2050Calendar of Astronomical Events
2050Phases of the Moon
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2050 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Atlantic Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 7 21:39 | Jan 16 02:17 |
| Jan 23 00:57 | Jan 29 16:48 | Feb 6 16:47 | Feb 14 18:10 |
| Feb 21 11:03 | Feb 28 07:29 | Mar 8 11:23 | Mar 16 06:08 |
| Mar 22 20:41 | Mar 30 00:17 | Apr 7 04:12 | Apr 14 14:24 |
| Apr 21 06:25 | Apr 28 18:08 | May 6 18:26 t | May 13 20:04 |
| May 20 16:51 H | May 28 12:04 | Jun 5 05:51 | Jun 12 00:39 |
| Jun 19 04:22 | Jun 27 05:17 | Jul 4 14:51 | Jul 11 05:46 |
| Jul 18 17:17 | Jul 26 21:05 | Aug 2 22:20 | Aug 9 12:48 |
| Aug 17 07:47 | Aug 25 10:56 | Sep 1 05:30 | Sep 7 22:51 |
| Sep 15 23:49 | Sep 23 22:34 | Sep 30 13:31 | Oct 7 12:32 |
| Oct 15 16:48 | Oct 23 08:10 | Oct 29 23:16 t | Nov 6 05:57 |
| Nov 14 09:41 P | Nov 21 16:25 | Nov 28 11:09 | Dec 6 02:27 |
| Dec 14 01:18 | Dec 21 00:15 | Dec 28 01:15 | - |
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.
2050Calendar of Astronomical Events
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2050Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Atlantic Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AST Event (h:m)Jan 03 21 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 22:13 Pleiades 4.1°N of Moon 03 23:20 Moon at Descending Node 04 16 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 04 20:07 Aldebaran 4.5°S of Moon 07 21:39 FULL MOON 09 01:37 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 10 22:36 Moon at Apogee: 406128 km 15 22:12 Spica 0.9°N of Moon 16 02:17 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.9°W 18 13:33 Moon at Ascending Node 18 14:57 Mars 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 19 03 Jupiter at Opposition 19 08:03 Antares 5.6°S of Moon 19 13 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 20 00 Venus at Aphelion 21 08:58 Mercury 2.5°S of Moon 23 00:57 NEW MOON 23 14:50 Moon at Perigee: 357295 km 29 16:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 31 00:35 Moon at Descending Node Feb 01 01:40 Aldebaran 4.4°S of Moon 04 19:18 Mars 4.9°N of Antares 05 00:30 Jupiter 5.0°N of Moon 06 06 Mercury at Aphelion 06 16:47 FULL MOON 07 02:32 Moon at Apogee: 406519 km 07 18 Mercury 1.1°S of Saturn 07 20:19 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 12 04:36 Spica 0.6°N of Moon 14 16:12 Moon at Ascending Node 14 18:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 16:48 Antares 5.8°S of Moon 16 07:04 Mars 1.6°S of Moon 19 13:53 Saturn 5.1°S of Moon 21 03:31 Moon at Perigee: 356855 km 21 11:03 NEW MOON 27 01:47 Moon at Descending Node 28 07:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 08:04 Aldebaran 4.1°S of MoonMar 04 01:30 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 05 03 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 06 04:19 Moon at Apogee: 406338 km 07 02:28 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 08 11:23 FULL MOON 09 01 Uranus at Opposition 11 10:10 Spica 0.4°N of Moon 13 16:52 Moon at Ascending Node 14 23:12 Antares 6.1°S of Moon 16 06:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 21:42 Mars 3.6°S of Moon 19 04:11 Saturn 5.4°S of Moon 20 06:20 Vernal Equinox 20 14:05 Jupiter 6.2°S of Pollux 21 13:48 Moon at Perigee: 359625 km 22 05 Mercury at Perihelion 22 20:41 NEW MOON 24 02:48 Mercury 1.4°S of Moon 24 10:14 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 26 06:48 Moon at Descending Node 26 17 Mercury 3.7°N of Venus 27 16:22 Aldebaran 3.9°S of Moon 30 00:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°E 31 07:52 Jupiter 5.3°N of MoonApr 02 17:09 Moon at Apogee: 405540 km 07 04:12 FULL MOON 07 16:19 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 09 19:47 Moon at Ascending Node 14 10:16 Mars 5.6°S of Moon 14 14:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 14:42 Saturn 5.7°S of Moon 18 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 18 15:04 Moon at Perigee: 364528 km 21 06:25 NEW MOON 22 10:45 Venus 3.3°S of Pleiades 22 15:31 Moon at Descending Node 22 19 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 08:53 Venus 1.6°N of Moon 24 01:56 Aldebaran 3.7°S of Moon 27 20:03 Jupiter 5.5°N of Moon 28 18:08 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 07:49 Venus 6.4°N of Aldebaran 30 11:11 Moon at Apogee: 404600 kmMay 04 23:48 Spica 0.4°N of Moon 05 08 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 18:26 FULL MOON 06 18:30 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.077 07 02:21 Moon at Ascending Node 12 08 Venus at Perihelion 12 21:42 Saturn 5.8°S of Moon 13 20:04 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 11:45 Moon at Perigee: 369166 km 15 14 Mars 1.6°S of Saturn 15 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.0°W 16 06 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 18 20:06 Mercury 5.1°S of Moon 20 00:46 Moon at Descending Node 20 16:41 Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.004 20 16:51 NEW MOON 23 13:50 Venus 5.7°N of Moon 25 12:27 Jupiter 5.7°N of Moon 28 06:12 Moon at Apogee: 404241 km 28 12:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON Jun 01 08:18 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 03 10:47 Moon at Ascending Node 04 19:01 Antares 6.3°S of Moon 05 05:51 FULL MOON 06 02:37 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 06 05:07 Mercury 5.2°S of Pleiades 09 02:54 Saturn 5.8°S of Moon 09 14:25 Moon at Perigee: 368158 km 12 00:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 18 Venus 1.5°N of Jupiter 16 07:27 Moon at Descending Node 18 04 Mercury at Perihelion 18 04:29 Venus 0.5°N of Beehive 19 04:22 NEW MOON 19 22 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 20 23:33 Summer Solstice 22 06:59 Jupiter 5.8°N of Moon 22 08 Neptune at Perihelion: 29.81670 AU 25 00:29 Moon at Apogee: 404736 km 27 05:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 