2042Calendar of Astronomical Events
2042Phases of the Moon
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2042 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Central Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 6 02:54 | Jan 14 05:24 |
| Jan 21 14:42 | Jan 28 06:48 | Feb 4 19:58 | Feb 13 01:16 |
| Feb 20 01:39 | Feb 26 17:29 | Mar 6 14:10 | Mar 14 17:21 |
| Mar 21 11:23 | Mar 28 06:00 | Apr 5 08:16 n | Apr 13 05:09 |
| Apr 19 20:19 T | Apr 26 20:19 | May 5 00:48 | May 12 13:18 |
| May 19 04:55 | May 26 12:18 | Jun 3 14:48 | Jun 10 19:00 |
| Jun 17 13:48 | Jun 25 05:29 | Jul 3 02:09 | Jul 9 23:38 |
| Jul 16 23:52 | Jul 24 23:01 | Aug 1 11:33 | Aug 8 04:35 |
| Aug 15 12:01 | Aug 23 15:55 | Aug 30 20:02 | Sep 6 11:09 |
| Sep 14 02:50 | Sep 22 07:20 | Sep 29 04:34 n | Oct 5 20:35 |
| Oct 13 20:03 A | Oct 21 20:53 | Oct 28 13:48 | Nov 4 09:51 |
| Nov 12 14:28 | Nov 20 08:31 | Nov 27 00:06 | Dec 4 03:19 |
| Dec 12 08:29 | Dec 19 18:28 | Dec 26 11:43 | - |
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.
2042Calendar of Astronomical Events
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2042Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Central Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date CST Event (h:m)Jan 01 05 Venus at Superior Conjunction 02 13:59 Pleiades 1.9°N of Moon 02 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.5°E 03 18 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 03 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU 06 02:54 FULL MOON 06 16:45 Pollux 1.8°N of Moon 07 17:02 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 09 08:14 Mars 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 09 12:03 Regulus 4.3°S of Moon 11 22:04 Moon at Apogee: 404808 km 12 04 Mercury at Perihelion 14 01:55 Spica 3.1°S of Moon 14 05:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 14 21:00 Moon at Descending Node 15 06:19 Saturn 3.0°N of Moon 16 22:21 Jupiter 3.2°N of Moon 17 20:23 Antares 1.5°S of Moon 18 20 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 20 19 Venus at Aphelion 21 14:42 NEW MOON 23 16:31 Moon at Perigee: 362798 km 27 17:09 Moon at Ascending Node 28 06:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 19:34 Pleiades 1.7°N of Moon 30 07 Uranus at Opposition Feb 02 23:44 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 04 00:18 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 04 19:58 FULL MOON 04 23:36 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 05 19:34 Regulus 4.2°S of Moon 06 06 Mars at Opposition 08 15:14 Moon at Apogee: 405668 km 10 09:39 Spica 2.8°S of Moon 10 22:28 Moon at Descending Node 11 15:56 Saturn 3.5°N of Moon 11 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.9°W 13 01:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 13:53 Jupiter 3.8°N of Moon 14 05:40 Antares 1.3°S of Moon 18 04:17 Mercury 4.7°N of Moon 20 01:39 NEW MOON 20 23:54 Moon at Perigee: 358434 km 23 20:02 Moon at Ascending Node 25 04 Mercury at Aphelion 26 01:38 Pleiades 1.4°N of Moon 26 17:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON Mar 02 05:26 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 03 06:14 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 03 12:14 Mars 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 05 01:55 Regulus 4.2°S of Moon 06 14:10 FULL MOON 07 23:04 Moon at Apogee: 406261 km 09 16:15 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 10 01:08 Moon at Descending Node 10 21:37 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon 13 00:04 Jupiter 4.2°N of Moon 13 13:10 Antares 1.1°S of Moon 14 17:21 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 05:53 Vernal Equinox 21 11:23 NEW MOON 21 11:40 Moon at Perigee: 356943 km 21 17 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66607 AU 22 20:23 Venus 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 23 04:11 Moon at Ascending Node 23 13:11 Mars 1.4°N of Beehive 25 09:53 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon 28 06:00 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 07 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 29 11:18 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 30 11:59 Beehive 3.8°S of Moon 30 16:18 Mars 2.2°S of MoonApr 01 07:46 Regulus 4.3°S of Moon 03 23:51 Moon at Apogee: 406302 km 05 08:16 FULL MOON 05 08:29 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.868 05 22:20 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 06 06:20 Moon at Descending Node 07 00:26 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon 09 04:35 Jupiter 4.3°N of Moon 09 19:09 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 10 03 Mercury at