2010 Sky Event Almanac
Greenwich Mean Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Greenwich Mean Time (= Coordinated Universal Time) . 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 GMT Event
(h:m)
Jan 01 12:30 Moon at Descending Node
01 20:36 Moon at Perigee: 358684 km
03 01 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU
03 19 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
04 04:59 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon
04 19 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
07 10:40 LAST QUARTER MOON
08 01:11 Spica 3.5°N of Moon
11 12:43 Antares 1.1°S of Moon
11 21 Venus at Superior Conjunction
14 23:18 Moon at Ascending Node
15 07:07 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.919
15 07:11 NEW MOON
17 01:40 Moon at Apogee: 406434 km
23 10:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 14 Venus at Aphelion
25 11:00 Pleiades 0.0°S of Moon
27 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.8°W
29 00:02 Moon at Descending Node
29 19 Mars at Opposition
30 06:18 FULL MOON
30 09:03 Moon at Perigee: 356593 km
31 15:25 Regulus 4.1°N of Moon
Feb 04 08:20 Spica 3.4°N of Moon
05 23:49 LAST QUARTER MOON
07 18:29 Antares 1.1°S of Moon
11 04:58 Moon at Ascending Node
12 05:55 Mercury 2.3°S of Moon
13 02:06 Moon at Apogee: 406542 km
13 12 Mercury at Aphelion
14 02:51 NEW MOON
14 23 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
21 18:32 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon
22 00:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON
25 09:11 Moon at Descending Node
27 21:40 Moon at Perigee: 357832 km
28 02:53 Regulus 4.1°N of Moon
28 12 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
28 16:38 FULL MOON
Mar 03 17:47 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
07 01:32 Antares 1.3°S of Moon
07 15:42 LAST QUARTER MOON
10 08:07 Moon at Ascending Node
12 10:07 Moon at Apogee: 406011 km
14 13 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
15 21:01 NEW MOON
17 06 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
20 17:32 Vernal Equinox
21 00:08 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon
22 00 Saturn at Opposition
23 11:00 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 13:05 Moon at Descending Node
25 13:57 Mars 4.5°N of Moon
27 13:05 Regulus 4.2°N of Moon
28 04:56 Moon at Perigee: 361877 km
29 11 Mercury at Perihelion
30 02:25 FULL MOON
30 23 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66594 AU
31 04:19 Spica 3.1°N of Moon
Apr 03 10:17 Antares 1.5°S of Moon
04 08 Mercury 3.0°N of Venus
06 09:37 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 09:45 Moon at Ascending Node
08 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.3°E
09 02:45 Moon at Apogee: 404999 km
14 12:29 NEW MOON
15 22:46 Mercury 1.5°S of Moon
16 12:55 Venus 4.1°S of Moon
17 05:43 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon
20 13:38 Moon at Descending Node
21 18:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON
22 09:27 Mars 4.6°N of Moon
22 17 Lyrid Meteor Shower
23 20:43 Regulus 4.4°N of Moon
24 20:59 Moon at Perigee: 367142 km
25 05:18 Venus 3.4°S of Pleiades
27 14:02 Spica 3.1°N of Moon
28 12:18 FULL MOON
28 17 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
30 19:44 Antares 1.7°S of Moon
May 03 12:35 Moon at Ascending Node
05 06 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
06 04:15 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 21:53 Moon at Apogee: 404231 km
14 01:04 NEW MOON
16 10:16 Venus 0.1°S of Moon: Occn.
16 23 Venus at Perihelion
17 15:39 Moon at Descending Node
20 08:38 Moon at Perigee: 369729 km
20 23:43 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 02:28 Regulus 4.6°N of Moon
24 21:42 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
26 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.1°W
27 23:07 FULL MOON
28 04:30 Antares 1.8°S of Moon
30 18:07 Moon at Ascending Node
Jun 03 16:50 Moon at Apogee: 404266 km
04 22:13 LAST QUARTER MOON
07 00:15 Mars 0.8°N of Regulus
08 14:59 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux
10 21:46 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon
12 11:15 NEW MOON
13 21:54 Moon at Descending Node
15 07:08 Venus 3.9°N of Moon
15 14:54 Moon at Perigee: 365937 km
17 08:12 Regulus 4.8°N of Moon
19 04:30 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 03:34 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
21 11:28 Summer Solstice
24 11:41 Antares 1.8°S of Moon
25 11 Mercury at Perihelion
26 11:30 FULL MOON
26 11:38 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.537
27 01:19 Moon at Ascending Node
28 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
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Date GMT Event
(h:m)
Jul 01 10:12 Moon at Apogee: 405036 km
04 14:35 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 11 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01670 AU
08 07:26 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon
10 08:45 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus
11 07:30 Moon at Descending Node
11 19:34 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.058
11 19:40 NEW MOON
13 00:45 Mercury 4.2°N of Moon
13 11:21 Moon at Perigee: 361116 km
14 15:42 Regulus 4.8°N of Moon
18 09:05 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
18 10:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 17:31 Antares 1.8°S of Moon
24 07:59 Moon at Ascending Node
26 01:37 FULL MOON
27 18:10 Mercury 0.2°S of Regulus
28 08 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
28 23:50 Moon at Apogee: 405955 km
31 14 Mars 1.8°S of Saturn
Aug 03 04:59 LAST QUARTER MOON
04 16:27 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon
07 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°E
07 17:24 Moon at Descending Node
08 10 Mercury at Aphelion
08 15 Venus 2.8°S of Saturn
10 03:08 NEW MOON
10 17:56 Moon at Perigee: 357858 km
12 01:34 Mercury 2.4°N of Moon
13 00 Perseid Meteor Shower
13 12:07 Venus 4.5°N of Moon
14 15:59 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
16 18:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON
17 23:07 Antares 1.9°S of Moon
19 04 Venus 1.9°S of Mars
20 02 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.0°E
20 09 Neptune at Opposition
20 12:13 Moon at Ascending Node
24 17:05 FULL MOON
25 05:51 Moon at Apogee: 406390 km
31 22:06 Venus 0.9°S of Spica
31 23:47 Pleiades 0.8°N of Moon
Sep 01 17:22 LAST QUARTER MOON
03 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
04 00:16 Moon at Descending Node
05 17:00 Mars 1.9°N of Spica
08 04:00 Moon at Perigee: 357193 km
08 10:30 NEW MOON
11 01:04 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
11 13:05 Venus 0.3°N of Moon: Occn.
