2048Calendar of Astronomical Events
2048Phases of the Moon
Eastern Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Eastern Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 5 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2048 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Eastern Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 1 01:57 t | Jan 8 13:49 |
| Jan 15 06:32 | Jan 22 16:56 | Jan 30 19:14 | Feb 6 22:16 |
| Feb 13 19:31 | Feb 21 14:22 | Feb 29 09:38 | Mar 7 05:45 |
| Mar 14 09:28 | Mar 22 11:03 | Mar 29 21:04 | Apr 5 13:10 |
| Apr 13 00:20 | Apr 21 05:02 | Apr 28 06:13 | May 4 21:22 |
| May 12 15:58 | May 20 19:16 | May 27 13:57 | Jun 3 07:05 |
| Jun 11 07:50 A | Jun 19 05:49 | Jun 25 21:08 p | Jul 2 18:58 |
| Jul 10 23:04 | Jul 18 13:31 | Jul 25 04:34 | Aug 1 09:30 |
| Aug 9 12:59 | Aug 16 19:32 | Aug 23 13:07 | Aug 31 02:42 |
| Sep 8 01:24 | Sep 15 01:04 | Sep 21 23:46 | Sep 29 21:45 |
| Oct 7 12:45 | Oct 14 07:20 | Oct 21 13:25 | Oct 29 17:15 |
| Nov 5 23:38 | Nov 12 15:29 | Nov 20 06:20 | Nov 28 11:34 |
| Dec 5 10:30 T | Dec 12 02:29 | Dec 20 01:39 n | Dec 28 03:31 |
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
Eastern Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Eastern Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 5 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 | ||||||||
| Eastern Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date EST Event (h:m)Jan 01 01:52 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.128 01 01:57 FULL MOON 03 13 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98328 AU 04 08 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 05 03:05 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 05 09:09 Venus 6.1°N of Antares 08 13:49 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 01:36 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 10 02:17 Mars 6.1°N of Moon 12 03:40 Antares 2.2°S of Moon 12 19:54 Venus 3.0°N of Moon 12 22:53 Moon at Perigee: 363708 km 13 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.0°E 14 00:27 Moon at Ascending Node 15 06:32 NEW MOON 16 17:22 Mercury 3.2°S of Moon 20 11 Mercury at Perihelion 22 16:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 23:32 Jupiter 5.1°S of Moon 24 16:24 Moon at Apogee: 404717 km 24 23:49 Pleiades 1.0°N of Moon 28 01:52 Moon at Descending Node 28 19 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 30 07 Venus 0.1°S of Saturn 30 19:14 FULL MOON Feb 01 09:21 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 05 06:56 Spica 3.1°N of Moon 06 22:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 08:42 Mars 4.8°N of Moon 08 10:34 Antares 2.3°S of Moon 09 04:12 Moon at Perigee: 369129 km 10 07:30 Moon at Ascending Node 10 17:25 Saturn 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 11 18:13 Venus 1.9°S of Moon 12 00:18 Mercury 0.0°S of Moon: Occn. 13 19:31 NEW MOON 17 10 Mercury 1.4°N of Venus 20 12:17 Jupiter 4.6°S of Moon 21 07:51 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon 21 13:29 Moon at Apogee: 404268 km 21 14:22 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.6°W 24 07:12 Moon at Descending Node 27 23 Uranus at Opposition 28 17:38 Regulus 5.0°N of Moon 29 09:38 FULL MOON Mar 03 12:58 Spica 2.9°N of Moon 04 10 Mercury at Aphelion 04 21:21 Moon at Perigee: 368850 km 06 11:39 Mars 3.3°N of Moon 06 15:51 Antares 2.5°S of Moon 07 05:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 09:31 Moon at Ascending Node 09 03:40 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 14 09:28 NEW MOON 15 09:00 Mars 5.3°N of Antares 15 22 Mercury 1.0°S of Venus 16 20 Venus at Aphelion 19 04:39 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 19 15:48 Pleiades 1.4°N of Moon 19 17:34 Vernal Equinox 20 09:41 Moon at Apogee: 404637 km 22 09:48 Moon at Descending Node 22 11:03 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 03:25 Regulus 5.1°N of Moon 29 21:04 FULL MOON 30 21:23 Spica 2.7°N of MoonApr 01 05:10 Moon at Perigee: 363563 km 02 22:06 Antares 2.8°S of Moon 03 10:04 Mars 1.7°N of Moon 04 09:57 Moon at Ascending Node 05 11:30 