2048Calendar of Astronomical Events
2048Phases 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.
| 2048 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Alaska Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Dec 31 21:57 t | Jan 8 09:49 |
| Jan 15 02:32 | Jan 22 12:56 | Jan 30 15:14 | Feb 6 18:16 |
| Feb 13 15:31 | Feb 21 10:22 | Feb 29 05:38 | Mar 7 01:45 |
| Mar 14 05:28 | Mar 22 07:03 | Mar 29 17:04 | Apr 5 09:10 |
| Apr 12 20:20 | Apr 21 01:02 | Apr 28 02:13 | May 4 17:22 |
| May 12 11:58 | May 20 15:16 | May 27 09:57 | Jun 3 03:05 |
| Jun 11 03:50 A | Jun 19 01:49 | Jun 25 17:08 p | Jul 2 14:58 |
| Jul 10 19:04 | Jul 18 09:31 | Jul 25 00:34 | Aug 1 05:30 |
| Aug 9 08:59 | Aug 16 15:32 | Aug 23 09:07 | Aug 30 22:42 |
| Sep 7 21:24 | Sep 14 21:04 | Sep 21 19:46 | Sep 29 17:45 |
| Oct 7 08:45 | Oct 14 03:20 | Oct 21 09:25 | Oct 29 13:15 |
| Nov 5 19:38 | Nov 12 11:29 | Nov 20 02:20 | Nov 28 07:34 |
| Dec 5 06:30 T | Dec 11 22:29 | Dec 19 21:39 n | Dec 27 23:31 |
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.
2048Calendar 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.
| 2048Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Alaska Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AKST Even (h:m)Jan 03 09 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98328 AU 04 04 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 23:05 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 05 05:09 Venus 6.1°N of Antares 08 09:49 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 21:36 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 09 22:17 Mars 6.1°N of Moon 11 23:40 Antares 2.2°S of Moon 12 15:54 Venus 3.0°N of Moon 12 18:53 Moon at Perigee: 363708 km 12 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.0°E 13 20:27 Moon at Ascending Node 15 02:32 NEW MOON 16 13:22 Mercury 3.2°S of Moon 20 07 Mercury at Perihelion 22 12:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 19:32 Jupiter 5.1°S of Moon 24 12:24 Moon at Apogee: 404717 km 24 19:49 Pleiades 1.0°N of Moon 27 21:52 Moon at Descending Node 28 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 30 03 Venus 0.1°S of Saturn 30 15:14 FULL MOON Feb 01 05:21 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 05 02:56 Spica 3.1°N of Moon 06 18:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 04:42 Mars 4.8°N of Moon 08 06:34 Antares 2.3°S of Moon 09 00:12 Moon at Perigee: 369129 km 10 03:30 Moon at Ascending Node 10 13:25 Saturn 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 11 14:13 Venus 1.9°S of Moon 11 20:18 Mercury 0.0°S of Moon: Occn. 13 15:31 NEW MOON 17 06 Mercury 1.4°N of Venus 20 08:17 Jupiter 4.6°S of Moon 21 03:51 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon 21 09:29 Moon at Apogee: 404268 km 21 10:22 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.6°W 24 03:12 Moon at Descending Node 27 19 Uranus at Opposition 28 13:38 Regulus 5.0°N of Moon 29 05:38 FULL MOON Mar 03 08:58 Spica 2.9°N of Moon 04 06 Mercury at Aphelion 04 17:21 Moon at Perigee: 368850 km 06 07:39 Mars 3.3°N of Moon 06 11:51 Antares 2.5°S of Moon 07 01:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 05:31 Moon at Ascending Node 08 23:40 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 14 05:28 NEW MOON 15 05:00 Mars 5.3°N of Antares 15 18 Mercury 1.0°S of Venus 16 16 Venus at Aphelion 19 00:39 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 19 11:48 Pleiades 1.4°N of Moon 19 13:34 Vernal Equinox 20 05:41 Moon at Apogee: 404637 km 22 05:48 Moon at Descending Node 22 07:03 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 23:25 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 29 17:04 FULL MOON 30 17:23 Spica 2.7°N of MoonApr 01 01:10 Moon at Perigee: 363563 km 02 18:06 Antares 2.8°S of Moon 03 06:04 Mars 1.7°N of Moon 04 05:57 Moon at Ascending Node 05 07:30 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 05 09:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 05 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 12 20:20 NEW MOON 15 18:47 Jupiter 3.3°S of Moon 15 19:05 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 16 22:22 Moon at Apogee: 405534 km 17 06 Mercury at Perihelion 18 07:39 Moon at Descending Node 21 01:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 13:01 Jupiter 4.6°S of Pleiades 22 01 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 09:08 Regulus 5.4°N of Moon 27 03:45 Spica 2.7°N of Moon 28 02:13 FULL MOON 29 05:29 Moon at Perigee: 359129 km 29 06:41 Mercury 1.5°S of Pleiades 30 02:46 Antares 2.9°S of Moon 30 18 Mercury 3.2°N of Jupiter 30 20:30 Mars 0.2°N of Moon: Occn.May 01 09:46 Moon at Ascending Node 02 14:38 Saturn 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 04 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.0°E 04 15 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 04 17:22 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 22 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 12 11:58 NEW MOON 14 00:50 Mercury 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 14 08:19 Moon at Apogee: 406299 km 15 11:06 Moon at Descending Node 20 15:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 17:23 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 24 14:19 Spica 2.8°N of Moon 27 05 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 27 09:57 FULL MOON 27 13:20 Antares 3.0°S of Moon 27 14:56 Moon at Perigee: 357116 km 27 23:12 Mars 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 28 11 Venus at Superior Conjunction 28 18 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 28 18:20 Moon at Ascending Node 29 22:08 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.Jun 03 03:05 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 03 Mars at Opposition 09 07:33 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 10 11:20 Moon at Apogee: 406480 km 11 03:50 NEW MOON 11 03:57 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.944 11 16:40 Moon at Descending Node 15 14:20 Mars 1.7°N of Antares 16 23:51 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 19 01:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 06:54 Summer