Phases of the Moon
The lunar cycle has long guided society in Hawai’i. Click here for the Hawaiian Lunar Calendar from Kamehameha Publishing.
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Third Quarter |
| January 3 | |||
| January 11 | January 17 | January 25 | February 2 |
| February 10 | February 16 | February 24 | March 3 |
| March 9 | March 16 | March 25 | April 1 |
| April 8 | April 15 | April 23 | May 1 |
| May 8 | May 15 | May 23 | May 30 |
| June 6 | June 13 | June 21 | June 28 |
| July 5 | July 13 | July 21 | July 27 |
| August 4 | August 12 | August 19 | August 25 |
| September 3 | September 10 | September 18 | September 24 |
| October 2 | October 10 | October 17 | October 23 |
| November 1 | November 8 | November 15 | November 22 |
| December 1 | December 8 | December 15 | December 22 |
| December 30 |
Super Full Moons
These full moons occur around the point of the Moon’s closest distance to Earth in its elliptical orbit (perigee) and may appear slightly larger than the average full moon.
September 18, 2024
October 17, 2024
Micro Full Moons
These full moons occur around the point of the Moon’s furthest distance from Earth in its elliptical orbit (apogee) and may appear slightly smaller than the average full moon.
February 24, 2024
March 25, 2024
About the Planetarium
Bishop Museum’s Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium opened its doors on December 12, 1961. Originally called the Kilolani Planetarium, the Watumull Planetarium has served over six million visitors and students over 60 years of continuous operation. The Planetarium was instrumental in the recovery of the nearly lost art and science of traditional, non-instrument navigation in Hawaiʻi. Nainoa Thompson spent countless hours in the Planetarium with Will Kyselka and other Planetarium staff in the late 1970s learning how to read the night sky. We are honored to continue that legacy by serving as a training space for today’s navigators.
Our GOTO Chronos II optical star projector provides one of the most vivid, realistic recreations of the night sky available today, with 8,500 pinpoint stars and realistic, bright planets. Our Digistar 4K
full-dome video system covers the entire dome in immersive video, allowing us to fly through the rings of Saturn, into the depths of the Orion nebula, out to the edge of the universe, and even simulate a voyage across the Pacific.
The Planetarium has 64 seats and serves 70,000 people a year. The planetarium focuses on programs about Hawaiʻi, blending live and prerecorded elements within each program.