16:52 Spica 0.2°N of Moon 29 20:25 Jupiter 1.0°S of Beehive 30 18:15 Moon at Ascending Node | Date AST Event (h:m)Jul 04 14:51 FULL MOON 05 21 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01663 AU 06 08:17 Saturn 5.7°S of Moon 06 22:25 Moon at Perigee: 363256 km 08 08:50 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 09 04:31 Mercury 0.0°N of Beehive 10 14 Mercury 0.9°N of Jupiter 11 05:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 10:19 Moon at Descending Node 15 01:16 Aldebaran 3.6°S of Moon 18 17:17 NEW MOON 21 05:13 Mercury 5.4°N of Moon 21 15:36 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 22 16:27 Moon at Apogee: 405717 km 22 23:26 Venus 5.3°N of Moon 25 06:44 Mercury 1.0°S of Regulus 26 00:34 Spica 0.0°S of Moon 26 21:05 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 22:39 Moon at Ascending Node 28 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 28 07 Saturn at Opposition 28 10 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 04 Mercury at Aphelion 02 14:55 Saturn 5.6°S of Moon 02 22:20 FULL MOON 04 01:06 Moon at Perigee: 358975 km 07 15 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 07 19 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°E 09 11:07 Moon at Descending Node 09 12:48 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 06:39 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon 13 02 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 03 Mars at Opposition 16 20 Uranus at Perihelion: 18.28307 AU 17 07:47 NEW MOON 19 03:00 Moon at Apogee: 406488 km 21 10:50 Venus 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 22 07:01 Spica 0.3°S of Moon 24 00:22 Moon at Ascending Node 24 22 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 25 10:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 22:35 Saturn 5.7°S of MoonSep 01 05:30 FULL MOON 01 10:03 Moon at Perigee: 356897 km 01 16 Venus at Aphelion 03 08:12 Venus 1.9°S of Spica 05 13:45 Moon at Descending Node 05 18 Mercury 5.5°S of Jupiter 07 03 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38111 AU 07 12:52 Aldebaran 3.2°S of Moon 07 22:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 04:36 Mercury 0.3°S of Regulus 10 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.0°W 13 17 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 14 03:55 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 14 04 Mercury at Perihelion 15 05:55 Moon at Apogee: 406591 km 15 23:49 NEW MOON 18 12:45 Spica 0.4°S of Moon 18 22:28 Venus 5.6°S of Moon 20 02:06 Moon at Ascending Node 22 15:29 Autumnal Equinox 23 22:34 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 06:28 Saturn 5.9°S of Moon 29 20:42 Moon at Perigee: 357710 km 30 13:31 FULL MOON Oct 02 20:50 Moon at Descending Node 04 21:05 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 06 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 07 12:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 10:13 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 12 11:51 Moon at Apogee: 406050 km 15 16:48 NEW MOON 16 16 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 16 22:49 Jupiter 0.3°N of Regulus 17 06:24 Moon at Ascending Node 21 18 Orionid Meteor Shower 23 08:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 14:04 Saturn 6.0°S of Moon 28 05:08 Moon at Perigee: 361380 km 29 23:16 FULL MOON 29 23:20 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.054 30 07:12 Moon at Descending Node Nov 01 07:07 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 05 18 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 05:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 17:21 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 09 02:44 Moon at Apogee: 405118 km 11 11:31 Venus 0.9°N of Moon: Occn. 11 23:23 Mercury 2.1°N of Antares 12 01:48 Spica 0.4°S of Moon 12 18 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 13:20 Moon at Ascending Node 14 09:29 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.887 14 09:41 NEW MOON 16 03:38 Mercury 5.5°S of Moon 18 00 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 22 Neptune at Opposition 19 22:03 Saturn 6.0°S of Moon 21 16:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°E 22 16:29 Mars 6.2°S of Moon 25 01:46 Moon at Perigee: 366851 km 26 17:02 Moon at Descending Node 27 11:48 Venus 3.3°N of Spica 28 11:10 FULL MOON 28 17:26 Aldebaran 3.0°S of MoonDec 05 01:22 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 06 02:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 22:39 Moon at Apogee: 404411 km 09 09:54 Spica 0.5°S of Moon 10 06:27 Venus 3.4°N of Moon 10 20:42 Moon at Ascending Node 11 03 Mercury at Perihelion 11 09 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 14 01:18 NEW MOON 14 13 Geminid Meteor Shower 17 08:04 Saturn 5.9°S of Moon 20 12:49 Moon at Perigee: 370280 km 21 00:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 01:31 Mars 4.0°S of Moon 21 12:39 Winter Solstice 22 22 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 01 Venus at Perihelion 23 22:37 Moon at Descending Node 26 02:06 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 27 09 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°W 28 01:15 FULL MOON 30 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°W | |||||||
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: 2041 to 2050
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2041 to 2050 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 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| EST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| CST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| MST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| PST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| AKST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| HST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
- 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.