2072 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.

2072 Sky Event Almanac
Greenwich Mean Time
January - June July - December 
Date     GMT   Event
        (h:m)

Jan 02  09:14  Jupiter 3.8°N of Moon
    03  08:57  Aldebaran 0.5°S of Moon
    04  14     Neptune at Opposition 
    04  17     Quadrantid Meteor Shower
    04  21     Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU
    04  23:31  Mars 2.6°S of Pollux
    05  18:13  FULL MOON 
    06  17:46  Moon at Perigee: 358353 km
    07  15     Mercury at Aphelion 
    08  18:29  Regulus 2.4°N of Moon
    10  03:26  Moon at Ascending Node 
    11  00     Mars at Opposition 
    12  09:54  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    13  22:03  Saturn 1.7°S of Moon
    17  11:14  Venus 4.0°S of Moon
    20  06:35  NEW MOON 
    21  20:00  Moon at Apogee: 406490 km
    22  22     Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
    24  10:50  Moon at Descending Node 
    28  10:36  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    29  17:42  Jupiter 4.1°N of Moon
    30  19:04  Aldebaran 0.3°S of Moon

Feb 04  04:55  FULL MOON 
    04  06:26  Moon at Perigee: 356546 km
    05  05:10  Regulus 2.3°N of Moon
    06  10:25  Moon at Ascending Node 
    10  06:40  Saturn 1.9°S of Moon
    10  23:27  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    16  23:04  Venus 4.1°S of Moon
    17  20:18  Moon at Apogee: 406547 km
    19  02:03  NEW MOON 
    20  14     Mercury at Perihelion 
    20  15:16  Moon at Descending Node 
    20  16:54  Mercury 1.3°N of Moon
    20  23     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E
    26  04:26  Jupiter 4.4°N of Moon
    27  00:02  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    27  02:51  Aldebaran 0.2°S of Moon

Mar 03  16:38  Regulus 2.3°N of Moon
    03  18:40  Moon at Perigee: 358074 km
    04  15:17  FULL MOON 
    04  15:21  Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.244
    04  21:19  Moon at Ascending Node 
    07  16     Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
    08  15:17  Saturn 1.8°S of Moon
    09  15:07  Jupiter 4.6°S of Pleiades
    11  15:18  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    14  09     Venus at Aphelion 
    16  05:25  Moon at Apogee: 405956 km
    17  09     Mercury 3.2°N of Venus
    18  03:30  Mercury 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
    18  09:47  Venus 2.0°S of Moon
    18  21:47  Moon at Descending Node 
    19  18:19  Vernal Equinox 
    19  20:08  Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.720
    19  20:21  NEW MOON 
    24  17:31  Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon
    25  08:39  Aldebaran 0.3°S of Moon
    27  09:43  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    31  02:29  Regulus 2.2°N of Moon

Apr 01  01:31  Moon at Perigee: 362291 km
    01  07:45  Moon at Ascending Node 
    03  01:25  FULL MOON 
    04  04     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.8°W
    04  23:24  Saturn 1.6°S of Moon
    07  14:13  Mars 4.2°S of Pollux
    10  08:53  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    12  22:33  Moon at Apogee: 404911 km
    15  04:06  Moon at Descending Node 
    16  09:25  Mercury 1.4°S of Moon
    18  11:57  NEW MOON 
    21  09:13  Jupiter 4.6°N of Moon
    21  14:17  Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
    22  14     Lyrid Meteor Shower
    24  19     Mars at Aphelion:  1.66611 AU
    25  16:35  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    27  09:36  Regulus 2.1°N of Moon
    28  14:06  Moon at Ascending Node 
    28  15:34  Moon at Perigee: 367523 km
    29  21     Saturn at Opposition 
    30  14:55  Jupiter 4.9°N of Aldebaran

May 02  05:54  Saturn 1.5°S of Moon
    02  11:34  FULL MOON 
    05  03     Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
    10  03:17  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    10  17:48  Moon at Apogee: 404155 km
    12  08:22  Moon at Descending Node 
    14  19     Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
    18  00:18  NEW MOON 
    18  13     Mercury at Perihelion 
    21  23     Venus at Superior Conjunction 
    23  14:15  Mars 4.2°N of Moon
    23  23:46  Moon at Perigee: 369656 km
    24  14:56  Regulus 1.9°N of Moon
    24  21:53  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    25  15:56  Moon at Ascending Node 
    29  10:28  Saturn 1.5°S of Moon
    31  22:18  FULL MOON 

