2050 Sky Event Almanac
New Caledonia Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for New Caledonia Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 11 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.
| 2050 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
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Date NCT Event
(h:m)
Jan 04 12 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
04 13:13 Pleiades 4.1°N of Moon
04 14:20 Moon at Descending Node
05 07 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU
05 11:07 Aldebaran 4.5°S of Moon
08 12:39 FULL MOON
11 13:36 Moon at Apogee: 406128 km
16 13:12 Spica 0.9°N of Moon
16 17:17 LAST QUARTER MOON
18 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.9°W
19 04:33 Moon at Ascending Node
19 05:57 Mars 0.6°N of Moon: Occn.
19 18 Jupiter at Opposition
20 04 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
20 15 Venus at Aphelion
21 23:58 Mercury 2.5°S of Moon
23 15:57 NEW MOON
24 05:50 Moon at Perigee: 357295 km
30 07:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON
31 15:35 Moon at Descending Node
31 18:43 Pleiades 4.3°N of Moon
Feb 01 16:40 Aldebaran 4.4°S of Moon
06 21 Mercury at Aphelion
07 07:47 FULL MOON
07 17:32 Moon at Apogee: 406519 km
08 09 Mercury 1.1°S of Saturn
12 19:36 Spica 0.6°N of Moon
15 07:12 Moon at Ascending Node
15 09:10 LAST QUARTER MOON
16 22:04 Mars 1.6°S of Moon
20 04:53 Saturn 5.1°S of Moon
21 18:31 Moon at Perigee: 356855 km
22 02:03 NEW MOON
27 16:47 Moon at Descending Node
28 01:32 Pleiades 4.6°N of Moon
28 22:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON
28 23:04 Aldebaran 4.1°S of Moon
Mar 05 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
06 19:19 Moon at Apogee: 406338 km
09 02:23 FULL MOON
09 16 Uranus at Opposition
12 01:10 Spica 0.4°N of Moon
14 07:52 Moon at Ascending Node
16 21:08 LAST QUARTER MOON
17 12:42 Mars 3.6°S of Moon
20 21:20 Vernal Equinox
22 04:48 Moon at Perigee: 359625 km
22 20 Mercury at Perihelion
23 11:41 NEW MOON
24 17:48 Mercury 1.4°S of Moon
25 01:14 Venus 3.1°S of Moon
26 21:48 Moon at Descending Node
27 08 Mercury 3.7°N of Venus
28 07:22 Aldebaran 3.9°S of Moon
30 15:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON
31 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°E
Apr 03 08:09 Moon at Apogee: 405540 km
07 19:12 FULL MOON
08 07:19 Spica 0.3°N of Moon
10 10:47 Moon at Ascending Node
15 05:24 LAST QUARTER MOON
18 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
19 06:04 Moon at Perigee: 364528 km
21 21:25 NEW MOON
23 01:45 Venus 3.3°S of Pleiades
23 06:31 Moon at Descending Node
23 10 Lyrid Meteor Shower
23 23:53 Venus 1.6°N of Moon
24 16:56 Aldebaran 3.7°S of Moon
29 09:08 FIRST QUARTER MOON
May 01 02:11 Moon at Apogee: 404600 km
05 14:48 Spica 0.4°N of Moon
05 23 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
07 09:26 FULL MOON
07 09:30 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.077
07 17:21 Moon at Ascending Node
12 23 Venus at Perihelion
14 11:04 LAST QUARTER MOON
16 02:45 Moon at Perigee: 369166 km
16 05 Mars 1.6°S of Saturn
16 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.0°W
16 21 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
20 15:46 Moon at Descending Node
21 07:41 Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.004
21 07:51 NEW MOON
28 21:12 Moon at Apogee: 404241 km
29 03:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON
Jun 01 23:18 Spica 0.3°N of Moon
04 01:47 Moon at Ascending Node
05 20:51 FULL MOON
06 17:37 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux
10 05:25 Moon at Perigee: 368158 km
12 15:39 LAST QUARTER MOON
16 09 Venus 1.5°N of Jupiter
16 22:27 Moon at Descending Node
18 10:07 Aldebaran 3.7°S of Moon
18 19 Mercury at Perihelion
19 19:22 NEW MOON
20 13 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
21 14:33 Summer Solstice
22 23 Neptune at Perihelion: 29.81670 AU
25 15:29 Moon at Apogee: 404736 km
27 20:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON
29 07:52 Spica 0.2°N of Moon
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Date NCT Event
(h:m)
Jul 01 09:15 Moon at Ascending Node
05 05:51 FULL MOON
06 12 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01663 AU
07 13:25 Moon at Perigee: 363256 km
08 23:50 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus
11 05 Mercury 0.9°N of Jupiter
11 20:46 LAST QUARTER MOON
14 01:19 Moon at Descending Node
15 16:16 Aldebaran 3.6°S of Moon
19 08:17 NEW MOON
23 07:27 Moon at Apogee: 405717 km
25 21:44 Mercury 1.0°S of Regulus
26 15:34 Spica 0.0°S of Moon
27 12:05 FIRST QUARTER MOON
28 13:39 Moon at Ascending Node
28 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E
28 22 Saturn at Opposition
29 01 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
Aug 01 19 Mercury at Aphelion
03 13:20 FULL MOON
04 16:06 Moon at Perigee: 358975 km
08 06 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
08 10 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°E
10 02:07 Moon at Descending Node
10 03:48 LAST QUARTER MOON
11 21:39 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon
13 17 Perseid Meteor Shower
14 18 Mars at Opposition
17 11 Uranus at Perihelion: 18.28307 AU
17 22:47 NEW MOON
19 18:00 Moon at Apogee: 406488 km
22 01:50 Venus 0.0°N of Moon: Occn.
