2046 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.
| 2046 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
| Greenwich Mean Time | ||||||||
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Date GMT Event
(h:m)
Jan 01 14 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
03 01 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98334 AU
04 01 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
04 05:46 Antares 0.1°N of Moon
07 04:24 NEW MOON
09 09:01 Moon at Ascending Node
11 16:45 Moon at Apogee: 405530 km
11 19:29 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon
15 09:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON
16 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
18 03:07 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon
18 09:37 Mars 3.9°N of Spica
20 14 Venus at Perihelion
21 23:03 Pollux 5.0°N of Moon
22 12:51 FULL MOON
22 13:01 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.053
23 06:23 Moon at Descending Node
23 19:02 Moon at Perigee: 359440 km
24 09:34 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon
28 03:12 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
29 04:11 LAST QUARTER MOON
31 11:20 Antares 0.2°N of Moon
Feb 05 15:45 Moon at Ascending Node
05 23:05 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.923
05 23:10 NEW MOON
07 11:36 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon
08 05:11 Moon at Apogee: 406331 km
08 14:55 Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon
14 03:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON
14 11:48 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon
15 06 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E
15 22 Mercury at Perihelion
18 04 Mercury 3.4°N of Jupiter
18 05 Uranus at Opposition
18 10:16 Pollux 5.0°N of Moon
19 17:48 Moon at Descending Node
20 20:43 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon
20 23:44 FULL MOON
21 06:43 Moon at Perigee: 356803 km
24 11:33 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
27 16:23 LAST QUARTER MOON
27 17:23 Antares 0.1°N of Moon
Mar 02 20 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
04 21:25 Moon at Ascending Node
07 06:49 Moon at Apogee: 406576 km
07 18:15 NEW MOON
13 01 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.7°W
13 18:23 Pleiades 0.9°S of Moon
15 17:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON
15 18 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
19 03:00 Moon at Descending Node
20 07:56 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon
20 10:58 Vernal Equinox
21 18:59 Moon at Perigee: 357400 km
22 09:27 FULL MOON
23 22:03 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
27 01:24 Antares 0.0°S of Moon
29 06:57 LAST QUARTER MOON
30 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.8°W
31 21 Mercury at Aphelion
Apr 01 00:32 Moon at Ascending Node
02 08:14 Venus 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.
03 12:45 Moon at Apogee: 406176 km
06 11:52 NEW MOON
09 23:52 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon
14 03:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON
15 06 Mercury 1.5°S of Jupiter
15 07:10 Moon at Descending Node
16 17:10 Regulus 2.4°N of Moon
17 16 Mars at Opposition
19 02:59 Moon at Perigee: 360864 km
20 08:51 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
20 18:21 FULL MOON
22 22 Lyrid Meteor Shower
23 11:06 Antares 0.2°S of Moon
27 23:30 LAST QUARTER MOON
28 02:08 Moon at Ascending Node
29 17:27 Mars 3.3°N of Spica
May 01 03:41 Moon at Apogee: 405206 km
05 11 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
06 02:56 NEW MOON
07 03 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
08 04 Venus 0.5°S of Jupiter
10 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
12 07:54 Moon at Descending Node
12 23 Venus at Aphelion
13 10:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON
13 23:55 Regulus 2.6°N of Moon
14 21 Mercury at Perihelion
16 23:31 Moon at Perigee: 365910 km
17 18:08 Spica 3.1°N of Moon
20 03:15 FULL MOON
20 21:01 Antares 0.3°S of Moon
25 04:58 Moon at Ascending Node
27 17:06 LAST QUARTER MOON
28 21:55 Moon at Apogee: 404334 km
Jun 04 15:22 NEW MOON
06 12:33 Mercury 0.4°S of Moon: Occn.
08 09:42 Moon at Descending Node
10 05:25 Regulus 2.9°N of Moon
10 15 Saturn at Opposition
10 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.1°E
11 15:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON
12 03:54 Moon at Perigee: 369663 km
14 01:09 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
17 05:39 Antares 0.3°S of Moon
18 13:10 FULL MOON
21 04:15 Summer Solstice
21 10:29 Moon at Ascending Node
25 16:40 Moon at Apogee: 404192 km
26 10:40 LAST QUARTER MOON
29 13:49 Venus 4.1°N of Aldebaran
29 17:09 Mars 1.2°N of Spica
30 22:02 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon
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Date GMT Event
(h:m)
Jul 04 01:39 NEW MOON
05 06 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU
05 15:30 Moon at Descending Node
07 11:40 Regulus 3.0°N of Moon
07 18:06 Moon at Perigee: 367114 km
07 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
10 19:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON
11 06:41 Spica 3.4°N of Moon
11 15:10 Mars 4.5°N of Moon
14 12:24 Antares 0.3°S of Moon
18 00:55 FULL MOON
18 01:05 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.246
18 17:49 Moon at Ascending Node
23 10:37 Moon at Apogee: 404859 km
26 03:19 LAST QUARTER MOON
28 07:04 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon
28 13 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
