2086 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.
| 2086 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
| Greenwich Mean Time | ||||||||
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Date GMT Event
(h:m)
Jan 03 15 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98332 AU
04 07 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
05 10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
05 12:32 Moon at Apogee: 405066 km
08 03:06 LAST QUARTER MOON
08 15:59 Spica 2.5°N of Moon
12 03:56 Antares 3.4°S of Moon
13 03:22 Moon at Ascending Node
13 15:01 Mars 1.1°S of Moon: Occn.
15 11:24 NEW MOON
16 04 Venus at Perihelion
17 08:10 Moon at Perigee: 361912 km
22 02:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 02:36 Pleiades 2.2°N of Moon
25 20:33 Moon at Descending Node
29 17:49 FULL MOON
Feb 01 11 Jupiter at Opposition
02 04:51 Moon at Apogee: 405946 km
03 13 Neptune at Opposition
04 23:28 Spica 2.3°N of Moon
06 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°E
06 22:30 LAST QUARTER MOON
08 13:28 Antares 3.6°S of Moon
08 20 Mercury at Perihelion
09 10:37 Moon at Ascending Node
10 14:55 Venus 3.1°N of Moon
11 15:03 Mars 3.4°S of Moon
13 22:27 NEW MOON
14 06 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
14 16:44 Moon at Perigee: 357829 km
20 08:22 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon
20 13:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
21 21:50 Moon at Descending Node
28 12:21 FULL MOON
28 19 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.8°W
Mar 01 10:54 Moon at Apogee: 406459 km
04 05:40 Spica 2.1°N of Moon
07 21:01 Antares 3.9°S of Moon
08 13:23 Moon at Ascending Node
08 14:30 LAST QUARTER MOON
12 01:53 Venus 1.9°S of Moon
13 14:26 Mercury 4.9°S of Moon
15 04:46 Moon at Perigee: 356789 km
15 08:04 NEW MOON
19 16:12 Pleiades 2.7°N of Moon
20 03:36 Vernal Equinox
20 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.7°W
20 23:00 Moon at Descending Node
22 03:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 19 Mercury at Aphelion
28 11:54 Moon at Apogee: 406404 km
30 06:17 FULL MOON
31 11:29 Spica 2.0°N of Moon
Apr 02 03 Venus 1.4°N of Mars
04 02:53 Antares 4.1°S of Moon
04 14:11 Moon at Ascending Node
07 02:22 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 07 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
12 15:10 Moon at Perigee: 358914 km
13 16:53 NEW MOON
16 02:06 Pleiades 2.8°N of Moon
17 03:53 Moon at Descending Node
20 18:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON
23 04 Lyrid Meteor Shower
24 22:37 Moon at Apogee: 405704 km
27 17:53 Spica 2.0°N of Moon
28 22:35 FULL MOON
May 01 08:31 Antares 4.2°S of Moon
01 17:00 Moon at Ascending Node
01 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
05 17 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
06 10:26 LAST QUARTER MOON
07 19 Mercury at Perihelion
08 12 Venus at Aphelion
10 18:33 Moon at Perigee: 363362 km
13 01:41 NEW MOON
14 12:32 Moon at Descending Node
20 04 Venus 0.4°N of Saturn
20 11:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON
22 15:25 Moon at Apogee: 404729 km
25 01:14 Spica 2.1°N of Moon
28 12:35 FULL MOON
28 12:41 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.818
28 15:15 Antares 4.2°S of Moon
28 23:14 Moon at Ascending Node
31 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.2°E
Jun 03 06 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38108 AU
04 15:51 LAST QUARTER MOON
07 01:37 Moon at Perigee: 368272 km
09 04:51 Venus 4.0°S of Moon
09 21:33 Pleiades 2.9°N of Moon
10 21:56 Moon at Descending Node
11 11:04 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.017
11 11:12 NEW MOON
12 22:18 Mercury 1.8°N of Moon
18 21 Mars 0.9°N of Saturn
19 04:33 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 09:56 Moon at Apogee: 404212 km
20 20:11 Summer Solstice
21 09:16 Spica 2.0°N of Moon
24 23:26 Antares 4.2°S of Moon
25 07:24 Moon at Ascending Node
26 23:26 Venus 4.2°N of Aldebaran
27 00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
27 00:04 FULL MOON
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Date GMT Event
(h:m)
Jul 02 04:43 Moon at Perigee: 369036 km
03 20:10 LAST QUARTER MOON
05 21:00 Mars 4.4°S of Moon
07 02 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01667 AU
07 04:32 Pleiades 2.9°N of Moon
08 05:00 Moon at Descending Node
09 00:38 Venus 0.3°N of Moon: Occn.