Solstice 20 23:21 Spica 2.9°N of Moon 21 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.7°W 22 06:57 Mercury 2.1°N of Aldebaran 23 20:35 Mars 1.4°S of Moon 24 00:05 Antares 2.9°S of Moon 25 00:51 Moon at Perigee: 357914 km 25 05:10 Moon at Ascending Node 25 17:01 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.639 25 17:08 FULL MOON 26 05:52 Saturn 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 27 17 Mercury 1.9°S of Jupiter | Date AKST Even (h:m)Jul 02 14:58 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 14 Saturn at Opposition 05 20 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01671 AU 06 13:43 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 07 01 Venus at Perihelion 07 18:10 Moon at Apogee: 405968 km 08 03:01 Jupiter 1.4°S of Moon 08 22:57 Moon at Descending Node 10 19:04 NEW MOON 14 05 Mercury at Perihelion 14 05:22 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 18 06:09 Spica 2.8°N of Moon 18 09:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 21 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 21 03:42 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 21 09:16 Antares 3.0°S of Moon 22 14:38 Moon at Ascending Node 23 07:18 Moon at Perigee: 361240 km 23 13:03 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 25 00:34 FULL MOON 27 16 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 05:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 02 20:34 Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon 02 23:00 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus 04 08:05 Moon at Apogee: 405004 km 04 21:09 Jupiter 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 05 04:07 Moon at Descending Node 05 08:07 Mars 1.1°N of Antares 05 13:46 Mercury 0.8°N of Regulus 09 08:59 NEW MOON 12 04 Mercury 0.8°S of Venus 12 08 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 11:29 Spica 2.6°N of Moon 16 15:32 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 16:08 Antares 3.2°S of Moon 18 00:21 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 18 19:54 Moon at Ascending Node 19 19:09 Saturn 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 20 03:34 Moon at Perigee: 366147 km 23 09:07 FULL MOON 27 05 Mercury at Aphelion 30 04:15 Pleiades 2.0°N of Moon 30 22:42 LAST QUARTER MOON Sep 01 01:48 Moon at Apogee: 404235 km 01 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.2°E 01 07:14 Moon at Descending Node 01 13:50 Jupiter 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 03 03 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 07 21:24 NEW MOON 09 22:03 Mercury 1.3°N of Moon 10 06:59 Venus 5.5°N of Moon 10 17:13 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 13 21:29 Antares 3.4°S of Moon 14 21:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 21:06 Moon at Ascending Node 15 06:06 Moon at Perigee: 369916 km 15 06:51 Mars 3.4°S of Moon 16 00:42 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 16 05:16 Venus 2.2°N of Spica 21 19:46 FULL MOON 21 23:01 Autumnal Equinox 26 12:24 Pleiades 2.2°N of Moon 27 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 28 09:15 Moon at Descending Node 28 21:20 Moon at Apogee: 404231 km 29 03:30 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 29 17:45 LAST QUARTER MOON Oct 02 21 Mars 3.0°S of Saturn 04 03:47 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 07 08:45 NEW MOON 10 00:41 Venus 1.5°N of Moon 10 05 Mercury at Perihelion 10 19:52 Moon at Perigee: 366937 km 11 03:25 Antares 3.6°S of Moon 11 22:07 Moon at Ascending Node 13 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°W 13 07:25 Saturn 1.4°S of Moon 13 20:03 Mars 4.8°S of Moon 14 03:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 19 21 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38142 AU 21 01 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 09:25 FULL MOON 23 20:19 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 24 05:31 Venus 2.9°N of Antares 25 12:25 Moon at Descending Node 26 12:21 Jupiter 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 26 16:59 Moon at Apogee: 404996 km 29 13:14 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 13:11 Regulus 5.8°N of MoonNov 05 01 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 19:38 NEW MOON 07 11:46 Antares 3.7°S of Moon 07 14:21 Moon at Perigee: 361590 km 08 03:22 Moon at Ascending Node 08 18:54 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 09 17:19 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 11 13:56 Mars 6.0°S of Moon 12 00 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 11:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 18 Neptune at Opposition 14 03 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 17 07 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 02:20 FULL MOON 20 03:24 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 21 02 Venus 2.8°S of Saturn 21 17:54 Moon at Descending Node 22 15:36 Jupiter 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 23 09:24 Moon at Apogee: 405928 km 27 21:32 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 28 07:34 LAST QUARTER MOON Dec 01 21:44 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 05 06:30 NEW MOON 05 06:34 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.044 05 13:27 Moon at Ascending Node 05 22:58 Moon at Perigee: 357717 km 07 07:08 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 08 15:08 Venus 6.4°S of Moon 11 22:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 20 Geminid Meteor Shower 16 23 Jupiter at Opposition 17 09:37 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 18 19 Mercury 2.4°S of Saturn 19 00:29 Moon at Descending Node 19 15:01 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 19 21:26 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.962 19 21:39 FULL MOON 20 15:28 Moon at Apogee: 406367 km 20 20:02 Winter Solstice 22 04 Ursid Meteor Shower 25 04:10 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 26 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.8°E 27 23:31 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 07:00 Spica 2.4°N 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.