14 05:55 Antares 2.1°S of Moon
15 05:50 FIRST QUARTER MOON
16 13:56 Moon at Ascending Node
19 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W
21 08:03 Moon at Apogee: 406169 km
21 10 Mercury at Perihelion
21 12 Jupiter at Opposition
21 17 Uranus at Opposition
23 03:09 Autumnal Equinox
23 09:17 FULL MOON
28 05:32 Pleiades 1.0°N of Moon
Oct 01 00 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
01 02:42 Moon at Descending Node
01 03:52 LAST QUARTER MOON
04 22:29 Regulus 4.9°N of Moon
06 13:41 Moon at Perigee: 359453 km
07 18:44 NEW MOON
09 15:49 Venus 3.3°S of Moon
10 01:51 Mars 3.5°N of Moon
11 14:39 Antares 2.3°S of Moon
13 15:36 Moon at Ascending Node
14 21:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON
17 01 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
18 18:18 Moon at Apogee: 405433 km
21 16 Orionid Meteor Shower
23 01:36 FULL MOON
25 11:05 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon
28 03:15 Moon at Descending Node
29 01 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
30 12:46 LAST QUARTER MOON
Nov 03 17:22 Moon at Perigee: 364189 km
04 21:57 Spica 2.9°N of Moon
05 16 S Taurid Meteor Shower
06 04:52 NEW MOON
07 22:10 Mars 1.6°N of Moon
08 00:42 Antares 2.5°S of Moon
09 20:14 Moon at Ascending Node
10 20:16 Mars 3.9°N of Antares
12 16 N Taurid Meteor Shower
13 16:39 FIRST QUARTER MOON
15 11:47 Moon at Apogee: 404634 km
15 16:18 Mercury 2.4°N of Antares
17 18:37 Venus 0.7°S of Spica
17 22 Leonid Meteor Shower
20 16 Mercury 1.7°S of Mars
21 17:27 FULL MOON
21 18:03 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon
24 06:27 Moon at Descending Node
28 20:36 LAST QUARTER MOON
30 19:09 Moon at Perigee: 369439 km
Dec 01 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.5°E
02 06:14 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
05 17:36 NEW MOON
07 04:15 Moon at Ascending Node
07 08:48 Mercury 1.8°S of Moon
13 08:34 Moon at Apogee: 404408 km
13 13:59 FIRST QUARTER MOON
14 11 Geminid Meteor Shower
18 09 Mercury at Perihelion
19 02:55 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon
20 01 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
21 08:13 FULL MOON
21 08:17 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.256
21 14:08 Moon at Descending Node
21 23:38 Winter Solstice
22 19 Ursid Meteor Shower
25 12:24 Moon at Perigee: 368463 km
27 16 Venus at Perihelion
28 04:18 LAST QUARTER MOON
29 12:10 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
Greenwich Mean Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Greenwich Mean Time (= Coordinated Universal Time) . 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 | |||
| Greenwich Mean Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 07 10:40 |
| Jan 15 07:11 A | Jan 23 10:53 | Jan 30 06:18 | Feb 05 23:49 |
| Feb 14 02:51 | Feb 22 00:42 | Feb 28 16:38 | Mar 07 15:42 |
| Mar 15 21:01 | Mar 23 11:00 | Mar 30 02:25 | Apr 06 09:37 |
| Apr 14 12:29 | Apr 21 18:20 | Apr 28 12:18 | May 06 04:15 |
| May 14 01:04 | May 20 23:43 | May 27 23:07 | Jun 04 22:13 |
| Jun 12 11:15 | Jun 19 04:30 | Jun 26 11:30 p | Jul 04 14:35 |
| Jul 11 19:40 T | Jul 18 10:11 | Jul 26 01:37 | Aug 03 04:59 |
| Aug 10 03:08 | Aug 16 18:14 | Aug 24 17:05 | Sep 01 17:22 |
| Sep 08 10:30 | Sep 15 05:50 | Sep 23 09:17 | Oct 01 03:52 |
| Oct 07 18:44 | Oct 14 21:27 | Oct 23 01:36 | Oct 30 12:46 |
| Nov 06 04:52 | Nov 13 16:39 | Nov 21 17:27 | Nov 28 20:36 |
| Dec 05 17:36 | Dec 13 13:59 | Dec 21 08:13 t | Dec 28 04:18 |
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
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2001 to 2010 for six time zones
in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a sky event almanac for that year.
| Sky Event Almanac - Europe, Africa, & Middle East | |||||||||||||||
| CVT | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| GMT | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| CET | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| EET | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| MSK | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
| GST | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
- CVT = Cape Verde Time (= UTC - 1 hour)
- GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (= UTC + 0 hour)
- CET = Central European Time (= UTC + 1 hour)
- EET = Eastern European Time (= UTC + 2 hours)
- MSK = Moscow Time (= UTC + 3 hours)
- GST = Gulf Standard Time (= UTC + 4 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 |
Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events - 2021 to 2070
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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