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