28 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.8°W
31 22:00 Venus 1.4°S of Moon
31 23:16 Mercury 2.6°S of Moon
Aug 02 00:47 Moon at Descending Node
02 10:20 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.053
02 10:25 NEW MOON
02 21 Mercury 1.4°S of Venus
03 19:59 Regulus 3.0°N of Moon
04 09:16 Moon at Perigee: 362170 km
07 12:35 Spica 3.4°N of Moon
08 19:49 Mars 4.0°N of Moon
09 01:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON
10 17:55 Antares 0.3°S of Moon
10 20 Mercury at Perihelion
13 05 Perseid Meteor Shower
15 00:42 Moon at Ascending Node
16 14:50 FULL MOON
20 01:53 Moon at Apogee: 405828 km
23 06 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
24 15:14 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon
24 18:36 LAST QUARTER MOON
25 03 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
29 10:44 Moon at Descending Node
31 18:25 NEW MOON
Sep 01 14:28 Moon at Perigee: 358321 km
02 07 Venus at Perihelion
03 20:26 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
06 06:55 Mars 3.1°N of Moon
06 23:47 Antares 0.4°S of Moon
07 09:07 FIRST QUARTER MOON
11 05:06 Moon at Ascending Node
15 06:39 FULL MOON
16 10:11 Moon at Apogee: 406400 km
20 21:54 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon
21 23:56 Mars 2.9°N of Antares
22 20:22 Autumnal Equinox
23 08:16 LAST QUARTER MOON
23 20 Mercury at Aphelion
24 07:26 Mercury 0.6°N of Spica
25 17:54 Moon at Descending Node
27 17:03 Regulus 3.1°N of Moon
30 00:47 Moon at Perigee: 356939 km
30 02:25 NEW MOON
Oct 01 06:32 Spica 3.2°N of Moon
01 21:45 Mercury 2.9°N of Moon
04 03 Mars 2.9°S of Saturn
04 07:32 Antares 0.6°S of Moon
04 23:01 Saturn 4.7°N of Moon
04 23:33 Mars 1.8°N of Moon
06 20:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON
07 05 Jupiter at Opposition
07 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.5°E
08 06:47 Moon at Ascending Node
13 11:22 Moon at Apogee: 406316 km
14 23:41 FULL MOON
15 16 Venus at Superior Conjunction
18 03:34 Pleiades 0.3°S of Moon
21 21 Orionid Meteor Shower
22 20:07 LAST QUARTER MOON
22 20:31 Moon at Descending Node
25 02:34 Regulus 3.3°N of Moon
28 11:41 Moon at Perigee: 358601 km
29 11:17 NEW MOON
31 07 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
31 17:26 Antares 0.8°S of Moon
Nov 01 12 Jupiter at Perihelion: 4.95342 AU
01 12:17 Saturn 4.3°N of Moon
02 21:31 Mars 0.0°N of Moon: Occn.
04 08:16 Moon at Ascending Node
05 12:28 FIRST QUARTER MOON
05 22 S Taurid Meteor Shower
06 19 Mercury at Perihelion
09 19:38 Moon at Apogee: 405682 km
10 04 Neptune at Opposition
12 21 N Taurid Meteor Shower
13 17:04 FULL MOON
14 09:32 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon
16 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.4°W
18 03 Leonid Meteor Shower
18 20:59 Moon at Descending Node
21 06:10 LAST QUARTER MOON
21 09:38 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon
25 03:34 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
25 18:09 Moon at Perigee: 363050 km
27 21:50 NEW MOON
29 03:43 Saturn 3.9°N of Moon
Dec 01 12:55 Moon at Ascending Node
02 00:20 Mars 2.0°S of Moon
03 11 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38138 AU
05 07:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON
07 12:36 Moon at Apogee: 404833 km
11 16:52 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon
13 09:55 FULL MOON
14 17 Geminid Meteor Shower
16 00:01 Moon at Descending Node
17 11 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
18 15:09 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon
20 14:43 LAST QUARTER MOON
21 17:28 Winter Solstice
22 10:57 Spica 3.4°N of Moon
23 01 Ursid Meteor Shower
23 05:06 Moon at Perigee: 368619 km
23 15 Venus at Aphelion
25 13:38 Antares 0.8°S of Moon
27 02 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
27 10:39 NEW MOON
28 21:09 Moon at Ascending Node
28 22:13 Venus 1.5°S of Moon
31 06:26 Mars 4.0°S 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
2046 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.
| 2046 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Greenwich Mean Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 07 04:24 | Jan 15 09:42 | Jan 22 12:51 p | Jan 29 04:11 |
| Feb 05 23:10 A | Feb 14 03:20 | Feb 20 23:44 | Feb 27 16:23 |
| Mar 07 18:15 | Mar 15 17:13 | Mar 22 09:27 | Mar 29 06:57 |
| Apr 06 11:52 | Apr 14 03:21 | Apr 20 18:21 | Apr 27 23:30 |
| May 06 02:56 | May 13 10:25 | May 20 03:15 | May 27 17:06 |
| Jun 04 15:22 | Jun 11 15:27 | Jun 18 13:10 | Jun 26 10:40 |
| Jul 04 01:39 | Jul 10 19:53 | Jul 18 00:55 p | Jul 26 03:19 |
| Aug 02 10:25 T | Aug 09 01:15 | Aug 16 14:50 | Aug 24 18:36 |
| Aug 31 18:25 | Sep 07 09:07 | Sep 15 06:39 | Sep 23 08:16 |
| Sep 30 02:25 | Oct 06 20:41 | Oct 14 23:41 | Oct 22 20:07 |
| Oct 29 11:17 | Nov 05 12:28 | Nov 13 17:04 | Nov 21 06:10 |
| Nov 27 21:50 | Dec 05 07:56 | Dec 13 09:55 | Dec 20 14:43 |
| Dec 27 10:39 | - | - | - |
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: 2041 to 2050
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2041 to 2050 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 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| GMT | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| CET | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| EET | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| MSK | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| GST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
- 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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