2086 Sky Event Almanac
New Zealand Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for New Zealand Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 12 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.
| 2086 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
| New Zealand Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date NZST Even
(h:m)
Jan 04 03 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98332 AU
04 19 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
05 22 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
06 00:32 Moon at Apogee: 405066 km
08 15:06 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 03:59 Spica 2.5°N of Moon
12 15:56 Antares 3.4°S of Moon
13 15:22 Moon at Ascending Node
14 03:01 Mars 1.1°S of Moon: Occn.
15 23:24 NEW MOON
16 16 Venus at Perihelion
17 20:10 Moon at Perigee: 361912 km
22 14:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 14:36 Pleiades 2.2°N of Moon
26 08:33 Moon at Descending Node
30 05:49 FULL MOON
Feb 01 23 Jupiter at Opposition
02 16:51 Moon at Apogee: 405946 km
04 01 Neptune at Opposition
05 11:28 Spica 2.3°N of Moon
06 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°E
07 10:30 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 01:28 Antares 3.6°S of Moon
09 08 Mercury at Perihelion
09 22:37 Moon at Ascending Node
11 02:55 Venus 3.1°N of Moon
12 03:03 Mars 3.4°S of Moon
14 10:27 NEW MOON
14 18 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
15 04:44 Moon at Perigee: 357829 km
20 20:22 Pleiades 2.4°N of Moon
21 01:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON
22 06 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
22 09:50 Moon at Descending Node
Mar 01 00:21 FULL MOON
01 07 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.8°W
01 22:54 Moon at Apogee: 406459 km
04 17:40 Spica 2.1°N of Moon
08 09:01 Antares 3.9°S of Moon
09 01:23 Moon at Ascending Node
09 02:30 LAST QUARTER MOON
12 13:53 Venus 1.9°S of Moon
14 02:26 Mercury 4.9°S of Moon
15 16:46 Moon at Perigee: 356789 km
15 20:04 NEW MOON
20 04:12 Pleiades 2.7°N of Moon
20 15:36 Vernal Equinox
21 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.7°W
21 11:00 Moon at Descending Node
22 15:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON
25 07 Mercury at Aphelion
28 23:54 Moon at Apogee: 406404 km
30 18:17 FULL MOON
31 23:29 Spica 2.0°N of Moon
Apr 02 15 Venus 1.4°N of Mars
04 14:53 Antares 4.1°S of Moon
05 02:11 Moon at Ascending Node
07 14:22 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 19 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
13 03:10 Moon at Perigee: 358914 km
14 04:53 NEW MOON
16 14:06 Pleiades 2.8°N of Moon
17 15:53 Moon at Descending Node
21 06:40 FIRST QUARTER MOON
23 16 Lyrid Meteor Shower
25 10:37 Moon at Apogee: 405704 km
28 05:53 Spica 2.0°N of Moon
29 10:35 FULL MOON
May 01 20:31 Antares 4.2°S of Moon
02 05:00 Moon at Ascending Node
02 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
06 05 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
06 22:26 LAST QUARTER MOON
08 07 Mercury at Perihelion
09 00 Venus at Aphelion
11 06:33 Moon at Perigee: 363362 km
13 13:41 NEW MOON
15 00:32 Moon at Descending Node
20 16 Venus 0.4°N of Saturn
20 23:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON
23 03:25 Moon at Apogee: 404729 km
25 13:14 Spica 2.1°N of Moon
29 00:35 FULL MOON
29 00:41 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.818
29 03:15 Antares 4.2°S of Moon
29 11:14 Moon at Ascending Node
Jun 01 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.2°E
03 18 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38108 AU
05 03:51 LAST QUARTER MOON
07 13:37 Moon at Perigee: 368272 km
09 16:51 Venus 4.0°S of Moon
10 09:33 Pleiades 2.9°N of Moon
11 09:56 Moon at Descending Node
11 23:04 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.017
11 23:12 NEW MOON
13 10:18 Mercury 1.8°N of Moon
19 09 Mars 0.9°N of Saturn
19 16:33 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 21:56 Moon at Apogee: 404212 km
21 08:11 Summer Solstice
21 21:16 Spica 2.0°N of Moon
25 11:26 Antares 4.2°S of Moon
25 19:24 Moon at Ascending Node
27 11:26 Venus 4.2°N of Aldebaran
27 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
27 12:04 FULL MOON
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Date NZST Even
(h:m)
Jul 02 16:43 Moon at Perigee: 369036 km
04 08:10 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 09:00 Mars 4.4°S of Moon
07 14 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01667 AU
07 16:32 Pleiades 2.9°N of Moon
08 17:00 Moon at Descending Node
09 12:38 Venus 0.3°N of Moon: Occn.