Jun 07  12:42  Moon at Apogee: 404216 km
    08  10     Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 
    08  10:43  Moon at Descending Node 
    08  21:20  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    15  06:09  Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
    16  02     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.5°E
    16  09:57  NEW MOON 
    18  06:48  Mercury 4.5°N of Moon
    19  10:24  Moon at Perigee: 365625 km
    20  03:52  Mars 0.7°N of Regulus
    20  11:12  Summer Solstice 
    20  18     Uranus at Opposition 
    20  20:37  Regulus 1.6°N of Moon
    20  21:47  Mars 2.3°N of Moon
    21  16:43  Moon at Ascending Node 
    23  02:57  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    25  14:16  Saturn 1.7°S of Moon
    30  10:21  FULL MOON 


Date     GMT   Event
        (h:m)

Jul 01  13     Mercury at Aphelion 
    04  17     Venus at Perihelion 
    05  05:53  Moon at Apogee: 404994 km
    05  13:03  Moon at Descending Node 
    06  08     Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 
    06  13     Earth at Aphelion: 1.01665 AU
    08  13:53  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    12  15:51  Aldebaran 0.3°S of Moon
    13  08     Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
    13  20:27  Jupiter 4.6°N of Moon
    15  17:56  NEW MOON 
    16  22:08  Venus 4.1°N of Moon
    17  07:53  Moon at Perigee: 360898 km
    18  04:21  Regulus 1.5°N of Moon
    18  20:40  Moon at Ascending Node 
    19  07:35  Mars 0.2°N of Moon: Occn.
    22  09:02  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    22  19:30  Saturn 2.0°S of Moon
    28  05     Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
    30  00:17  FULL MOON 

Aug 01  17:06  Venus 1.0°N of Regulus
    01  17:09  Moon at Descending Node 
    01  19:10  Moon at Apogee: 405886 km
    02  14     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.4°W
    07  04:15  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    09  01:04  Aldebaran 0.2°S of Moon
    10  16:31  Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon
    12  21     Perseid Meteor Shower
    14  01:21  NEW MOON 
    14  13     Mercury at Perihelion 
    14  14:59  Moon at Perigee: 357834 km
    15  05:10  Moon at Ascending Node 
    15  17:09  Venus 0.7°N of Moon: Occn.
    16  19:55  Mars 1.8°S of Moon
    19  04:05  Saturn 2.3°S of Moon
    20  17:20  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    27  22     Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
    28  15:59  FULL MOON 
    28  16:03  Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.166
    28  23:04  Moon at Descending Node 
    29  00:37  Moon at Apogee: 406270 km

Sep 05  08:42  Aldebaran 0.2°S of Moon
    05  16:19  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    07  09:47  Jupiter 4.4°N of Moon
    11  01:15  Regulus 1.4°N of Moon
    11  16:07  Moon at Ascending Node 
    12  01:13  Moon at Perigee: 357388 km
    12  08:57  Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.056
    12  09:07  NEW MOON 
    14  09     Venus 0.1°N of Mars
    14  11:07  Mars 3.6°S of Moon
    14  11:16  Venus 3.5°S of Moon
    15  01:50  Venus 2.1°N of Spica
    15  13:52  Mars 2.0°N of Spica
    15  16:31  Saturn 2.5°S of Moon
    19  04:58  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    22  03:26  Autumnal Equinox 
    25  03:10  Moon at Apogee: 406005 km
    25  05:15  Moon at Descending Node 
    25  13:48  Mercury 0.9°N of Spica
    27  08:43  FULL MOON 
    29  18     Venus 2.7°S of Saturn