Perihelion 13 05:09 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 22:27 Moon at Perigee: 358558 km 19 15:09 Moon at Ascending Node 19 20:16 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.061 19 20:19 NEW MOON 21 06:09 Mercury 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 21 19:26 Venus 2.3°S of Moon 21 20:05 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon 22 15 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 21:12 Venus 3.3°S of Pleiades 23 01 Saturn at Opposition 24 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.3°E 25 18:41 Pollux 1.4°N of Moon 26 18:53 Beehive 3.8°S of Moon 26 20:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 12:15 Mars 3.0°S of Moon 27 15 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 28 14:13 Regulus 4.3°S of Moon 30 18:10 Venus 6.3°N of AldebaranMay 01 09:06 Moon at Apogee: 405696 km 01 19:38 Mercury 1.7°S of Pleiades 03 04:44 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 03 12:54 Moon at Descending Node 04 02:35 Saturn 3.6°N of Moon 05 00:48 FULL MOON 05 05 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 05:21 Jupiter 4.1°N of Moon 07 00:54 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 12 13:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 03 Venus at Perihelion 16 02 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 17 00:49 Moon at Ascending Node 17 03:30 Moon at Perigee: 362606 km 17 15 Jupiter at Opposition 19 04:55 NEW MOON 21 17:49 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 23 03:36 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 24 03:16 Beehive 3.7°S of Moon 25 18:40 Mars 3.2°S of Moon 25 21:51 Regulus 4.2°S of Moon 26 12:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 01:12 Moon at Apogee: 404716 km 30 01:11 Mars 0.9°N of Regulus 30 11:56 Spica 2.5°S of Moon 30 18:41 Moon at Descending Node 31 06:11 Saturn 3.4°N of MoonJun 02 05:46 Jupiter 3.8°N of Moon 03 07:36 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 03 14:48 FULL MOON 06 11:43 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 10 19:00 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 09 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.7°W 13 06:16 Moon at Ascending Node 13 16:24 Moon at Perigee: 367563 km 14 13:17 Mercury 7.0°S of Pleiades 15 15:38 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon 17 13:48 NEW MOON 18 12:46 Venus 0.4°N of Beehive 19 12:59 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 20 12:23 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 20 17:13 Venus 3.0°S of Moon 20 23:16 Summer Solstice 21 03:53 Mercury 3.2°N of Aldebaran 22 06:24 Regulus 4.0°S of Moon 23 07:44 Mars 2.7°S of Moon 25 05:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 25 19:31 Moon at Apogee: 404088 km 26 19:53 Spica 2.3°S of Moon 26 22:23 Moon at Descending Node 27 12:27 Saturn 3.4°N of Moon 29 08:59 Jupiter 3.6°N of Moon 30 15:37 Antares 1.0°S of Moon | Date CST Event (h:m)Jul 03 02:09 FULL MOON 06 07 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01666 AU 07 03 Mercury at Perihelion 08 15:10 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 09 01:47 Moon at Perigee: 369567 km 09 23:38 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 07:41 Moon at Ascending Node 12 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 12 22:36 Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon 16 23:52 NEW MOON 19 14:56 Regulus 3.8°S of Moon 20 17:09 Venus 2.7°S of Moon 22 01:20 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 23 14:11 Moon at Apogee: 404290 km 24 00:34 Moon at Descending Node 24 04:04 Spica 2.0°S of Moon 24 21:22 Saturn 3.6°N of Moon 24 23:01 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 16:31 Jupiter 3.7°N of Moon 28 00:27 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 28 06 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 11:33 FULL MOON 01 21:55 Mercury 0.5°N of Regulus 04 12:09 Moon at Perigee: 365543 km 05 05 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 06 08:42 Moon at Ascending Node 08 04:35 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 04:10 Pleiades 0.9°N of Moon 10 03 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°E 12 22 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 04:27 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 15 12:01 NEW MOON 17 17:39 Mercury 4.1°S of Moon 19 11:07 Venus 3.2°S of Moon 19 22:04 Mars 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 20 02 Mercury at Aphelion 20 03:13 Moon at Descending Node 20 07:59 Moon at Apogee: 405193 km 20 11:47 Spica 1.8°S of Moon 21 08:14 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon 22 