10 02:06 Mercury 2.7°S of Moon
11 10:02 NEW MOON
17 16:25 Moon at Apogee: 404547 km
19 05:17 Spica 1.9°N of Moon
19 09:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.5°W
22 20:29 Antares 4.3°S of Moon
23 02:49 Moon at Ascending Node
26 21:24 FULL MOON
27 10 Mercury 0.8°S of Venus
29 07 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
29 13:59 Moon at Perigee: 364494 km
Aug 02 13:01 LAST QUARTER MOON
03 21:59 Pleiades 3.1°N of Moon
03 23:06 Mars 2.2°S of Moon
04 06 Mercury at Perihelion
04 20:11 Moon at Descending Node
08 17:05 Venus 4.6°N of Moon
08 19 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
09 22:38 NEW MOON
13 23 Perseid Meteor Shower
14 09:28 Moon at Apogee: 405496 km
14 23 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
15 12:36 Spica 1.7°N of Moon
18 02:14 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 05:13 Antares 4.5°S of Moon
19 07:23 Moon at Ascending Node
19 22:47 Mars 4.5°N of Aldebaran
21 02 Uranus at Opposition
21 23 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
25 05:25 FULL MOON
26 14:04 Moon at Perigee: 359804 km
29 08 Venus at Perihelion
31 03:38 Pleiades 3.3°N of Moon
31 19:52 LAST QUARTER MOON
31 20:56 Moon at Descending Node
Sep 01 11:38 Mars 0.1°N of Moon: Occn.
08 13:17 NEW MOON
10 14:43 Mercury 4.0°N of Moon
10 22:10 Moon at Apogee: 406378 km
11 19:03 Spica 1.5°N of Moon
15 09:11 Moon at Ascending Node
16 17:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON
17 06 Mercury at Aphelion
21 17:35 Mercury 0.1°N of Spica
23 00:33 Autumnal Equinox
23 13:15 FULL MOON
23 22:35 Moon at Perigee: 357038 km
27 11:14 Pleiades 3.6°N of Moon
27 23:16 Moon at Descending Node
28 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.1°E
29 21:22 Mars 2.2°N of Moon
30 05:52 LAST QUARTER MOON
Oct 04 07 Venus at Superior Conjunction
08 02:11 Moon at Apogee: 406627 km
08 05:56 NEW MOON
10 04:55 Mercury 1.2°S of Moon
12 10:51 Moon at Ascending Node
16 06:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON
20 03 Saturn at Opposition
22 10:00 Moon at Perigee: 357173 km
22 15 Orionid Meteor Shower
22 21:56 FULL MOON
23 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
24 21:14 Pleiades 3.7°N of Moon
25 06:12 Moon at Descending Node
25 16:04 Aldebaran 5.0°S of Moon
28 00:42 Mars 4.1°N of Moon
29 19:40 LAST QUARTER MOON
31 05 Mercury at Perihelion
Nov 04 05:53 Moon at Apogee: 406226 km
05 07:13 Spica 1.4°N of Moon
06 16 S Taurid Meteor Shower
06 23:53 NEW MOON
07 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°W
08 15:03 Moon at Ascending Node
13 15 N Taurid Meteor Shower
14 17:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON
18 21 Leonid Meteor Shower
19 20:15 Moon at Perigee: 360374 km
21 08:12 FULL MOON
21 08:17 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.986
21 08:22 Pleiades 3.7°N of Moon
21 16:46 Moon at Descending Node
22 03:01 Aldebaran 4.9°S of Moon
28 13:17 LAST QUARTER MOON
Dec 01 19:42 Moon at Apogee: 405341 km
02 14:11 Spica 1.4°N of Moon
05 21:53 Moon at Ascending Node
06 17:36 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.927
06 17:48 NEW MOON
08 03:33 Venus 3.4°S of Moon
14 02:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON
15 11 Geminid Meteor Shower
16 06 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
17 21:07 Moon at Perigee: 365768 km
18 18:24 Pleiades 3.7°N of Moon
19 02:54 Moon at Descending Node
19 13:23 Aldebaran 4.9°S of Moon
20 20:19 FULL MOON
21 22:24 Winter Solstice
23 19 Ursid Meteor Shower
27 14 Mars at Opposition
28 09:58 LAST QUARTER MOON
29 15:31 Moon at Apogee: 404509 km
29 21:56 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
New Zealand Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for New Zealand Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 12 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.
| 2086 Phases of the Moon | |||
| New Zealand Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 08 15:06 |
| Jan 15 23:24 | Jan 22 14:41 | Jan 30 05:49 | Feb 07 10:30 |
| Feb 14 10:27 | Feb 21 01:48 | Mar 01 00:21 | Mar 09 02:30 |
| Mar 15 20:04 | Mar 22 15:16 | Mar 30 18:17 | Apr 07 14:22 |
| Apr 14 04:53 | Apr 21 06:40 | Apr 29 10:35 | May 06 22:26 |
| May 13 13:41 | May 20 23:19 | May 29 00:35 p | Jun 05 03:51 |
| Jun 11 23:12 T | Jun 19 16:33 | Jun 27 12:04 | Jul 04 08:10 |
| Jul 11 10:02 | Jul 19 09:45 | Jul 26 21:24 | Aug 02 13:01 |
| Aug 09 22:38 | Aug 18 02:14 | Aug 25 05:25 | Aug 31 19:52 |
| Sep 08 13:17 | Sep 16 17:17 | Sep 23 13:15 | Sep 30 05:52 |
| Oct 08 05:56 | Oct 16 06:18 | Oct 22 21:56 | Oct 29 19:40 |
| Nov 06 23:53 | Nov 14 17:11 | Nov 21 08:12 p | Nov 28 13:17 |
| Dec 06 17:48 P | Dec 14 02:20 | Dec 20 20:19 | Dec 28 09:58 |
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
Asia & Oceania
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2081 to 2090 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 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| IST | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| BST | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| ICT | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| AWST | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| JST | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| ACT | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| AEST | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| NCT | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
| NZST | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | |||||
- 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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