2017Calendar of Astronomical Events
2017Phases of the Moon
Hawaiian Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Hawaiian Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 10 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2017 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Hawaiian Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | Jan 5 09:47 | Jan 12 01:34 | Jan 19 12:14 |
| Jan 27 14:07 | Feb 3 18:19 | Feb 10 14:33 n | Feb 18 09:33 |
| Feb 26 04:58 A | Mar 5 01:32 | Mar 12 04:54 | Mar 20 05:58 |
| Mar 27 16:57 | Apr 3 08:39 | Apr 10 20:08 | Apr 18 23:57 |
| Apr 26 02:16 | May 2 16:47 | May 10 11:43 | May 18 14:33 |
| May 25 09:44 | Jun 1 02:42 | Jun 9 03:10 | Jun 17 01:33 |
| Jun 23 16:31 | Jun 30 14:51 | Jul 8 18:07 | Jul 16 09:26 |
| Jul 22 23:46 | Jul 30 05:23 | Aug 7 08:11 p | Aug 14 15:15 |
| Aug 21 08:30 T | Aug 28 22:13 | Sep 5 21:03 | Sep 12 20:25 |
| Sep 19 19:30 | Sep 27 16:54 | Oct 5 08:40 | Oct 12 02:25 |
| Oct 19 09:12 | Oct 27 12:22 | Nov 3 19:23 | Nov 10 10:37 |
| Nov 18 01:42 | Nov 26 07:03 | Dec 3 05:47 | Dec 9 21:51 |
| Dec 17 20:31 | Dec 25 23:20 | - | - |
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.
2017Calendar of Astronomical Events
Hawaiian Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Hawaiian Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 10 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2017Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Hawaiian Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date HST Event (h:m)Jan 01 23:20 Venus 1.9°S of Moon 02 08:14 Moon at Descending Node 02 20:47 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 03 04 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 05 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 05 09:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON 08 23 Mercury 6.7°N of Saturn 09 04:07 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon 09 20:07 Moon at Perigee: 363242 km 12 01:34 FULL MOON 12 03 Venus at Greatest Elong: 47.1°E 13 03:59 Beehive 3.9°N of Moon 14 18:07 Regulus 0.9°N of Moon 15 00:44 Moon at Ascending Node 18 19:26 Jupiter 2.7°S of Moon 19 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.1°W 19 12:14 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 14:14 Moon at Apogee: 404913 km 24 00:37 Saturn 3.6°S of Moon 25 14:46 Mercury 3.7°S of Moon 27 14:07 NEW MOON 29 12:21 Moon at Descending Node 31 03:11 Jupiter 3.5°N of Spica 31 04:34 Venus 4.1°N of Moon 31 15:09 Mars 2.3°N of MoonFeb 02 03 Venus 5.4°N of Mars 03 18:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 11:14 Aldebaran 0.2°S of Moon 06 03:59 Moon at Perigee: 368817 km 07 04 Mercury at Aphelion 09 13:46 Beehive 3.9°N of Moon 10 14:33 FULL MOON 10 14:44 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.988 11 04:04 Regulus 0.8°N of Moon 11 09:49 Moon at Ascending Node 15 04:55 Jupiter 2.7°S of Moon 16 21 Jupiter at Aphelion: 5.45652 AU 18 09:33 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 11:14 Moon at Apogee: 404376 km 20 06 Venus at Perihelion 20 13:44 Saturn 3.6°S of Moon 25 20:28 Moon at Descending Node 26 04:53 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.992 26 04:58 NEW MOON Mar 01 08:58 Mars 4.3°N of Moon 01 16 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 02 21:24 Moon at Perigee: 369065 km 04 16:38 Aldebaran 0.2°S of Moon 05 01:32 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 14 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 08 21:12 Beehive 3.9°N of Moon 10 12:20 Regulus 0.8°N of Moon 10 18:17 Moon at Ascending Node 12 04:54 FULL MOON 14 10:04 Jupiter 2.5°S of Moon 18 07:25 Moon at Apogee: 404651 km 20 00:29 Vernal Equinox 20 00:49 Saturn 3.4°S of Moon 20 05:58 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 04 Mercury at Perihelion 25 01 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 25 05:41 Moon at Descending Node 27 16:57 NEW MOON 30 02:39 Moon at Perigee: 363855 km 30 03:03 Mars 5.5°N of Moon 31 22:50 Aldebaran 0.3°S of MoonApr 01 