2048Calendar of Astronomical Events
2048Phases 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.
| 2048 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Central Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 1 00:57 t | Jan 8 12:49 |
| Jan 15 05:32 | Jan 22 15:56 | Jan 30 18:14 | Feb 6 21:16 |
| Feb 13 18:31 | Feb 21 13:22 | Feb 29 08:38 | Mar 7 04:45 |
| Mar 14 08:28 | Mar 22 10:03 | Mar 29 20:04 | Apr 5 12:10 |
| Apr 12 23:20 | Apr 21 04:02 | Apr 28 05:13 | May 4 20:22 |
| May 12 14:58 | May 20 18:16 | May 27 12:57 | Jun 3 06:05 |
| Jun 11 06:50 A | Jun 19 04:49 | Jun 25 20:08 p | Jul 2 17:58 |
| Jul 10 22:04 | Jul 18 12:31 | Jul 25 03:34 | Aug 1 08:30 |
| Aug 9 11:59 | Aug 16 18:32 | Aug 23 12:07 | Aug 31 01:42 |
| Sep 8 00:24 | Sep 15 00:04 | Sep 21 22:46 | Sep 29 20:45 |
| Oct 7 11:45 | Oct 14 06:20 | Oct 21 12:25 | Oct 29 16:15 |
| Nov 5 22:38 | Nov 12 14:29 | Nov 20 05:20 | Nov 28 10:34 |
| Dec 5 09:30 T | Dec 12 01:29 | Dec 20 00:39 n | Dec 28 02:31 |
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
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.
| 2048Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
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| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date CST Event (h:m)Jan 01 00:52 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.128 01 00:57 FULL MOON 03 12 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98328 AU 04 07 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 05 02:05 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 05 08:09 Venus 6.1°N of Antares 08 12:49 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 00:36 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 10 01:17 Mars 6.1°N of Moon 12 02:40 Antares 2.2°S of Moon 12 18:54 Venus 3.0°N of Moon 12 21:53 Moon at Perigee: 363708 km 12 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.0°E 13 23:27 Moon at Ascending Node 15 05:32 NEW MOON 16 16:22 Mercury 3.2°S of Moon 20 10 Mercury at Perihelion 22 15:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 22:32 Jupiter 5.1°S of Moon 24 15:24 Moon at Apogee: 404717 km 24 22:49 Pleiades 1.0°N of Moon 28 00:52 Moon at Descending Node 28 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 30 06 Venus 0.1°S of Saturn 30 18:14 FULL MOON Feb 01 08:21 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 05 05:56 Spica 3.1°N of Moon 06 21:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 07:42 Mars 4.8°N of Moon 08 09:34 Antares 2.3°S of Moon 09 03:12 Moon at Perigee: 369129 km 10 06:30 Moon at Ascending Node 10 16:25 Saturn 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 11 17:13 Venus 1.9°S of Moon 11 23:18 Mercury 0.0°S of Moon: Occn. 13 18:31 NEW MOON 17 09 Mercury 1.4°N of Venus 20 11:17 Jupiter 4.6°S of Moon 21 06:51 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon 21 12:29 Moon at Apogee: 404268 km 21 13:22 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.6°W 24 06:12 Moon at Descending Node 27 22 Uranus at Opposition 28 16:38 Regulus 5.0°N of Moon 29 08:38 FULL MOON Mar 03 11:58 Spica 2.9°N of Moon 04 09 Mercury at Aphelion 04 20:21 Moon at Perigee: 368850 km 06 10:39 Mars 3.3°N of Moon 06 14:51 Antares 2.5°S of Moon 07 04:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 08:31 Moon at Ascending Node 09 02:40 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 14 08:28 NEW MOON 15 08:00 Mars 5.3°N of Antares 15 21 Mercury 1.0°S of Venus 16 19 Venus at Aphelion 19 03:39 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 19 14:48 Pleiades 1.4°N of Moon 19 16:34 Vernal Equinox 20 08:41 Moon at Apogee: 404637 km 22 08:48 Moon at Descending Node 22 10:03 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 02:25 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 29 20:04 FULL MOON 30 20:23 Spica 2.7°N of MoonApr 01 04:10 Moon at Perigee: 363563 km 02 21:06 Antares 2.8°S of Moon 03 09:04 Mars 1.7°N of Moon 04 08:57 Moon at Ascending Node 05 10:30 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 05 12:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 12 23:20 NEW MOON 15 21:47 Jupiter 3.3°S of Moon 15 22:05 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 17 01:22 Moon at Apogee: 405534 km 17 09 Mercury at Perihelion 18 10:39 Moon at Descending Node 21 04:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 16:01 Jupiter 4.6°S of Pleiades 22 04 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 12:08 Regulus 5.4°N of Moon 27 06:45 Spica 2.7°N of Moon 28 05:13 FULL MOON 29 08:29 Moon at Perigee: 359129 km 29 09:41 Mercury 1.5°S of Pleiades 30 05:46 Antares 2.9°S of Moon 30 21 Mercury 3.2°N of Jupiter 30 23:30 Mars 0.2°N of Moon: Occn.May 01 12:46 Moon at Ascending Node 02 17:38 Saturn 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 04 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.0°E 04 18 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 04 20:22 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 01 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 12 14:58 NEW MOON 14 03:50 Mercury 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 14 11:19 Moon at Apogee: 406299 km 15 14:06 Moon at Descending Node 20 18:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 20:23 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 24 17:19 Spica 2.8°N of Moon 27 08 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 27 12:57 FULL MOON 27 16:20 Antares 3.0°S of Moon 27 17:56 Moon at Perigee: 357116 km 28 02:12 Mars 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 28 14 Venus at Superior Conjunction 28 21 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 28 21:20 Moon at Ascending Node 30 01:08 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.Jun 03 06:05 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 06 Mars at Opposition 09 10:33 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 10 14:20 Moon at Apogee: 406480 km 11 06:50 NEW MOON 11 06:57 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.944 11 19:40 Moon at Descending Node 15 17:20 Mars 1.7°N of Antares 17 02:51 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 19 04:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 09:54 Summer Solstice 21 02:21 Spica 2.9°N of Moon 21 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.7°W 22 09:57 Mercury 2.1°N of Aldebaran 23 23:35 Mars 1.4°S of Moon 24 03:05 Antares 2.9°S of Moon 25 03:51 Moon at Perigee: 357914 km 25 08:10 Moon at Ascending Node 25 20:01 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.639 25 20:08 FULL MOON 26 08:52 Saturn 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 27 20 Mercury 1.9°S of Jupiter | Date CST Event (h:m)Jul 02 17:58 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 17 Saturn at Opposition 05 23 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01671 AU 06 16:43 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 07 04 Venus at Perihelion 07 21:10 Moon at Apogee: 405968 km 08 06:01 Jupiter 1.4°S of Moon 09 01:57 Moon at Descending Node 10 22:04 NEW MOON 14 08 Mercury at Perihelion 14 08:22 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 18 09:09 Spica 2.8°N of Moon 18 12:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 21 06:42 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 21 12:16 Antares 3.0°S of Moon 22 17:38 Moon at Ascending Node 23 10:18 Moon at Perigee: 361240 km 23 16:03 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 25 03:34 FULL MOON 27 19 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 08:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 02 23:34 Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon 03 02:00 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus 04 11:05 Moon at Apogee: 405004 km 05 00:09 Jupiter 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 05 07:07 Moon at Descending Node 05 11:07 Mars 1.1°N of Antares 05 16:46 Mercury 0.8°N of Regulus 09 11:59 NEW MOON 12 07 Mercury 0.8°S of Venus 12 11 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 14:29 Spica 2.6°N of Moon 16 18:32 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 19:08 Antares 3.2°S of Moon 18 03:21 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 18 22:54 Moon at Ascending Node 19 22:09 Saturn 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 20 06:34 Moon at Perigee: 366147 km 23 12:07 FULL MOON 27 08 Mercury at Aphelion 30 07:15 Pleiades 2.0°N of Moon 31 01:42 LAST QUARTER MOON Sep 01 04:48 Moon at Apogee: 404235 km 01 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.2°E 01 10:14 Moon at Descending Node 01 16:50 Jupiter 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 03 06 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 08 00:24 NEW MOON 10 01:03 Mercury 1.3°N of Moon 10 09:59 Venus 5.5°N of Moon 10 20:13 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 14 00:29 Antares 3.4°S of Moon 15 00:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 00:06 Moon at Ascending Node 15 09:06 Moon at Perigee: 369916 km 15 09:51 Mars 3.4°S of Moon 16 03:42 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 16 08:16 Venus 2.2°N of Spica 21 22:46 FULL MOON 22 02:01 Autumnal Equinox 26 15:24 Pleiades 2.2°N of Moon 27 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 28 12:15 Moon at Descending Node 29 00:20 Moon at Apogee: 404231 km 29 06:30 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 29 20:45 LAST QUARTER MOON Oct 03 00 Mars 3.0°S of Saturn 04 06:47 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 07 11:45 NEW MOON 10 03:41 Venus 1.5°N of Moon 10 08 Mercury at Perihelion 10 22:52 Moon at Perigee: 366937 km 11 06:25 Antares 3.6°S of Moon 12 01:07 Moon at Ascending Node 13 06 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°W 13 10:25 Saturn 1.4°S of Moon 13 23:03 Mars 4.8°S of Moon 14 06:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 00 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38142 AU 21 04 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 12:25 FULL MOON 23 23:19 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 24 08:31 Venus 2.9°N of Antares 25 15:25 Moon at Descending Node 26 15:21 Jupiter 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 26 19:59 Moon at Apogee: 404996 km 29 16:14 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 16:11 Regulus 5.8°N of MoonNov 05 04 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 22:38 NEW MOON 07 14:46 Antares 3.7°S of Moon 07 17:21 Moon at Perigee: 361590 km 08 06:22 Moon at Ascending Node 08 21:54 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 09 20:19 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 11 16:56 Mars 6.0°S of Moon 12 03 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 14:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 21 Neptune at Opposition 14 06 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 17 10 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 05:20 FULL MOON 20 06:24 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 21 05 Venus 2.8°S of Saturn 21 20:54 Moon at Descending Node 22 18:36 Jupiter 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 23 12:24 Moon at Apogee: 405928 km 28 00:32 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 28 10:34 LAST QUARTER MOON Dec 02 00:44 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 05 09:30 NEW MOON 05 09:34 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.044 05 16:27 Moon at Ascending Node 06 01:58 Moon at Perigee: 357717 km 07 10:08 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 08 18:08 Venus 6.4°S of Moon 12 01:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 23 Geminid Meteor Shower 17 02 Jupiter at Opposition 17 12:37 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 18 22 Mercury 2.4°S of Saturn 19 03:29 Moon at Descending Node 19 18:01 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 20 00:26 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.962 20 00:39 FULL MOON 20 18:28 Moon at Apogee: 406367 km 20 23:02 Winter Solstice 22 07 Ursid Meteor Shower 25 07:10 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 26 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.8°E 28 02:31 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 10:00 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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.