2068 Sky Event Almanac
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 4 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.
| 2068 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
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Date AST Event
(h:m)
Jan 02 11:02 Antares 4.4°S of Moon
02 14:48 Moon at Ascending Node
04 11 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU
04 12 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
04 22:38 NEW MOON
06 16:29 Moon at Perigee: 361414 km
08 12 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.2°E
11 13:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON
12 03:02 Mars 2.8°S of Moon
14 10:09 Pleiades 3.1°N of Moon
14 18 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
15 07:56 Moon at Descending Node
16 23 Mercury at Perihelion
19 05:45 FULL MOON
22 11:47 Moon at Apogee: 406042 km
24 11 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
26 09:08 Spica 1.7°N of Moon
27 10:27 LAST QUARTER MOON
29 21:09 Antares 4.6°S of Moon
29 22:06 Moon at Ascending Node
Feb 02 04:33 Mercury 0.5°S of Moon: Occn.
03 09:44 NEW MOON
04 01:46 Moon at Perigee: 357542 km
09 12:04 Mars 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.
10 01:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON
10 15:43 Pleiades 3.4°N of Moon
11 09:11 Moon at Descending Node
17 14 Mercury 0.6°N of Jupiter
17 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.3°W
18 00:38 FULL MOON
18 16:46 Moon at Apogee: 406494 km
22 15:22 Spica 1.4°N of Moon
26 00:48 Moon at Ascending Node
26 02:25 LAST QUARTER MOON
29 22 Mercury at Aphelion
Mar 01 08:00 Jupiter 4.8°S of Moon
03 14:11 Moon at Perigee: 356802 km
03 19:38 NEW MOON
07 03:22 Venus 0.4°S of Moon: Occn.
08 00:55 Mars 2.7°S of Pleiades
08 23:01 Pleiades 3.6°N of Moon
09 01:13 Mars 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
09 10:22 Moon at Descending Node
10 07 Saturn at Opposition
10 14 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.3°E
10 15:26 FIRST QUARTER MOON
14 16 Venus at Perihelion
16 18:03 Moon at Apogee: 406376 km
18 18:56 FULL MOON
19 14:51 Vernal Equinox
20 21:03 Spica 1.3°N of Moon
24 01:32 Moon at Ascending Node
26 14:20 LAST QUARTER MOON
Apr 01 00:33 Moon at Perigee: 359256 km
02 04:51 NEW MOON
03 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
05 07:30 Venus 4.5°N of Moon
05 08:25 Pleiades 3.8°N of Moon
05 15:20 Moon at Descending Node
05 17:29 Venus 0.7°N of Pleiades
06 17:38 Mars 2.7°N of Moon
09 07:33 FIRST QUARTER MOON
13 05:52 Moon at Apogee: 405623 km
13 22 Mercury at Perihelion
17 03:21 Spica 1.2°N of Moon
17 11:29 FULL MOON
20 04:24 Moon at Ascending Node
22 09 Lyrid Meteor Shower
24 22:30 LAST QUARTER MOON
28 18:41 Mercury 1.4°S of Pleiades
29 02:56 Moon at Perigee: 363942 km
29 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.6°E
May 01 14:07 NEW MOON
02 18:38 Pleiades 3.9°N of Moon
03 00:01 Moon at Descending Node
03 01:26 Mercury 2.8°N of Moon
03 14:30 Aldebaran 4.7°S of Moon
04 23 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
05 12:23 Mars 4.3°N of Moon
09 00:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON
10 16 Mercury 2.7°S of Venus
10 23:18 Moon at Apogee: 404661 km
14 10:48 Spica 1.3°N of Moon
17 01:35 FULL MOON
17 01:40 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.953
17 10:48 Moon at Ascending Node
20 16 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
21 22 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
24 04:00 LAST QUARTER MOON
26 05:16 Moon at Perigee: 368748 km
30 09:21 Moon at Descending Node
30 23:54 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.011
31 00:03 NEW MOON
Jun 02 08 Uranus at Opposition
07 18:05 Moon at Apogee: 404221 km
07 18:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON
10 19:04 Spica 1.3°N of Moon
13 19:06 Moon at Ascending Node
15 13:00 FULL MOON
16 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.2°W
20 06:58 Moon at Perigee: 368627 km
20 07:55 Summer Solstice
21 23:29 Mercury 2.6°N of Aldebaran
22 08:25 LAST QUARTER MOON
26 08:06 Venus 4.2°S of Moon
26 11:08 Pleiades 3.9°N of Moon
26 16:13 Moon at Descending Node
26 20 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
27 07:33 Aldebaran 4.7°S of Moon
27 20:51 Mercury 0.2°S of Moon: Occn.
