2046Calendar of Astronomical Events
2046Phases of the Moon
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2046 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Atlantic Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 7 00:24 | Jan 15 05:42 | Jan 22 08:51 p | Jan 29 00:11 |
| Feb 5 19:10 A | Feb 13 23:20 | Feb 20 19:44 | Feb 27 12:23 |
| Mar 7 14:15 | Mar 15 13:13 | Mar 22 05:27 | Mar 29 02:57 |
| Apr 6 07:52 | Apr 13 23:21 | Apr 20 14:21 | Apr 27 19:30 |
| May 5 22:56 | May 13 06:25 | May 19 23:15 | May 27 13:06 |
| Jun 4 11:22 | Jun 11 11:27 | Jun 18 09:10 | Jun 26 06:40 |
| Jul 3 21:39 | Jul 10 15:53 | Jul 17 20:55 p | Jul 25 23:19 |
| Aug 2 06:25 T | Aug 8 21:15 | Aug 16 10:50 | Aug 24 14:36 |
| Aug 31 14:25 | Sep 7 05:07 | Sep 15 02:39 | Sep 23 04:16 |
| Sep 29 22:25 | Oct 6 16:41 | Oct 14 19:41 | Oct 22 16:07 |
| Oct 29 07:17 | Nov 5 08:28 | Nov 13 13:04 | Nov 21 02:10 |
| Nov 27 17:50 | Dec 5 03:56 | Dec 13 05:55 | Dec 20 10:43 |
| Dec 27 06:39 | - | - | - |
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.
2046Calendar of Astronomical Events
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2046Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Atlantic Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AST Event (h:m)Jan 01 10 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 02 21 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98334 AU 03 21 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 01:46 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 07 00:24 NEW MOON 09 05:01 Moon at Ascending Node 11 12:45 Moon at Apogee: 405530 km 11 15:29 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 15 05:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 04 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 17 23:07 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 18 05:37 Mars 3.9°N of Spica 20 10 Venus at Perihelion 21 19:03 Pollux 5.0°N of Moon 22 08:51 FULL MOON 22 09:01 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.053 22 16:35 Beehive 1.0°N of Moon 23 02:23 Moon at Descending Node 23 15:02 Moon at Perigee: 359440 km 24 05:34 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon 27 23:12 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 29 00:11 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 07:20 Antares 0.2°N of MoonFeb 01 04:09 Saturn 5.7°N of Moon 05 11:45 Moon at Ascending Node 05 19:05 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.923 05 19:10 NEW MOON 07 07:36 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon 08 01:11 Moon at Apogee: 406331 km 08 10:55 Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon 13 23:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 07:48 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 15 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E 15 18 Mercury at Perihelion 18 00 Mercury 3.4°N of Jupiter 18 01 Uranus at Opposition 18 06:16 Pollux 5.0°N of Moon 19 03:59 Beehive 1.0°N of Moon 19 13:48 Moon at Descending Node 20 16:43 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon 20 19:44 FULL MOON 21 02:43 Moon at Perigee: 356803 km 24 07:33 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 27 12:23 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 13:23 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 28 13:25 Saturn 5.6°N of MoonMar 02 16 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 05:56 Venus 5.1°N of Moon 04 17:25 Moon at Ascending Node 07 02:49 Moon at Apogee: 406576 km 07 14:15 NEW MOON 12 21 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.7°W 13 14:23 Pleiades 0.9°S of Moon 15 13:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 14 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 17 15:55 Pollux 5.1°N of Moon 18 14:22 Beehive 1.1°N of Moon 18 23:00 Moon at Descending Node 20 03:56 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon 20 06:58 Vernal Equinox 21 14:59 Moon at Perigee: 357400 km 22 05:27 FULL MOON 23 18:03 Spica 3.0°N of Moon 26 21:24 Antares 0.0°S of Moon 27 22:11 Saturn 5.4°N of Moon 29 02:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.8°W 31 17 Mercury at Aphelion 31 20:32 Moon at Ascending Node Apr 02 04:14 Venus 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 03 08:45 Moon at Apogee: 406176 km 06 07:52 NEW MOON 09 19:52 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon 13 23:01 Pollux 5.4°N of Moon 13 23:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 22:15 Beehive 1.4°N of Moon 15 02 Mercury 1.5°S of Jupiter 15 03:10 Moon at Descending Node 16 13:10 Regulus 2.4°N of Moon 17 12 Mars at Opposition 18 22:59 Moon at Perigee: 360864 km 20 04:51 Spica 3.0°N of Moon 20 14:21 FULL MOON 22 18 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 07:06 Antares 0.2°S of Moon 24 06:34 Saturn 5.2°N of Moon 27 19:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 22:08 Moon at Ascending Node 29 13:27 Mars 3.3°N of Spica 30 23:41 Moon at Apogee: 405206 kmMay 05 07 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 22:56 NEW MOON 06 23 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 08 00 Venus 0.5°S of Jupiter 10 04 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 11 04:34 Pollux 5.6°N of Moon 12 03:54 Moon at Descending Node 12 04:05 Beehive 1.6°N of Moon 12 19 Venus at Aphelion 13 06:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 19:55 Regulus 2.6°N of Moon 14 17 Mercury at Perihelion 16 19:31 Moon at Perigee: 365910 km 17 07:46 Mars 5.9°N of Moon 17 14:08 Spica 3.1°N of Moon 19 23:15 FULL MOON 20 17:01 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 21 13:51 Saturn 5.2°N of Moon 25 00:58 Moon at Ascending Node 27 13:06 LAST QUARTER MOON 28 17:55 Moon at Apogee: 404334 kmJun 04 11:22 NEW MOON 06 08:33 Mercury 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 07 10:28 Pollux 5.8°N of Moon 08 05:42 Moon at Descending Node 08 09:43 Beehive 1.8°N of Moon 10 01:25 Regulus 2.9°N of Moon 10 11 Saturn at Opposition 10 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.1°E 11 11:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 11 23:54 Moon at Perigee: 369663 km 13 15:17 Mars 5.0°N of Moon 13 21:09 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 17 01:39 