2085 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.
| 2085 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
| Greenwich Mean Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date GMT Event
(h:m)
Jan 03 00:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON
04 01 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
05 05 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98333 AU
05 12:59 Mars 2.8°S of Moon
06 15:36 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon
08 23 Mercury at Aphelion
09 22:30 Jupiter 0.2°S of Moon: Occn.
10 01:54 Moon at Descending Node
10 22:30 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.993
10 22:42 FULL MOON
12 05:03 Moon at Apogee: 406331 km
18 16:52 Spica 3.3°N of Moon
19 01:26 LAST QUARTER MOON
21 23:59 Antares 1.8°S of Moon
24 03:40 Moon at Ascending Node
25 05 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
25 18:46 Moon at Perigee: 356735 km
25 20:06 NEW MOON
Feb 01 03 Neptune at Opposition
01 14:36 FIRST QUARTER MOON
02 13:21 Mars 1.9°S of Moon
02 21:32 Pleiades 0.7°N of Moon
05 22:42 Jupiter 0.3°S of Moon: Occn.
06 07:09 Moon at Descending Node
08 04:48 Moon at Apogee: 406318 km
09 18:24 FULL MOON
10 01 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
13 02 Venus at Aphelion
13 08:17 Mars 2.2°S of Pleiades
14 22:52 Spica 3.1°N of Moon
17 14:47 LAST QUARTER MOON
18 08:10 Antares 2.0°S of Moon
20 11:48 Moon at Ascending Node
21 22 Mercury at Perihelion
22 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E
23 06:52 Moon at Perigee: 358586 km
24 06:32 NEW MOON
25 14:46 Mercury 3.2°S of Moon
Mar 02 04:56 Pleiades 0.9°N of Moon
02 22:09 Mars 0.7°S of Moon: Occn.
03 07:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON
05 03:35 Jupiter 0.2°S of Moon: Occn.
05 09:48 Moon at Descending Node
06 12 Venus at Superior Conjunction
07 14:41 Moon at Apogee: 405701 km
10 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
11 12:26 FULL MOON
14 04:21 Spica 2.9°N of Moon
17 14:01 Antares 2.3°S of Moon
19 00:44 LAST QUARTER MOON
19 14:37 Moon at Ascending Node
19 21:53 Vernal Equinox
23 12:19 Moon at Perigee: 363064 km
24 05:15 Mercury 4.2°S of Moon
25 16:37 NEW MOON
26 22 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
29 13:55 Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon
31 12:12 Mars 0.7°N of Moon: Occn.
Apr 01 11:25 Moon at Descending Node
01 14:25 Jupiter 0.3°N of Moon: Occn.
02 01:51 FIRST QUARTER MOON
04 08:13 Moon at Apogee: 404744 km
07 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.8°W
10 03:41 FULL MOON
10 10:58 Spica 2.9°N of Moon
13 19:28 Antares 2.5°S of Moon
15 15:02 Moon at Ascending Node
17 07:54 LAST QUARTER MOON
19 21:32 Moon at Perigee: 368250 km
22 10 Mercury 0.5°S of Saturn
22 22 Lyrid Meteor Shower
24 02:59 NEW MOON
25 23:20 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon
28 14:49 Moon at Descending Node
29 05:34 Mars 2.3°N of Moon
29 06:02 Jupiter 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
30 02 Mars 1.4°N of Jupiter
May 01 20:52 FIRST QUARTER MOON
02 03:39 Moon at Apogee: 404189 km
04 17:30 Venus 3.9°S of Pleiades
05 11 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
07 19:12 Spica 2.9°N of Moon
09 16:04 FULL MOON
11 02:24 Antares 2.6°S of Moon
12 17:55 Moon at Ascending Node
14 22:34 Moon at Perigee: 369231 km
16 13:18 LAST QUARTER MOON
17 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
20 22 Mercury at Perihelion
23 14:23 NEW MOON
25 07:51 Venus 0.3°N of Moon: Occn.
25 20:54 Moon at Descending Node
27 00:23 Jupiter 1.5°N of Moon
28 00:55 Mars 3.9°N of Moon
29 22:33 Moon at Apogee: 404479 km
31 14:51 FIRST QUARTER MOON
Jun 04 04:23 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
05 11 Venus at Perihelion
07 11:20 Antares 2.6°S of Moon
08 02:02 FULL MOON
08 02:15 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.506
09 01:13 Moon at Ascending Node
10 19:37 Moon at Perigee: 364665 km
14 09 Venus 1.3°N of Jupiter
14 13 Mercury 1.5°N of Venus
14 18:19 LAST QUARTER MOON
16 02 Mercury 1.1°N of Jupiter
19 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.8°E
19 14:34 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon
20 14:33 Summer Solstice
22 03:18 NEW MOON
22 03:18 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.970
22 04:10 Moon at Descending Node
23 19:44 Jupiter 2.1°N of Moon
24 07:42 Mercury 2.2°N of Moon
24 21 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66616 AU
26 15:24 Moon at Apogee: 405402 km
30 06:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON
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Date GMT Event
(h:m)
Jul 01 13:14 Spica 3.0°N of Moon
03 21 Mercury at Aphelion
04 21:23 Antares 2.6°S of Moon
04 22 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01661 AU
06 11:15 Moon at Ascending Node
07 10:02 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.505
07 10:14 FULL MOON
08 19:46 Moon at Perigee: 360020 km
14 00:24 LAST QUARTER MOON
15 15 Venus 0.5°N of Mars
16 14 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
16 20:10 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon
17 21:42 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus
19 01 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