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.0°E 03 08:39 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 02:45 Beehive 3.8°N of Moon 06 18:30 Regulus 0.7°N of Moon 06 23:14 Moon at Ascending Node 07 11 Jupiter at Opposition 10 11:20 Jupiter 2.2°S of Moon 10 20:08 FULL MOON 13 20 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 15 00:05 Moon at Apogee: 405478 km 16 08:39 Saturn 3.2°S of Moon 18 23:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 20 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 20 22:16 Mars 3.4°S of Pleiades 21 12:30 Moon at Descending Node 22 02 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 07:59 Venus 5.2°N of Moon 26 02:16 NEW MOON 27 06:18 Moon at Perigee: 359325 km 28 07:19 Aldebaran 0.5°S of MoonMay 02 08:23 Beehive 3.6°N of Moon 02 16:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 23:49 Regulus 0.5°N of Moon 04 00:42 Moon at Ascending Node 04 15 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 03:51 Mars 6.1°N of Aldebaran 07 11:24 Jupiter 2.1°S of Moon 10 11:43 FULL MOON 12 09:51 Moon at Apogee: 406212 km 13 13:07 Saturn 3.1°S of Moon 17 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.8°W 18 14:33 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 15:30 Moon at Descending Node 22 02:32 Venus 2.4°N of Moon 23 15:20 Mercury 1.6°N of Moon 25 09:44 NEW MOON 25 15:23 Moon at Perigee: 357210 km 29 15:50 Beehive 3.4°N of Moon 31 01:56 Moon at Ascending Node 31 06:08 Regulus 0.3°N of MoonJun 01 02:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON 03 01 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.9°W 03 13:57 Jupiter 2.3°S of Moon 06 17:19 Mercury 5.3°S of Pleiades 08 12:21 Moon at Apogee: 406402 km 09 03:10 FULL MOON 09 15:25 Saturn 3.1°S of Moon 12 14 Venus at Aphelion 14 16:40 Moon at Descending Node 14 23 Saturn at Opposition 17 01:33 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 03 Mercury at Perihelion 20 11:13 Venus 2.4°N of Moon 20 18:25 Summer Solstice 21 04 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 22 04:23 Aldebaran 0.5°S of Moon 23 00:49 Moon at Perigee: 357938 km 23 16:31 NEW MOON 26 01:18 Beehive 3.2°N of Moon 27 06:26 Moon at Ascending Node 27 14:26 Regulus 0.1°N of Moon 30 14:51 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 21:28 Jupiter 2.7°S of Moon | Date HST Event (h:m)Jul 03 10 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU 04 14:21 Venus 6.5°S of Pleiades 05 18:27 Moon at Apogee: 405934 km 06 17:34 Saturn 3.2°S of Moon 08 18:07 FULL MOON 09 15:33 Mercury 0.1°N of Beehive 11 19:17 Moon at Descending Node 13 08:03 Venus 3.1°N of Aldebaran 16 09:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 19 13:37 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon 20 01:13 Venus 2.7°N of Moon 21 07:09 Moon at Perigee: 361238 km 22 23:46 NEW MOON 24 14:46 Moon at Ascending Node 24 22:49 Mercury 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 25 00:14 Regulus 0.0°S of Moon 25 07:03 Mercury 0.8°S of Regulus 26 14 Mars in Conjunction with Sun 27 17 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 10:15 Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon 29 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.2°E 30 05:23 FIRST QUARTER MOON Aug 02 03 Mercury at Aphelion 02 07:55 Moon at Apogee: 405026 km 02 21:31 Saturn 3.5°S of Moon 07 08:11 FULL MOON 07 08:20 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.246 08 00:56 Moon at Descending Node 12 09 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 15:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 20:39 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon 18 03:14 Moon at Perigee: 366129 km 18 18:45 Venus 2.2°N of Moon 19 21:15 Beehive 3.2°N of Moon 20 08:08 Venus 7.2°S of Pollux 21 00:34 Moon at Ascending Node 21 08:26 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.031 21 08:30 NEW MOON 25 03:00 Jupiter 3.5°S of Moon 26 11 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 28 22:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 