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