20 23:20 Winter Solstice 22 01 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 04:06 Jupiter 3.1°N of Spica 22 17:09 Venus 5.5°N of Antares 23 12:00 Moon at Apogee: 404409 km 23 12:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 18 Jupiter at Aphelion: 5.45386 AU 28 05:35 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 30 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°E 31 07:48 FULL MOON 31 07:52 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.246 31 13:49 Moon at Descending Node | |||||||
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.