2042Calendar of Astronomical Events
2042Phases of the Moon
Pacific Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Pacific Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 8 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2042 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Pacific Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 6 00:54 | Jan 14 03:24 |
| Jan 21 12:42 | Jan 28 04:48 | Feb 4 17:58 | Feb 12 23:16 |
| Feb 19 23:39 | Feb 26 15:29 | Mar 6 12:10 | Mar 14 15:21 |
| Mar 21 09:23 | Mar 28 04:00 | Apr 5 06:16 n | Apr 13 03:09 |
| Apr 19 18:19 T | Apr 26 18:19 | May 4 22:48 | May 12 11:18 |
| May 19 02:55 | May 26 10:18 | Jun 3 12:48 | Jun 10 17:00 |
| Jun 17 11:48 | Jun 25 03:29 | Jul 3 00:09 | Jul 9 21:38 |
| Jul 16 21:52 | Jul 24 21:01 | Aug 1 09:33 | Aug 8 02:35 |
| Aug 15 10:01 | Aug 23 13:55 | Aug 30 18:02 | Sep 6 09:09 |
| Sep 14 00:50 | Sep 22 05:20 | Sep 29 02:34 n | Oct 5 18:35 |
| Oct 13 18:03 A | Oct 21 18:53 | Oct 28 11:48 | Nov 4 07:51 |
| Nov 12 12:28 | Nov 20 06:31 | Nov 26 22:06 | Dec 4 01:19 |
| Dec 12 06:29 | Dec 19 16:28 | Dec 26 09:43 | - |
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 table above. 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.
Phases of the Moon Photo Gallery is an image collection showing the Moon's phases over a complete synodic month.
2042Calendar of Astronomical Events
Pacific Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Pacific Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 8 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2042Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Pacific Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date PST Event (h:m)Jan 01 03 Venus at Superior Conjunction 02 11:59 Pleiades 1.9°N of Moon 02 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.5°E 03 16 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 01 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU 06 00:54 FULL MOON 06 14:45 Pollux 1.8°N of Moon 07 15:02 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 09 06:14 Mars 0.7°S of Moon: Occn. 09 10:03 Regulus 4.3°S of Moon 11 20:04 Moon at Apogee: 404808 km 12 02 Mercury at Perihelion 13 23:55 Spica 3.1°S of Moon 14 03:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 14 19:00 Moon at Descending Node 15 04:19 Saturn 3.0°N of Moon 16 20:21 Jupiter 3.2°N of Moon 17 18:23 Antares 1.5°S of Moon 18 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 20 17 Venus at Aphelion 21 12:42 NEW MOON 23 14:31 Moon at Perigee: 362798 km 27 15:09 Moon at Ascending Node 28 04:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 17:34 Pleiades 1.7°N of Moon 30 05 Uranus at Opposition Feb 02 21:44 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 03 22:18 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 04 17:58 FULL MOON 04 21:36 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 05 17:34 Regulus 4.2°S of Moon 06 04 Mars at Opposition 08 13:14 Moon at Apogee: 405668 km 10 07:39 Spica 2.8°S of Moon 10 20:28 Moon at Descending Node 11 13:56 Saturn 3.5°N of Moon 11 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.9°W 12 23:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 11:53 Jupiter 3.8°N of Moon 14 03:40 Antares 1.3°S of Moon 18 02:17 Mercury 4.7°N of Moon 19 23:39 NEW MOON 20 21:54 Moon at Perigee: 358434 km 23 18:02 Moon at Ascending Node 25 02 Mercury at Aphelion 25 23:38 Pleiades 1.4°N of Moon 26 15:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON Mar 02 03:26 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 03 04:14 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 03 10:14 Mars 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 04 23:55 Regulus 4.2°S of Moon 06 12:10 FULL MOON 07 21:04 Moon at Apogee: 406261 km 09 14:15 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 09 23:08 Moon at Descending Node 10 19:37 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon 12 22:04 Jupiter 4.2°N of Moon 13 11:10 Antares 1.1°S of Moon 14 15:21 LAST QUARTER MOON 20 03:53 Vernal Equinox 21 09:23 NEW MOON 21 09:40 Moon at Perigee: 356943 km 21 15 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66607 AU 22 18:23 Venus 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 23 02:11 Moon at Ascending Node 23 11:11 Mars 1.4°N of Beehive 25 07:53 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon 28 04:00 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 05 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 29 09:18 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 30 09:59 Beehive 3.8°S of Moon 30 14:18 Mars 2.2°S of MoonApr 01 05:46 Regulus 4.3°S of Moon 03 21:51 Moon at Apogee: 406302 km 05 06:16 FULL MOON 05 06:29 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.868 05 20:20 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 06 04:20 Moon at Descending Node 06 22:26 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon 09 02:35 Jupiter 4.3°N of Moon 09 17:09 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 10 01 Mercury at Perihelion 13 03:09 LAST QUARTER MOON 18 20:27 Moon at Perigee: 358558 km 19 13:09 Moon