09 14:06 Mercury 2.7°S of Moon
10 22:02 NEW MOON
17 04:25 Moon at Apogee: 404547 km
18 17:17 Spica 1.9°N of Moon
18 21:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.5°W
22 08:29 Antares 4.3°S of Moon
22 14:49 Moon at Ascending Node
26 09:24 FULL MOON
26 22 Mercury 0.8°S of Venus
28 19 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
29 01:59 Moon at Perigee: 364494 km
Aug 02 01:01 LAST QUARTER MOON
03 09:59 Pleiades 3.1°N of Moon
03 11:06 Mars 2.2°S of Moon
03 18 Mercury at Perihelion
04 08:11 Moon at Descending Node
08 05:05 Venus 4.6°N of Moon
08 07 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
09 10:38 NEW MOON
13 11 Perseid Meteor Shower
13 21:28 Moon at Apogee: 405496 km
14 11 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
15 00:36 Spica 1.7°N of Moon
17 14:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON
18 17:13 Antares 4.5°S of Moon
18 19:23 Moon at Ascending Node
19 10:47 Mars 4.5°N of Aldebaran
20 14 Uranus at Opposition
21 11 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
24 17:25 FULL MOON
26 02:04 Moon at Perigee: 359804 km
28 20 Venus at Perihelion
30 15:38 Pleiades 3.3°N of Moon
31 07:52 LAST QUARTER MOON
31 08:56 Moon at Descending Node
31 23:38 Mars 0.1°N of Moon: Occn.
Sep 08 01:17 NEW MOON
10 02:43 Mercury 4.0°N of Moon
10 10:10 Moon at Apogee: 406378 km
11 07:03 Spica 1.5°N of Moon
14 21:11 Moon at Ascending Node
16 05:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON
16 18 Mercury at Aphelion
21 05:35 Mercury 0.1°N of Spica
22 12:33 Autumnal Equinox
23 01:15 FULL MOON
23 10:35 Moon at Perigee: 357038 km
26 23:14 Pleiades 3.6°N of Moon
27 11:16 Moon at Descending Node
28 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.1°E
29 09:22 Mars 2.2°N of Moon
29 17:52 LAST QUARTER MOON
Oct 03 19 Venus at Superior Conjunction
07 14:11 Moon at Apogee: 406627 km
07 17:56 NEW MOON
09 16:55 Mercury 1.2°S of Moon
11 22:51 Moon at Ascending Node
15 18:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 15 Saturn at Opposition
21 22:00 Moon at Perigee: 357173 km
22 03 Orionid Meteor Shower
22 09:56 FULL MOON
22 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
24 09:14 Pleiades 3.7°N of Moon
24 18:12 Moon at Descending Node
25 04:04 Aldebaran 5.0°S of Moon
27 12:42 Mars 4.1°N of Moon
29 07:40 LAST QUARTER MOON
30 17 Mercury at Perihelion
Nov 03 17:53 Moon at Apogee: 406226 km
04 19:13 Spica 1.4°N of Moon
06 04 S Taurid Meteor Shower
06 11:53 NEW MOON
07 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°W
08 03:03 Moon at Ascending Node
13 03 N Taurid Meteor Shower
14 05:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON
18 09 Leonid Meteor Shower
19 08:15 Moon at Perigee: 360374 km
20 20:12 FULL MOON
20 20:17 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.986
20 20:22 Pleiades 3.7°N of Moon
21 04:46 Moon at Descending Node
21 15:01 Aldebaran 4.9°S of Moon
28 01:17 LAST QUARTER MOON
Dec 01 07:42 Moon at Apogee: 405341 km
02 02:11 Spica 1.4°N of Moon
05 09:53 Moon at Ascending Node
06 05:36 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.927
06 05:48 NEW MOON
07 15:33 Venus 3.4°S of Moon
13 14:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON
14 23 Geminid Meteor Shower
15 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
17 09:07 Moon at Perigee: 365768 km
18 06:24 Pleiades 3.7°N of Moon
18 14:54 Moon at Descending Node
19 01:23 Aldebaran 4.9°S of Moon
20 08:19 FULL MOON
21 10:24 Winter Solstice
23 07 Ursid Meteor Shower
27 02 Mars at Opposition
27 21:58 LAST QUARTER MOON
29 03:31 Moon at Apogee: 404509 km
29 09:56 Spica 1.4°N 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
2086 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.
| 2086 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Greenwich Mean Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 08 03:06 |
| Jan 15 11:24 | Jan 22 02:41 | Jan 29 17:49 | Feb 06 22:30 |
| Feb 13 22:27 | Feb 20 13:48 | Feb 28 12:21 | Mar 08 14:30 |
| Mar 15 08:04 | Mar 22 03:16 | Mar 30 06:17 | Apr 07 02:22 |
| Apr 13 16:53 | Apr 20 18:40 | Apr 28 22:35 | May 06 10:26 |
| May 13 01:41 | May 20 11:19 | May 28 12:35 p | Jun 04 15:51 |
| Jun 11 11:12 T | Jun 19 04:33 | Jun 27 00:04 | Jul 03 20:10 |
| Jul 10 22:02 | Jul 18 21:45 | Jul 26 09:24 | Aug 02 01:01 |
| Aug 09 10:38 | Aug 17 14:14 | Aug 24 17:25 | Aug 31 07:52 |
| Sep 08 01:17 | Sep 16 05:17 | Sep 23 01:15 | Sep 29 17:52 |
| Oct 07 17:56 | Oct 15 18:18 | Oct 22 09:56 | Oct 29 07:40 |
| Nov 06 11:53 | Nov 14 05:11 | Nov 20 20:12 p | Nov 28 01:17 |
| Dec 06 05:48 P | Dec 13 14:20 | Dec 20 08:19 | Dec 27 21:58 |
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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