Oct 02  14:42  Aldebaran 0.2°S of Moon
    04  22:23  Jupiter 4.2°N of Moon
    05  00     Mercury 2.2°S of Mars
    05  02:28  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    08  11:10  Regulus 1.4°N of Moon
    09  01:44  Moon at Ascending Node 
    10  02     Mercury 4.8°S of Saturn
    10  10:58  Moon at Perigee: 359826 km
    11  17:55  NEW MOON 
    12  16     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.1°E
    13  05:21  Mars 4.9°S of Moon
    13  07:43  Saturn 2.6°S of Moon
    14  09     Mars 2.3°S of Saturn
    18  20:37  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    21  13     Orionid Meteor Shower
    22  09:49  Moon at Descending Node 
    22  14:16  Moon at Apogee: 405243 km
    23  06:04  Venus 2.8°N of Antares
    26  19     Mercury 2.5°S of Mars
    27  01:21  FULL MOON 
    29  20:18  Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon

Nov 01  05:28  Jupiter 4.0°N of Moon
    03  11:16  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    04  18:38  Regulus 1.2°N of Moon
    04  19     Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
    05  06:41  Moon at Ascending Node 
    05  14     S Taurid Meteor Shower
    07  14:09  Moon at Perigee: 364640 km
    07  23     Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 
    10  04:21  NEW MOON 
    10  12     Mercury at Perihelion 
    12  13     N Taurid Meteor Shower
    17  16:03  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    17  19     Leonid Meteor Shower
    18  12:10  Moon at Descending Node 
    19  08:15  Moon at Apogee: 404457 km
    21  05     Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°W
    25  16:59  FULL MOON 
    26  03:10  Aldebaran 0.5°S of Moon
    28  03     Mercury 0.2°S of Saturn
    28  08:28  Jupiter 3.9°N of Moon

Dec 02  00:01  Regulus 0.9°N of Moon
    02  07:20  Moon at Ascending Node 
    02  19:22  LAST QUARTER MOON 
    04  11:52  Moon at Perigee: 369748 km
    07  13:58  Saturn 2.9°S of Moon
    09  16:59  NEW MOON 
    13  17:23  Venus 4.4°S of Moon
    14  09     Geminid Meteor Shower
    15  14:08  Moon at Descending Node 
    17  05:19  Moon at Apogee: 404279 km
    17  13:50  FIRST QUARTER MOON 
    21  00:54  Winter Solstice 
    22  17     Ursid Meteor Shower
    23  09     Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 
    23  11:59  Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
    24  12     Mercury at Aphelion 
    25  07:15  FULL MOON 
    25  10:35  Jupiter 4.1°N of Moon
    26  17     Jupiter at Opposition 
    26  20     Venus at Greatest Elong: 47.3°E
    29  05:42  Regulus 0.7°N of Moon
    29  06:59  Moon at Perigee: 368220 km
    29  08:36  Moon at Ascending Node 
    30  01     Mars in Conjunction with Sun

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

2072 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.

2072 Phases of the Moon
Greenwich Mean Time
New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
-- Jan 05 18:13 Jan 12 09:54
Jan 20 06:35 Jan 28 10:36 Feb 04 04:55 Feb 10 23:27
Feb 19 02:03 Feb 27 00:02 Mar 04 15:17 t Mar 11 15:18
Mar 19 20:21 P Mar 27 09:43 Apr 03 01:25 Apr 10 08:53
Apr 18 11:57 Apr 25 16:35 May 02 11:34 May 10 03:17
May 18 00:18 May 24 21:53 May 31 22:18 Jun 08 21:20
Jun 16 09:57 Jun 23 02:57 Jun 30 10:21 Jul 08 13:53
Jul 15 17:56 Jul 22 09:02 Jul 30 00:17 Aug 07 04:15
Aug 14 01:21 Aug 20 17:20 Aug 28 15:59 t Sep 05 16:19
Sep 12 09:07 T Sep 19 04:58 Sep 27 08:43 Oct 05 02:28
Oct 11 17:55 Oct 18 20:37 Oct 27 01:21 Nov 03 11:16
Nov 10 04:21 Nov 17 16:03 Nov 25 16:59 Dec 02 19:22
Dec 09 16:59 Dec 17 13:50 Dec 25 07:15 -

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: 2071 to 2080

Europe, Africa, and the Middle East

Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2071 to 2080 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 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080
GMT 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080
CET 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080
EET 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080
MSK 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080
GST 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080

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

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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:


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