at Ascending Node 19 18:16 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.061 19 18:19 NEW MOON 21 04:09 Mercury 0.4°N of Moon: Occn. 21 17:26 Venus 2.3°S of Moon 21 18:05 Pleiades 1.3°N of Moon 22 13 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 19:12 Venus 3.3°S of Pleiades 22 23 Saturn at Opposition 24 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.3°E 25 16:41 Pollux 1.4°N of Moon 26 16:53 Beehive 3.8°S of Moon 26 18:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 10:15 Mars 3.0°S of Moon 27 13 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 28 12:13 Regulus 4.3°S of Moon 30 16:10 Venus 6.3°N of AldebaranMay 01 07:06 Moon at Apogee: 405696 km 01 17:38 Mercury 1.7°S of Pleiades 03 02:44 Spica 2.6°S of Moon 03 10:54 Moon at Descending Node 04 00:35 Saturn 3.6°N of Moon 04 22:48 FULL MOON 05 03 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 03:21 Jupiter 4.1°N of Moon 06 22:54 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 12 11:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 01 Venus at Perihelion 16 00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 16 22:49 Moon at Ascending Node 17 01:30 Moon at Perigee: 362606 km 17 13 Jupiter at Opposition 19 02:55 NEW MOON 21 15:49 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 23 01:36 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 24 01:16 Beehive 3.7°S of Moon 25 16:40 Mars 3.2°S of Moon 25 19:51 Regulus 4.2°S of Moon 26 10:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 23:12 Moon at Apogee: 404716 km 29 23:11 Mars 0.9°N of Regulus 30 09:56 Spica 2.5°S of Moon 30 16:41 Moon at Descending Node 31 04:11 Saturn 3.4°N of MoonJun 02 03:46 Jupiter 3.8°N of Moon 03 05:36 Antares 1.0°S of Moon 03 12:48 FULL MOON 06 09:43 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 10 17:00 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.7°W 13 04:16 Moon at Ascending Node 13 14:24 Moon at Perigee: 367563 km 14 11:17 Mercury 7.0°S of Pleiades 15 13:38 Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon 17 11:48 NEW MOON 18 10:46 Venus 0.4°N of Beehive 19 10:59 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 20 10:23 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 20 15:13 Venus 3.0°S of Moon 20 21:16 Summer Solstice 21 01:53 Mercury 3.2°N of Aldebaran 22 04:24 Regulus 4.0°S of Moon 23 05:44 Mars 2.7°S of Moon 25 03:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 25 17:31 Moon at Apogee: 404088 km 26 17:53 Spica 2.3°S of Moon 26 20:23 Moon at Descending Node 27 10:27 Saturn 3.4°N of Moon 29 06:59 Jupiter 3.6°N of Moon 30 13:37 Antares 1.0°S of Moon | Date PST Event (h:m)Jul 03 00:09 FULL MOON 06 05 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01666 AU 07 01 Mercury at Perihelion 08 13:10 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 08 23:47 Moon at Perigee: 369567 km 09 21:38 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 05:41 Moon at Ascending Node 12 06 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 12 20:36 Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon 16 21:52 NEW MOON 19 12:56 Regulus 3.8°S of Moon 20 15:09 Venus 2.7°S of Moon 21 23:20 Mars 1.7°S of Moon 23 12:11 Moon at Apogee: 404290 km 23 22:34 Moon at Descending Node 24 02:04 Spica 2.0°S of Moon 24 19:22 Saturn 3.6°N of Moon 24 21:01 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 14:31 Jupiter 3.7°N of Moon 27 22:27 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 28 04 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 09:33 FULL MOON 01 19:55 Mercury 0.5°N of Regulus 04 10:09 Moon at Perigee: 365543 km 05 03 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 06 06:42 Moon at Ascending Node 08 02:35 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 02:10 Pleiades 0.9°N of Moon 10 01 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°E 12 20 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 02:27 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 15 10:01 NEW MOON 17 15:39 Mercury 4.1°S of Moon 19 09:07 Venus 3.2°S of Moon 19 20:04 Mars 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 20 00 Mercury at Aphelion 20 01:13 Moon at Descending Node 20 05:59 Moon at Apogee: 405193 km 20 09:47 Spica 1.8°S of Moon 21 06:14 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon 22 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°E 23 02:00 Jupiter 3.9°N of Moon 23 13:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 24 07:05 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 26 18 Venus 4.0°S of Mars 30 18:02 FULL MOON 31 07:12 Mars 1.9°N of SpicaSep 01 07:49 Moon at Perigee: 360666 km 02 08:35 Venus 1.7°S of Spica 02 10 Venus at Aphelion 02 11:23 Moon at Ascending Node 05 04 Neptune at Perihelion: 29.80642 AU 05 08:04 Pleiades 0.7°N of Moon 06 09:09 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 08:06 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 10 08:12 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 12 02:59 Regulus 3.7°S of Moon 14 00:50 NEW MOON 15 19 Mars 2.5°S of Saturn 16 05:51 Moon at Descending Node 16 16:39 