2010 Sky Event Almanac
Cape Verde Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Cape Verde Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 1 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the almanac.
| 2010 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
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Date CVT Event
(h:m)
Jan 01 11:30 Moon at Descending Node
01 19:36 Moon at Perigee: 358684 km
03 00 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU
03 18 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
04 03:59 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon
04 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
07 09:40 LAST QUARTER MOON
08 00:11 Spica 3.5°N of Moon
11 11:43 Antares 1.1°S of Moon
11 20 Venus at Superior Conjunction
14 22:18 Moon at Ascending Node
15 06:07 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.919
15 06:11 NEW MOON
17 00:40 Moon at Apogee: 406434 km
23 09:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 13 Venus at Aphelion
25 10:00 Pleiades 0.0°S of Moon
27 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.8°W
28 23:02 Moon at Descending Node
29 18 Mars at Opposition
30 05:18 FULL MOON
30 08:03 Moon at Perigee: 356593 km
31 14:25 Regulus 4.1°N of Moon
Feb 04 07:20 Spica 3.4°N of Moon
05 22:49 LAST QUARTER MOON
07 17:29 Antares 1.1°S of Moon
11 03:58 Moon at Ascending Node
12 04:55 Mercury 2.3°S of Moon
13 01:06 Moon at Apogee: 406542 km
13 11 Mercury at Aphelion
14 01:51 NEW MOON
14 22 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
21 17:32 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon
21 23:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON
25 08:11 Moon at Descending Node
27 20:40 Moon at Perigee: 357832 km
28 01:53 Regulus 4.1°N of Moon
28 11 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
28 15:38 FULL MOON
Mar 03 16:47 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
07 00:32 Antares 1.3°S of Moon
07 14:42 LAST QUARTER MOON
10 07:07 Moon at Ascending Node
12 09:07 Moon at Apogee: 406011 km
14 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
15 20:01 NEW MOON
17 05 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
20 16:32 Vernal Equinox
20 23:08 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon
21 23 Saturn at Opposition
23 10:00 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 12:05 Moon at Descending Node
25 12:57 Mars 4.5°N of Moon
27 12:05 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon
28 03:56 Moon at Perigee: 361877 km
29 10 Mercury at Perihelion
30 01:25 FULL MOON
30 22 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66594 AU
31 03:19 Spica 3.1°N of Moon
Apr 03 09:17 Antares 1.5°S of Moon
04 07 Mercury 3.0°N of Venus
06 08:37 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 08:45 Moon at Ascending Node
08 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.3°E
09 01:45 Moon at Apogee: 404999 km
14 11:29 NEW MOON
15 21:46 Mercury 1.5°S of Moon
16 11:55 Venus 4.1°S of Moon
17 04:43 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon
20 12:38 Moon at Descending Node
21 17:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON
22 08:27 Mars 4.6°N of Moon
22 16 Lyrid Meteor Shower
23 19:43 Regulus 4.4°N of Moon
24 19:59 Moon at Perigee: 367142 km
25 04:18 Venus 3.4°S of Pleiades
27 13:02 Spica 3.1°N of Moon
28 11:18 FULL MOON
28 16 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
30 18:44 Antares 1.7°S of Moon
May 03 11:35 Moon at Ascending Node
05 05 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
06 03:15 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 20:53 Moon at Apogee: 404231 km
14 00:04 NEW MOON
16 09:16 Venus 0.1°S of Moon: Occn.