01:25 Moon at Apogee: 404307 km 30 04:23 Saturn 3.6°S of Moon 31 20:08 Venus 1.4°S of BeehiveSep 04 08:41 Moon at Descending Node 04 14 Mercury 3.2°S of Mars 04 18 Neptune at Opposition 05 21:03 FULL MOON 09 19:30 Mercury 0.7°S of Regulus 10 11:44 Jupiter 2.9°N of Spica 12 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W 12 02:09 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon 12 20:25 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 06:04 Moon at Perigee: 369856 km 15 02 Mercury at Perihelion 16 04:50 Beehive 3.1°N of Moon 16 08 Mercury 0.1°N of Mars 17 08:28 Moon at Ascending Node 17 14:56 Venus 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 17 18:32 Regulus 0.1°S of Moon 18 13:22 Mercury 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 19 11:30 Venus 0.4°N of Regulus 19 19:30 NEW MOON 21 21:51 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 22 10:02 Autumnal Equinox 26 14:09 Saturn 3.5°S of Moon 26 20:49 Moon at Apogee: 404342 km 27 16:54 FIRST QUARTER MOON Oct 01 16:05 Moon at Descending Node 02 23 Venus at Perihelion 05 06 Venus 0.2°N of Mars 05 08:40 FULL MOON 07 12 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66609 AU 08 11 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 08 19:51 Moon at Perigee: 366858 km 09 08:05 Aldebaran 0.6°S of Moon 12 02:25 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 10:29 Beehive 3.0°N of Moon 14 12:10 Moon at Ascending Node 15 00:54 Regulus 0.2°S of Moon 17 00:04 Mars 1.8°S of Moon 17 14:21 Venus 2.0°S of Moon 19 07 Uranus at Opposition 19 09:12 NEW MOON 21 01 Orionid Meteor Shower 24 01:54 Saturn 3.3°S of Moon 24 16:25 Moon at Apogee: 405151 km 26 08 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 27 12:22 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 20:41 Moon at Descending Node Nov 02 03:58 Venus 3.3°N of Spica 03 19:23 FULL MOON 05 01 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 14:09 Moon at Perigee: 361438 km 05 16:19 Aldebaran 0.8°S of Moon 09 15:58 Beehive 2.7°N of Moon 10 10:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 12:40 Moon at Ascending Node 11 06:07 Regulus 0.4°S of Moon 12 01 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 07:50 Mercury 2.2°N of Antares 12 22 Venus 0.3°N of Jupiter 14 14:40 Mars 3.2°S of Moon 17 07 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 01:42 NEW MOON 20 14:34 Saturn 3.0°S of Moon 21 08:52 Moon at Apogee: 406132 km 23 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.0°E 24 22:22 Moon at Descending Node 26 07:03 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 04:30 Mars 2.9°N of SpicaDec 03 03:00 Aldebaran 0.8°S of Moon 03 05:47 FULL MOON 03 22:42 Moon at Perigee: 357496 km 06 14 Mercury 1.3°S of Saturn 06 23:30 Beehive 2.5°N of Moon 07 14:39 Moon at Ascending Node 08 12:25 Regulus 0.7°S of Moon 09 21:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 12 02 Mercury at Perihelion 12 16 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 13 06:27 Mars 4.2°S of Moon 13 20 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 04:26 Jupiter 4.2°S of Moon 17 20:31 NEW MOON 18 15:27 Moon at Apogee: 406605 km 21 06:29 Winter Solstice 21 10 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 22 00:04 Moon at Descending Node 22 05 Ursid Meteor Shower 25 23:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 14:25 Aldebaran 0.7°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: 2011 to 2020
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2011 to 2020 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 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| EST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| CST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| MST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| PST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| AKST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| HST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
- 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.