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 16 20:21 Moon at Apogee: 406154 km 17 06:03 Venus 5.3°S of Moon 17 18:08 Saturn 4.1°N of Moon 17 18:34 Mars 1.5°N of Moon 18 10 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 19 16:13 Jupiter 4.2°N of Moon 20 14:35 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 22 05:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 13:11 Autumnal Equinox 29 02:34 FULL MOON 29 02:44 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.953 29 15:50 Moon at Perigee: 357428 km 29 20:41 Moon at Ascending Node Oct 02 15:59 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 03 00 Mercury at Perihelion 04 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W 05 18:35 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 13:47 Pollux 1.4°N of Moon 07 13:46 Beehive 3.6°S of Moon 09 08:41 Regulus 3.8°S of Moon 13 12:03 Moon at Descending Node 13 17:59 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.930 13 18:03 NEW MOON 14 02:02 Moon at Apogee: 406527 km 16 17:35 Mars 2.8°N of Moon 17 08:08 Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon 17 20:47 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 18 22 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 21 13 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 18:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 08:01 Moon at Ascending Node 28 03:27 Moon at Perigee: 356973 km 28 11:48 FULL MOON 30 02:15 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 30 06 Mars 1.2°S of Jupiter 31 21 Neptune at Opposition Nov 01 08 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 02 21:04 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 02 22 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 03 20:30 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 04 07:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 13 S Taurid Meteor Shower 05 14:52 Regulus 3.8°S of Moon 05 17:33 Mars 3.8°N of Antares 09 16:46 Venus 2.3°S of Moon 09 17:54 Moon at Descending Node 10 04:15 Moon at Apogee: 406245 km 10 05:01 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 12 12 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 12:28 NEW MOON 14 16:28 Mars 3.7°N of Moon 17 19 Leonid Meteor Shower 20 06:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 06 Mercury 2.1°S of Jupiter 23 17:03 Moon at Ascending Node 25 13:12 Venus 3.1°N of Spica 25 14:40 Moon at Perigee: 359651 km 26 13:30 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 26 22:06 FULL MOON 30 06:32 Pollux 1.6°N of MoonDec 01 05:17 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 02 22:37 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 04 01:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 13 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 06 19 Mercury 1.4°S of Mars 06 21:37 Moon at Descending Node 07 11:53 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 07 16:37 Moon at Apogee: 405435 km 08 08:10 Venus 4.1°N of Moon 09 08:36 Saturn 4.9°N of Moon 12 06:29 NEW MOON 13 23:30 Mercury 3.0°N of Moon 14 08 Geminid Meteor Shower 16 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.4°E 19 16:28 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 20:46 Moon at Ascending Node 21 10:04 Winter Solstice 22 16 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 08 Venus 0.9°N of Saturn 23 18 Venus at Perihelion 23 18:12 Moon at Perigee: 364795 km 23 23:29 Pleiades 0.5°N of Moon 26 09:43 FULL MOON 27 17 Mercury 1.8°N of Mars 27 17:00 Pollux 1.8°N of Moon 28 15:26 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 29 15 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°W 29 23 Mercury at Perihelion 30 07:56 Regulus 3.3°S of Moon | |||||||
Terms Used in Astronomical Events Calendar
- 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
- Beehive - bright star cluster in the constellation Cancer
Calendars of Astronomical Events: 2041 to 2050
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2041 to 2050 for seven time zones in the Americas.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a calendar of astronomical events for that year.
| Calendars of Astronomical Events - The Americas | |||||||||||||||
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| EST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| CST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| MST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| PST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| AKST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| HST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
- AST = Atlantic Standard Time (= GMT - 4 hours)
- EST = Eastern Standard Time (= GMT - 5 hours)
- CST = Central Standard Time (= GMT - 6 hours)
- MST = Mountain Standard Time (= GMT - 7 hours)
- PST = Pacific Standard Time (= GMT - 8 hours)
- AKST = Alaskan Standard Time (= GMT - 9 hours)
- HST = Hawaiian Standard Time (= GMT - 10 hours)
(where GMT = Greenwich Mean 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 Greenwich Mean Time to help in identification.
For other years and other time zones, visit: Calendars of Astronomical Events.