16 22 Venus at Perihelion
17 14:39 Moon at Descending Node
20 07:38 Moon at Perigee: 369729 km
20 22:43 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 01:28 Regulus 4.6°N of Moon
24 20:42 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
26 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.1°W
27 22:07 FULL MOON
28 03:30 Antares 1.8°S of Moon
30 17:07 Moon at Ascending Node
Jun 03 15:50 Moon at Apogee: 404266 km
04 21:13 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 23:15 Mars 0.8°N of Regulus
08 13:59 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux
10 20:46 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon
12 10:15 NEW MOON
13 20:54 Moon at Descending Node
15 06:08 Venus 3.9°N of Moon
15 13:54 Moon at Perigee: 365937 km
17 07:12 Regulus 4.8°N of Moon
19 03:30 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 02:34 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
21 10:28 Summer Solstice
24 10:41 Antares 1.8°S of Moon
25 10 Mercury at Perihelion
26 10:30 FULL MOON
26 10:38 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.537
27 00:19 Moon at Ascending Node
28 11 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
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Date CVT Event
(h:m)
Jul 01 09:12 Moon at Apogee: 405036 km
04 13:35 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 10 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01670 AU
08 06:26 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon
10 07:45 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus
11 06:30 Moon at Descending Node
11 18:34 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.058
11 18:40 NEW MOON
12 23:45 Mercury 4.2°N of Moon
13 10:21 Moon at Perigee: 361116 km
14 14:42 Regulus 4.8°N of Moon
18 08:05 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
18 09:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 16:31 Antares 1.8°S of Moon
24 06:59 Moon at Ascending Node
26 00:37 FULL MOON
27 17:10 Mercury 0.2°S of Regulus
28 07 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
28 22:50 Moon at Apogee: 405955 km
31 13 Mars 1.8°S of Saturn
Aug 03 03:59 LAST QUARTER MOON
04 15:27 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon
07 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°E
07 16:24 Moon at Descending Node
08 09 Mercury at Aphelion
08 14 Venus 2.8°S of Saturn
10 02:08 NEW MOON
10 16:56 Moon at Perigee: 357858 km
12 00:34 Mercury 2.4°N of Moon
12 23 Perseid Meteor Shower
13 11:07 Venus 4.5°N of Moon
14 14:59 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
16 17:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON
17 22:07 Antares 1.9°S of Moon
19 03 Venus 1.9°S of Mars
20 01 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.0°E
20 08 Neptune at Opposition
20 11:13 Moon at Ascending Node
24 16:05 FULL MOON
25 04:51 Moon at Apogee: 406390 km
31 21:06 Venus 0.9°S of Spica
31 22:47 Pleiades 0.8°N of Moon
Sep 01 16:22 LAST QUARTER MOON
03 11 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
03 23:16 Moon at Descending Node
05 16:00 Mars 1.9°N of Spica
08 03:00 Moon at Perigee: 357193 km
08 09:30 NEW MOON
11 00:04 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
11 12:05 Venus 0.3°N of Moon: Occn.
14 04:55 Antares 2.1°S of Moon
15 04:50 FIRST QUARTER MOON
16 12:56 Moon at Ascending Node
19 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W
21 07:03 Moon at Apogee: 406169 km
21 09 Mercury at Perihelion
21 11 Jupiter at Opposition
21 16 Uranus at Opposition
23 02:09 Autumnal Equinox
23 08:17 FULL MOON
28 04:32 Pleiades 1.0°N of Moon
30 23 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
Oct 01 01:42 Moon at Descending Node
01 02:52 LAST QUARTER MOON
04 21:29 Regulus 4.9°N of Moon
06 12:41 Moon at Perigee: 359453 km
07 17:44 NEW MOON
09 14:49 Venus 3.3°S of Moon
10 00:51 Mars 3.5°N of Moon
11 13:39 Antares 2.3°S of Moon
13 14:36 Moon at Ascending Node
14 20:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON
17 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
18 17:18 Moon at Apogee: 405433 km
21 15 Orionid Meteor Shower
23 00:36 FULL MOON
25 10:05 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon
28 02:15 Moon at Descending Node
29 00 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
30 11:46 LAST QUARTER MOON
Nov 03 16:22 Moon at Perigee: 364189 km
04 20:57 Spica 2.9°N of Moon
05 15 S Taurid Meteor Shower
06 03:52 NEW MOON
07 21:10 Mars 1.6°N of Moon
07 23:42 Antares 2.5°S of Moon
09 19:14 Moon at Ascending Node
10 19:16 Mars 3.9°N of Antares
12 15 N Taurid Meteor Shower
13 15:39 FIRST QUARTER MOON
15 10:47 Moon at Apogee: 404634 km
15 15:18 Mercury 2.4°N of Antares
17 17:37 Venus 0.7°S of Spica
17 21 Leonid Meteor Shower
20 15 Mercury 1.7°S of Mars
21 16:27 FULL MOON
21 17:03 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon
24 05:27 Moon at Descending Node
28 19:36 LAST QUARTER MOON
30 18:09 Moon at Perigee: 369439 km
Dec 01 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.5°E
02 05:14 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
05 16:36 NEW MOON
07 03:15 Moon at Ascending Node
07 07:48 Mercury 1.8°S of Moon
13 07:34 Moon at Apogee: 404408 km
13 12:59 FIRST QUARTER MOON
14 10 Geminid Meteor Shower
18 08 Mercury at Perihelion
19 01:55 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon
20 00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
21 07:13 FULL MOON
21 07:17 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.256
21 13:08 Moon at Descending Node
21 22:38 Winter Solstice
22 18 Ursid Meteor Shower