22 22:01 Spica 0.3°S of Moon
24 15:22 Moon at Ascending Node
25 13 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
26 01:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON
Sep 01 20:30 FULL MOON
02 01:03 Moon at Perigee: 356897 km
02 07 Venus at Aphelion
03 23:12 Venus 1.9°S of Spica
06 04:45 Moon at Descending Node
07 18 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38111 AU
08 03:52 Aldebaran 3.2°S of Moon
08 13:51 LAST QUARTER MOON
10 19:36 Mercury 0.3°S of Regulus
11 06 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.0°W
14 08 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
14 19 Mercury at Perihelion
15 20:55 Moon at Apogee: 406591 km
16 14:49 NEW MOON
19 03:45 Spica 0.4°S of Moon
20 17:06 Moon at Ascending Node
23 06:29 Autumnal Equinox
24 13:34 FIRST QUARTER MOON
30 11:42 Moon at Perigee: 357710 km
Oct 01 04:31 FULL MOON
03 11:50 Moon at Descending Node
05 12:05 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
07 11 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
08 03:32 LAST QUARTER MOON
13 02:51 Moon at Apogee: 406050 km
16 07:48 NEW MOON
17 07 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
17 13:49 Jupiter 0.3°N of Regulus
17 21:24 Moon at Ascending Node
22 09 Orionid Meteor Shower
23 23:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON
28 20:08 Moon at Perigee: 361380 km
30 14:16 FULL MOON
30 14:20 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.054
30 22:12 Moon at Descending Node
Nov 01 22:07 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
06 09 S Taurid Meteor Shower
06 20:57 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 17:44 Moon at Apogee: 405118 km
12 02:31 Venus 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
12 14:23 Mercury 2.1°N of Antares
12 16:48 Spica 0.4°S of Moon
13 09 N Taurid Meteor Shower
14 04:20 Moon at Ascending Node
15 00:29 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.887
15 00:41 NEW MOON
18 15 Leonid Meteor Shower
19 13 Neptune at Opposition
22 07:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON
22 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°E
25 16:46 Moon at Perigee: 366851 km
27 08:02 Moon at Descending Node
28 02:48 Venus 3.3°N of Spica
29 02:10 FULL MOON
29 08:26 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
Dec 06 17:27 LAST QUARTER MOON
07 13:39 Moon at Apogee: 404411 km
10 00:54 Spica 0.5°S of Moon
10 21:27 Venus 3.4°N of Moon
11 11:42 Moon at Ascending Node
11 18 Mercury at Perihelion
12 00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
14 16:18 NEW MOON
15 04 Geminid Meteor Shower
21 03:49 Moon at Perigee: 370280 km
21 15:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 16:31 Mars 4.0°S of Moon
22 03:39 Winter Solstice
23 13 Ursid Meteor Shower
23 16 Venus at Perihelion
24 13:37 Moon at Descending Node
26 17:06 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
28 00 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°W
28 16:15 FULL MOON
31 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°W
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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
2050 Phases of the Moon
New Caledonia Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for New Caledonia Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 11 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.
| 2050 Phases of the Moon | |||
| New Caledonia Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 08 12:39 | Jan 16 17:17 |
| Jan 23 15:57 | Jan 30 07:48 | Feb 07 07:47 | Feb 15 09:10 |
| Feb 22 02:03 | Feb 28 22:29 | Mar 09 02:23 | Mar 16 21:08 |
| Mar 23 11:41 | Mar 30 15:17 | Apr 07 19:12 | Apr 15 05:24 |
| Apr 21 21:25 | Apr 29 09:08 | May 07 09:26 t | May 14 11:04 |
| May 21 07:51 H | May 29 03:04 | Jun 05 20:51 | Jun 12 15:39 |
| Jun 19 19:22 | Jun 27 20:17 | Jul 05 05:51 | Jul 11 20:46 |
| Jul 19 08:17 | Jul 27 12:05 | Aug 03 13:20 | Aug 10 03:48 |
| Aug 17 22:47 | Aug 26 01:56 | Sep 01 20:30 | Sep 08 13:51 |
| Sep 16 14:49 | Sep 24 13:34 | Oct 01 04:31 | Oct 08 03:32 |
| Oct 16 07:48 | Oct 23 23:10 | Oct 30 14:16 t | Nov 06 20:57 |
| Nov 15 00:41 P | Nov 22 07:25 | Nov 29 02:09 | Dec 06 17:27 |
| Dec 14 16:18 | Dec 21 15:15 | Dec 28 16:15 | - |
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
Asia & Oceania
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2041 to 2050 for ten time zones in Asia & Oceania.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a sky event almanac for that year.
| Sky Event Almanacs - Asia & Oceania | |||||||||||||||
| PKT | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| IST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| BST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| ICT | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| AWST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| JST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| ACT | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| AEST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| NCT | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| NZST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
- PKT = Pakistan Standard Time (= UTC + 5 hours)
- IST = Indian Standard Time (= UTC + 5.5 hours)
- BST = Bangladesh Standard Time (= UTC + 6 hours)
- ICT = Indochina Time (= UTC + 7 hours)
- AWST = Australian Western Standard Time (= UTC + 8 hours)
- JST = Japan Standard Time (= UTC + 9 hours)
- ACT = Australian Central Time (= UTC + 9.5 hours)
- AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time (= UTC + 10 hours)
- NCT = New Caledonia Time (= UTC + 11 hours)
- NZST = New Zealand Standard Time (= UTC + 12 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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