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 05 13:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 09 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 13 00:20 NEW MOON 15 22:47 Jupiter 3.3°S of Moon 15 23:05 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 17 02:22 Moon at Apogee: 405534 km 17 10 Mercury at Perihelion 18 11:39 Moon at Descending Node 21 05:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 17:01 Jupiter 4.6°S of Pleiades 22 05 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 13:08 Regulus 5.4°N of Moon 27 07:45 Spica 2.7°N of Moon 28 06:13 FULL MOON 29 09:29 Moon at Perigee: 359129 km 29 10:41 Mercury 1.5°S of Pleiades 30 06:46 Antares 2.9°S of Moon 30 22 Mercury 3.2°N of JupiterMay 01 00:30 Mars 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 01 13:46 Moon at Ascending Node 02 18:38 Saturn 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 04 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.0°E 04 19 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 04 21:22 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 02 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 12 15:58 NEW MOON 14 04:50 Mercury 0.1°N of Moon: Occn. 14 12:19 Moon at Apogee: 406299 km 15 15:06 Moon at Descending Node 20 19:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 21:23 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 24 18:19 Spica 2.8°N of Moon 27 09 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 27 13:57 FULL MOON 27 17:20 Antares 3.0°S of Moon 27 18:56 Moon at Perigee: 357116 km 28 03:12 Mars 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 28 15 Venus at Superior Conjunction 28 22 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 28 22:20 Moon at Ascending Node 30 02:08 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.Jun 03 07:05 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 07 Mars at Opposition 09 11:33 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 10 15:20 Moon at Apogee: 406480 km 11 07:50 NEW MOON 11 07:57 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.944 11 20:40 Moon at Descending Node 15 18:20 Mars 1.7°N of Antares 17 03:51 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 19 05:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 10:54 Summer Solstice 21 03:21 Spica 2.9°N of Moon 21 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.7°W 22 10:57 Mercury 2.1°N of Aldebaran 24 00:35 Mars 1.4°S of Moon 24 04:05 Antares 2.9°S of Moon 25 04:51 Moon at Perigee: 357914 km 25 09:10 Moon at Ascending Node 25 21:01 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.639 25 21:08 FULL MOON 26 09:52 Saturn 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 27 21 Mercury 1.9°S of Jupiter | Date EST Event (h:m)Jul 02 18:58 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 18 Saturn at Opposition 06 00 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01671 AU 06 17:43 Pleiades 1.6°N of Moon 07 05 Venus at Perihelion 07 22:10 Moon at Apogee: 405968 km 08 07:01 Jupiter 1.4°S of Moon 09 02:57 Moon at Descending Node 10 23:04 NEW MOON 14 09 Mercury at Perihelion 14 09:22 Regulus 5.5°N of Moon 18 10:09 Spica 2.8°N of Moon 18 13:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 01 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 21 07:42 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 21 13:16 Antares 3.0°S of Moon 22 18:38 Moon at Ascending Node 23 11:18 Moon at Perigee: 361240 km 23 17:03 Saturn 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 25 04:34 FULL MOON 27 20 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 09:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 00:34 Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon 03 03:00 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus 04 12:05 Moon at Apogee: 405004 km 05 01:09 Jupiter 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 05 08:07 Moon at Descending Node 05 12:07 Mars 1.1°N of Antares 05 17:46 Mercury 0.8°N of Regulus 09 12:59 NEW MOON 12 08 Mercury 0.8°S of Venus 12 12 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 15:29 Spica 2.6°N of Moon 