25 11:24 Moon at Perigee: 368463 km
27 15 Venus at Perihelion
28 03:18 LAST QUARTER MOON
29 11:10 Spica 3.1°N of Moon
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Terms Used in Sky Event Almanac
- 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
2010 Phases of the Moon
Cape Verde Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Cape Verde Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 1 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2010 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Cape Verde Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 07 09:40 |
| Jan 15 06:11 A | Jan 23 09:53 | Jan 30 05:18 | Feb 05 22:49 |
| Feb 14 01:51 | Feb 21 23:42 | Feb 28 15:38 | Mar 07 14:42 |
| Mar 15 20:01 | Mar 23 10:00 | Mar 30 01:25 | Apr 06 08:37 |
| Apr 14 11:29 | Apr 21 17:20 | Apr 28 11:18 | May 06 03:15 |
| May 14 00:04 | May 20 22:43 | May 27 22:07 | Jun 04 21:13 |
| Jun 12 10:15 | Jun 19 03:30 | Jun 26 10:30 p | Jul 04 13:35 |
| Jul 11 18:40 T | Jul 18 09:11 | Jul 26 00:37 | Aug 03 03:59 |
| Aug 10 02:08 | Aug 16 17:14 | Aug 24 16:05 | Sep 01 16:22 |
| Sep 08 09:30 | Sep 15 04:50 | Sep 23 08:17 | Oct 01 02:52 |
| Oct 07 17:44 | Oct 14 20:27 | Oct 23 00:36 | Oct 30 11:46 |
| Nov 06 03:52 | Nov 13 15:39 | Nov 21 16:27 | Nov 28 19:36 |
| Dec 05 16:36 | Dec 13 12:59 | Dec 21 07:13 t | Dec 28 03:18 |
For a collection of images showing the Moon's phases see: Phases of the Moon Photo Gallery.
The Phases of the Moon table also shows when an eclipse takes place. 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 Phases of the Moon table. 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.
Solar Eclipses
The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of solar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to a global visibility map, an interactive Google map, tables, and additional information.
| Decade Pages of Solar Eclipses | |||||
| Decades | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | 2021-2030 | 2031-2040 | 2041-2050 | |
| 2051-2060 | 2061-2070 | 2071-2080 | 2081-2090 | 2091-2100 | |
Lunar Eclipses
The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of lunar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to an eclipse diagram, a global visibility map, tables, and additional information.
| Decade Pages of Lunar Eclipses | |||||
| Decades | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | 2021-2030 | 2031-2040 | 2041-2050 | |
| 2051-2060 | 2061-2070 | 2071-2080 | 2081-2090 | 2091-2100 | |
Sky Event Almanacs: 2001 to 2010
The Americas
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2001 to 2010 for eight time zones in the Americas.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a sky event almanac for that year.
| Sky Event Almanacs - The Americas | |||||||||||||||
| ART | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| AST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| EST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| CST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| MST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| PST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| AKST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| HST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
- ART = Argentina Time (= UTC - 3 hours)
- AST = Atlantic Standard Time (= UTC - 4 hours)
- EST = Eastern Standard Time (= UTC - 5 hours)
- CST = Central Standard Time (= UTC - 6 hours)
- MST = Mountain Standard Time (= UTC - 7 hours)
- PST = Pacific Standard Time (= UTC - 8 hours)
- AKST = Alaskan Standard Time (= UTC - 9 hours)
- HST = Hawaiian Standard Time (= UTC - 10 hours)
(where UTC = Coordinated Universal 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 Coordinated Universal Time to help in identification.
For other years and other time zones, visit: Sky Event Almanacs.
Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs
The goal of the Sky Event Almanacs is to present a wide range of solar system phenomena with reasonable accuracy. In general, events listed to the nearest hour are accurate to ± 30 minutes. Events listed with a precision in hours and minutes (i.e., hh:mm) are typically accurate to ± 5 minutes or less.
The following table gives a more detailed breakdown of the accuracy of times for various astronomical events.
| Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs | |
| Solstice/Equinox (Earth) | ± 0.5 minute |
| Aphelion/Perihelion (Earth) | ± 30 minutes; ± 0.00001 AU |
| Solar and Lunar Eclipses | ± 0.5 minute |
| Phases of the Moon | ± 0.5 minute |
| Moon at Nodes | ± 2 minutes |
| Apogee/Perigee of Moon | ± 5 minutes; ± 5 kilometers |
| Conjunctions of Moon with Star or Planet | ± 10 minutes |
| Conjunctions of Planet with Planet | ± 3 hours |
| Inferior/Superior Conjunctions (Mercury & Venus) | ± 30 minutes |
| Greatest Elongation (Mercury & Venus) | ± 30 minutes |
| Opposition/Conjunction (Outer Planets) | ± 3 hours |
| Aphelion/Perihelion of Planets | ± 30 minutes |
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Acknowledgements
All calculations are by Fred Espenak and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Algorithms used in predicting many of the astronomical events are based on Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus (Willmann-Bell Inc. Richmond 1998).
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by the acknowledgment:
- "Sky Event Almanacs Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.AstroPixels.com".
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