19 10:20 Moon at Descending Node
19 23:46 Mars 0.6°N of Regulus
21 17:43 NEW MOON
24 03:49 Moon at Apogee: 406307 km
28 13 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
28 20:45 Spica 2.9°N of Moon
29 20:47 FIRST QUARTER MOON
Aug 01 07:01 Antares 2.7°S of Moon
02 20:42 Moon at Ascending Node
05 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.3°W
05 17:29 FULL MOON
05 18 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
06 03:30 Moon at Perigee: 357268 km
12 00 Mercury 0.4°S of Jupiter
12 09:00 LAST QUARTER MOON
13 01:53 Pleiades 1.5°N of Moon
13 05 Perseid Meteor Shower
15 13:51 Moon at Descending Node
16 04 Uranus at Opposition
16 21 Mercury at Perihelion
18 09:47 Jupiter 3.3°N of Moon
20 08:35 Moon at Apogee: 406622 km
20 09:10 NEW MOON
25 02:48 Spica 2.7°N of Moon
28 08:30 FIRST QUARTER MOON
28 14:56 Antares 2.9°S of Moon
30 02:33 Moon at Ascending Node
30 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
Sep 02 10:43 Venus 1.1°N of Spica
03 13:43 Moon at Perigee: 357232 km
04 00:41 FULL MOON
09 09:05 Pleiades 1.7°N of Moon
10 21:07 LAST QUARTER MOON
11 15:16 Moon at Descending Node
15 03:46 Jupiter 3.9°N of Moon
16 12:30 Moon at Apogee: 406253 km
19 01:07 NEW MOON
21 08:17 Spica 2.5°N of Moon
22 06:43 Autumnal Equinox
23 02:57 Venus 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
24 20:56 Antares 3.1°S of Moon
25 19 Venus at Aphelion
26 04:14 Moon at Ascending Node
26 18:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON
26 18:26 Mercury 1.0°N of Spica
Oct 01 22:42 Moon at Perigee: 360069 km
03 08:53 FULL MOON
06 02 Saturn at Opposition
06 18:11 Pleiades 1.9°N of Moon
08 17:25 Moon at Descending Node
10 10 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.8°E
10 13:09 LAST QUARTER MOON
14 00:42 Moon at Apogee: 405393 km
15 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.0°E
15 22:07 Venus 0.6°N of Antares
18 17:00 NEW MOON
20 18:19 Mercury 0.4°S of Moon: Occn.
21 21 Orionid Meteor Shower
22 02:19 Antares 3.3°S of Moon
22 13:46 Venus 3.5°S of Moon
23 05:03 Moon at Ascending Node
25 11 Mars in Conjunction with Sun
26 02:34 FIRST QUARTER MOON
29 23:49 Moon at Perigee: 365120 km
Nov 01 19:08 FULL MOON
03 04:18 Pleiades 2.1°N of Moon
04 22:56 Moon at Descending Node
05 22 S Taurid Meteor Shower
07 13 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
09 08:31 LAST QUARTER MOON
10 18:58 Moon at Apogee: 404585 km
12 20 Mercury at Perihelion
12 21 N Taurid Meteor Shower
14 22:20 Spica 2.5°N of Moon
17 08:20 NEW MOON
18 03 Leonid Meteor Shower
19 09:09 Moon at Ascending Node
24 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.8°W
24 10:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON
25 13:37 Moon at Perigee: 369952 km
30 13:42 Pleiades 2.1°N of Moon
Dec 01 08:10 FULL MOON
01 08:23 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.639
02 07:24 Moon at Descending Node
08 15:54 Moon at Apogee: 404443 km
09 05:47 LAST QUARTER MOON
12 07:15 Spica 2.6°N of Moon
14 17 Geminid Meteor Shower
15 16:27 Mars 1.2°N of Moon: Occn.
15 17:48 Antares 3.4°S of Moon
16 17:30 Moon at Ascending Node
16 22:35 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.997
16 22:38 NEW MOON
17 19:25 Mars 4.3°N of Antares
20 03 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
20 14:38 Moon at Perigee: 367571 km
21 04:29 Winter Solstice
23 01 Ursid Meteor Shower
23 17:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON
26 20 Mercury at Aphelion
27 21:02 Pleiades 2.1°N of Moon
29 15:39 Moon at Descending Node
30 23:59 FULL 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
2085 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.
| 2085 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Greenwich Mean Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | Jan 03 00:47 | Jan 10 22:42 n | Jan 19 01:26 |
| Jan 25 20:06 | Feb 01 14:36 | Feb 09 18:24 | Feb 17 14:47 |
| Feb 24 06:32 | Mar 03 07:16 | Mar 11 12:26 | Mar 19 00:45 |
| Mar 25 16:37 | Apr 02 01:51 | Apr 10 03:41 | Apr 17 07:54 |
| Apr 24 02:59 | May 01 20:52 | May 09 16:04 | May 16 13:18 |
| May 23 14:23 | May 31 14:51 | Jun 08 02:02 n | Jun 14 18:19 |
| Jun 22 03:18 A | Jun 30 06:55 | Jul 07 10:14 n | Jul 14 00:24 |
| Jul 21 17:43 | Jul 29 20:47 | Aug 05 17:29 | Aug 12 09:00 |
| Aug 20 09:10 | Aug 28 08:30 | Sep 04 00:41 | Sep 10 21:07 |
| Sep 19 01:07 | Sep 26 18:18 | Oct 03 08:53 | Oct 10 13:09 |
| Oct 18 17:00 | Oct 26 02:34 | Nov 01 19:08 | Nov 09 08:31 |
| Nov 17 08:20 | Nov 24 10:02 | Dec 01 08:10 n | Dec 09 05:47 |
| Dec 16 22:38 A | Dec 23 17:42 | Dec 30 23:59 | - |
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: 2081 to 2090
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2081 to 2090 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 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| GMT | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| CET | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| EET | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| MSK | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| GST | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
- 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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