16 19:32 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 20:08 Antares 3.2°S of Moon 18 04:21 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 18 23:54 Moon at Ascending Node 19 23:09 Saturn 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 20 07:34 Moon at Perigee: 366147 km 23 13:07 FULL MOON 27 09 Mercury at Aphelion 30 08:15 Pleiades 2.0°N of Moon 31 02:42 LAST QUARTER MOON Sep 01 05:48 Moon at Apogee: 404235 km 01 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.2°E 01 11:14 Moon at Descending Node 01 17:50 Jupiter 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 03 07 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 08 01:24 NEW MOON 10 02:03 Mercury 1.3°N of Moon 10 10:59 Venus 5.5°N of Moon 10 21:13 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 14 01:29 Antares 3.4°S of Moon 15 01:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 01:06 Moon at Ascending Node 15 10:06 Moon at Perigee: 369916 km 15 10:51 Mars 3.4°S of Moon 16 04:42 Saturn 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 16 09:16 Venus 2.2°N of Spica 21 23:46 FULL MOON 22 03:01 Autumnal Equinox 26 16:24 Pleiades 2.2°N of Moon 27 19 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 28 13:15 Moon at Descending Node 29 01:20 Moon at Apogee: 404231 km 29 07:30 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 29 21:45 LAST QUARTER MOON Oct 03 01 Mars 3.0°S of Saturn 04 07:47 Regulus 5.6°N of Moon 07 12:45 NEW MOON 10 04:41 Venus 1.5°N of Moon 10 09 Mercury at Perihelion 10 23:52 Moon at Perigee: 366937 km 11 07:25 Antares 3.6°S of Moon 12 02:07 Moon at Ascending Node 13 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°W 13 11:25 Saturn 1.4°S of Moon 14 00:03 Mars 4.8°S of Moon 14 07:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 01 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38142 AU 21 05 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 13:25 FULL MOON 24 00:19 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 24 09:31 Venus 2.9°N of Antares 25 16:25 Moon at Descending Node 26 16:21 Jupiter 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 26 20:59 Moon at Apogee: 404996 km 29 17:14 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 17:11 Regulus 5.8°N of MoonNov 05 05 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 23:38 NEW MOON 07 15:46 Antares 3.7°S of Moon 07 18:21 Moon at Perigee: 361590 km 08 07:22 Moon at Ascending Node 08 22:54 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 09 21:19 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 11 17:56 Mars 6.0°S of Moon 12 04 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 15:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 22 Neptune at Opposition 14 07 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 17 11 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 06:20 FULL MOON 20 07:24 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 21 06 Venus 2.8°S of Saturn 21 21:54 Moon at Descending Node 22 19:36 Jupiter 0.5°N of Moon: Occn. 23 13:24 Moon at Apogee: 405928 km 28 01:32 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 28 11:34 LAST QUARTER MOON Dec 02 01:44 Spica 2.4°N of Moon 05 10:30 NEW MOON 05 10:34 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.044 05 17:27 Moon at Ascending Node 06 02:58 Moon at Perigee: 357717 km 07 11:08 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 08 19:08 Venus 6.4°S of Moon 12 02:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 00 Geminid Meteor Shower 17 03 Jupiter at Opposition 17 13:37 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon 18 23 Mercury 2.4°S of Saturn 19 04:29 Moon at Descending Node 19 19:01 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn. 20 01:26 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.962 20 01:39 FULL MOON 20 19:28 Moon at Apogee: 406367 km 21 00:02 Winter Solstice 22 08 Ursid Meteor Shower 25 08:10 Regulus 5.9°N of Moon 26 06 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.8°E 28 03:31 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 11:00 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.