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°E 23 04:00 Jupiter 3.9°N of Moon 23 15:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 24 09:05 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 26 20 Venus 4.0°S of Mars 30 20:02 FULL MOON 31 09:12 Mars 1.9°N of SpicaSep 01 09:49 Moon at Perigee: 360666 km 02 10:35 Venus 1.7°S of Spica 02 12 Venus at Aphelion 02 13:23 Moon at Ascending Node 05 06 Neptune at Perihelion: 29.80642 AU 05 10:04 Pleiades 0.7°N of Moon 06 11:09 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 10:06 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 10 10:12 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 12 04:59 Regulus 3.7°S of Moon 14 02:50 NEW MOON 15 21 Mars 2.5°S of Saturn 16 07:51 Moon at Descending Node 16 18:39 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 16 22:21 Moon at Apogee: 406154 km 17 08:03 Venus 5.3°S of Moon 17 20:08 Saturn 4.1°N of Moon 17 20:34 Mars 1.5°N of Moon 18 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 19 18:13 Jupiter 4.2°N of Moon 20 16:35 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 22 07:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 15:11 Autumnal Equinox 29 04:34 FULL MOON 29 04:44 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.953 29 17:50 Moon at Perigee: 357428 km 29 22:41 Moon at Ascending Node Oct 02 17:59 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 03 02 Mercury at Perihelion 04 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W 05 20:35 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 15:47 Pollux 1.4°N of Moon 07 15:46 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 09 10:41 Regulus 3.8°S of Moon 13 14:03 Moon at Descending Node 13 19:59 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.930 13 20:03 NEW MOON 14 04:02 Moon at Apogee: 406527 km 16 19:35 Mars 2.8°N of Moon 17 10:08 Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon 17 22:47 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 19 00 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 21 15 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 20:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 10:01 Moon at Ascending Node 28 05:27 Moon at Perigee: 356973 km 28 13:48 FULL MOON 30 04:15 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 30 08 Mars 1.2°S of Jupiter 31 23 Neptune at Opposition Nov 01 10 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 02 23:04 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 03 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 03 22:30 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 04 09:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 15 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 16:52 Regulus 3.8°S of Moon 05 19:33 Mars 3.8°N of Antares 09 18:46 Venus 2.3°S of Moon 09 19:54 Moon at Descending Node 10 06:15 Moon at Apogee: 406245 km 10 07:01 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 12 14 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 14:28 NEW MOON 14 18:28 Mars 3.7°N of Moon 17 21 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 08:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 08 Mercury 2.1°S of Jupiter 23 19:03 Moon at Ascending Node 25 15:12 Venus 3.1°N of Spica 25 16:40 Moon at Perigee: 359651 km 26 15:30 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 27 00:06 FULL MOON 30 08:32 Pollux 1.6°N of MoonDec 01 07:17 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 03 00:37 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 04 03:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 15 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 06 21 Mercury 1.4°S of Mars 06 23:37 Moon at Descending Node 07 13:53 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 07 18:37 Moon at Apogee: 405435 km 08 10:10 Venus 4.1°N of Moon 09 10:36 Saturn 4.9°N of Moon 12 08:29 NEW MOON 14 01:30 Mercury 3.0°N of Moon 14 10 Geminid Meteor Shower 16 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.4°E 19 18:28 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 22:46 Moon at Ascending Node 21 12:04 Winter Solstice 22 18 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 10 Venus 0.9°N of Saturn 23 20 Venus at Perihelion 23 20:12 Moon at Perigee: 364795 km 24 01:29 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 26 11:43 FULL MOON 27 19 Mercury 1.8°N of Mars 27 19:00 Pollux 1.8°N of Moon 28 17:26 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 29 17 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°W 30 01 Mercury at Perihelion 30 09:56 Regulus 3.3°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: 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.