29 11:11 NEW MOON
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Date AST Event
(h:m)
Jul 04 01 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01671 AU
05 00 Venus at Aphelion
05 12:27 Moon at Apogee: 404637 km
07 11:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON
08 03:19 Spica 1.1°N of Moon
10 21 Mercury at Perihelion
11 02:32 Moon at Ascending Node
14 22:07 FULL MOON
16 02:09 Venus 1.5°N of Aldebaran
16 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
17 10:05 Moon at Perigee: 363871 km
20 19 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66605 AU
21 13:22 LAST QUARTER MOON
23 16:45 Pleiades 4.1°N of Moon
23 19:14 Moon at Descending Node
24 13:29 Aldebaran 4.6°S of Moon
25 03:02 Venus 2.2°S of Moon
28 00 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
28 23:55 NEW MOON
29 20 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.7°W
31 15:41 Mars 0.6°N of Regulus
Aug 02 04:59 Moon at Apogee: 405607 km
03 05 Jupiter at Opposition
03 15:23 Mercury 0.7°N of Regulus
04 10:46 Spica 0.9°N of Moon
05 09 Mercury 0.1°S of Mars
06 03:38 FIRST QUARTER MOON
07 07:02 Moon at Ascending Node
12 16 Perseid Meteor Shower
13 05:51 FULL MOON
14 11:33 Moon at Perigee: 359376 km
19 01 Mercury 2.9°S of Saturn
19 20:01 Moon at Descending Node
19 20:16 LAST QUARTER MOON
19 22:14 Pleiades 4.3°N of Moon
20 18:52 Aldebaran 4.4°S of Moon
23 16:56 Venus 1.9°N of Moon
23 21 Mercury at Aphelion
27 14:28 NEW MOON
27 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.3°E
29 16:38 Moon at Apogee: 406437 km
30 03:10 Mercury 1.4°N of Moon
31 17:10 Spica 0.7°N of Moon
Sep 03 08:47 Moon at Ascending Node
04 18:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON
11 13:19 FULL MOON
11 20:17 Moon at Perigee: 356950 km
15 22:30 Moon at Descending Node
16 05:19 Pleiades 4.6°N of Moon
17 01:26 Aldebaran 4.1°S of Moon
18 06:16 LAST QUARTER MOON
19 06 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
22 00:09 Autumnal Equinox
23 08 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
25 20:00 Moon at Apogee: 406613 km
26 06:48 NEW MOON
27 23:00 Spica 0.5°N of Moon
29 20:29 Venus 0.0°N of Regulus
30 10:29 Moon at Ascending Node
Oct 01 18 Mars in Conjunction with Sun
04 06:23 FIRST QUARTER MOON
06 21 Mercury at Perihelion
08 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.0°W
09 20 Mercury 0.4°S of Saturn
10 07:20 Moon at Perigee: 357423 km
10 21:39 FULL MOON
13 05:30 Moon at Descending Node
13 14:45 Pleiades 4.7°N of Moon
14 10:14 Aldebaran 4.0°S of Moon
17 20:00 LAST QUARTER MOON
21 09 Orionid Meteor Shower
23 00:48 Moon at Apogee: 406142 km
25 09 Venus at Perihelion
26 00:17 NEW MOON
26 05 Venus 0.5°S of Saturn
27 14:44 Moon at Ascending Node
Nov 02 16:38 FIRST QUARTER MOON
05 09 S Taurid Meteor Shower
07 16:44 Moon at Perigee: 360864 km
08 19 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
09 07:40 FULL MOON
09 07:45 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.015
09 15:58 Moon at Descending Node
10 01:37 Pleiades 4.8°N of Moon
10 20:46 Aldebaran 3.9°S of Moon
12 08 N Taurid Meteor Shower
13 08:27 Venus 3.5°N of Spica
16 13:33 LAST QUARTER MOON
17 15 Leonid Meteor Shower
19 15:10 Moon at Apogee: 405230 km
21 12:10 Spica 0.5°N of Moon
22 12:46 Venus 3.4°N of Moon
23 05:34 Mars 1.1°N of Moon: Occn.
23 21:37 Moon at Ascending Node
24 17:30 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.911
24 17:42 NEW MOON
Dec 02 01:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON
05 15:40 Moon at Perigee: 366315 km
06 04 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
07 01:58 Moon at Descending Node
07 11:49 Pleiades 4.8°N of Moon
08 06 Venus 1.1°N of Mars
08 07:11 Aldebaran 3.9°S of Moon
08 19:42 FULL MOON
14 04 Geminid Meteor Shower
16 10:11 LAST QUARTER MOON
17 11:04 Moon at Apogee: 404457 km
18 20:05 Spica 0.5°N of Moon
20 21:34 Winter Solstice
21 04:53 Moon at Ascending Node
21 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.1°E
22 03:21 Mars 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.
22 12 Ursid Meteor Shower
22 19:48 Venus 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.
24 09:44 NEW MOON
28 03 Neptune at Opposition
29 19:13 Mars 4.5°N of Antares
31 09:23 FIRST QUARTER MOON
31 11:07 Moon at Perigee: 370337 km
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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
2068 Phases of the Moon
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 4 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.
| 2068 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Atlantic Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 04 22:38 | Jan 11 13:47 | Jan 19 05:45 | Jan 27 10:27 |
| Feb 03 09:44 | Feb 10 01:20 | Feb 18 00:38 | Feb 26 02:25 |
| Mar 03 19:38 | Mar 10 15:26 | Mar 18 18:56 | Mar 26 14:20 |
| Apr 02 04:51 | Apr 09 07:33 | Apr 17 11:29 | Apr 24 22:30 |
| May 01 14:07 | May 09 00:47 | May 17 01:35 p | May 24 04:00 |
| May 31 00:03 H | Jun 07 18:20 | Jun 15 13:00 | Jun 22 08:25 |
| Jun 29 11:11 | Jul 07 11:31 | Jul 14 22:07 | Jul 21 13:22 |
| Jul 28 23:55 | Aug 06 03:38 | Aug 13 05:51 | Aug 19 20:16 |
| Aug 27 14:28 | Sep 04 18:04 | Sep 11 13:19 | Sep 18 06:16 |
| Sep 26 06:48 | Oct 04 06:23 | Oct 10 21:39 | Oct 17 20:00 |
| Oct 26 00:17 | Nov 02 16:38 | Nov 09 07:40 t | Nov 16 13:33 |
| Nov 24 17:42 P | Dec 02 01:21 | Dec 08 19:42 | Dec 16 10:11 |
| Dec 24 09:44 | Dec 31 09:23 | - | - |
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: 2061 to 2070
The Americas
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2061 to 2070 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 | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
| AST | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
| EST | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
| CST | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
| MST | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
| PST | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
| AKST | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
| HST | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069 | 2070 | |||||
- 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 |
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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