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 17 19:23 Saturn 5.2°N of Moon 18 09:10 FULL MOON 21 00:15 Summer Solstice 21 06:29 Moon at Ascending Node 21 08:34 Venus 5.5°S of Pleiades 25 12:40 Moon at Apogee: 404192 km 26 06:40 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 09:49 Venus 4.1°N of Aldebaran 29 13:09 Mars 1.2°N of Spica 30 18:02 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon | Date AST Event (h:m)Jul 01 18:10 Venus 5.4°S of Moon 03 21:39 NEW MOON 05 02 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU 05 11:30 Moon at Descending Node 05 16:52 Beehive 1.9°N of Moon 07 07:40 Regulus 3.0°N of Moon 07 14:06 Moon at Perigee: 367114 km 07 14 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 10 15:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 11 02:41 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 11 11:10 Mars 4.5°N of Moon 14 08:24 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 14 23:25 Saturn 5.3°N of Moon 17 20:55 FULL MOON 17 21:05 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.246 18 13:49 Moon at Ascending Node 23 06:37 Moon at Apogee: 404859 km 25 23:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 28 03:04 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon 28 09 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.8°W 31 18:00 Venus 1.4°S of Moon 31 19:16 Mercury 2.6°S of MoonAug 01 20:47 Moon at Descending Node 02 06:20 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.053 02 06:25 NEW MOON 02 17 Mercury 1.4°S of Venus 04 04:18 Mercury 7.2°S of Pollux 04 05:16 Moon at Perigee: 362170 km 04 14:39 Venus 6.4°S of Pollux 07 08:35 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 08 15:49 Mars 4.0°N of Moon 08 21:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 13:55 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 10 16 Mercury at Perihelion 11 03:25 Saturn 5.3°N of Moon 13 01 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 20:42 Moon at Ascending Node 15 20:53 Venus 0.9°S of Beehive 16 10:50 FULL MOON 19 21:53 Moon at Apogee: 405828 km 23 02 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 24 11:14 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 24 14:36 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 23 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 28 13:57 Pollux 5.9°N of Moon 29 06:44 Moon at Descending Node 29 12:32 Beehive 1.9°N of Moon 31 14:25 NEW MOON Sep 01 10:28 Moon at Perigee: 358321 km 02 03 Venus at Perihelion 03 16:26 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 06 02:55 Mars 3.1°N of Moon 06 19:47 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 07 05:07 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 09:25 Saturn 5.1°N of Moon 11 01:06 Moon at Ascending Node 15 02:39 FULL MOON 16 06:11 Moon at Apogee: 406400 km 20 17:54 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 21 19:56 Mars 2.9°N of Antares 22 16:22 Autumnal Equinox 23 04:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 16 Mercury at Aphelion 24 03:26 Mercury 0.6°N of Spica 24 23:20 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 25 13:54 Moon at Descending Node 25 22:35 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 27 13:03 Regulus 3.1°N of Moon 29 20:47 Moon at Perigee: 356939 km 29 22:25 NEW MOON Oct 01 17:45 Mercury 2.9°N of Moon 03 23 Mars 2.9°S of Saturn 04 03:32 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 04 19:01 Saturn 4.7°N of Moon 04 19:33 Mars 1.8°N of Moon 06 16:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 01 Jupiter at Opposition 07 12 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.5°E 08 02:47 Moon at Ascending Node 13 07:22 Moon at Apogee: 406316 km 14 19:41 FULL MOON 15 12 Venus at Superior Conjunction 17 23:34 Pleiades 0.3°S of Moon 21 17 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 16:07 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 16:31 Moon at Descending Node 23 06:43 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 24 22:34 Regulus 3.3°N of Moon 28 07:41 Moon at Perigee: 358601 km 29 07:17 NEW MOON 31 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 31 13:26 Antares 0.8°S of MoonNov 01 08 Jupiter at Perihelion: 4.95342 AU 01 08:17 Saturn 4.3°N of Moon 02 17:31 Mars 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 04 04:16 Moon at Ascending Node 05 08:28 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 18 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 15 Mercury at Perihelion 09 15:38 Moon at Apogee: 405682 km 10 00 Neptune at Opposition 12 17 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 13:04 FULL MOON 14 05:32 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 16 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.4°W 17 23 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 16:59 Moon at Descending Node 19 12:45 Beehive 2.6°N of Moon 21 02:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 05:38 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon 24 23:34 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 25 14:09 Moon at Perigee: 363050 km 27 17:50 NEW MOON Dec 01 08:55 Moon at Ascending Node 01 20:20 Mars 2.0°S of Moon 03 07 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38138 AU 03 13 Venus 1.7°S of Saturn 05 03:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 08:36 Moon at Apogee: 404833 km 11 12:52 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 13 05:55 FULL MOON 14 13 Geminid Meteor Shower 15 20:01 Moon at Descending Node 16 18:21 Beehive 2.8°N of Moon 17 07 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 18 11:09 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon 20 10:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 13:28 Winter Solstice 22 06:57 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 22 21 Ursid Meteor Shower 23 01:06 Moon at Perigee: 368619 km 23 11 Venus at Aphelion 25 09:38 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 26 22 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 27 06:39 NEW MOON 28 17:09 Moon at Ascending Node 28 18:13 Venus 1.5°S of Moon 31 02:26 Mars 4.0°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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| 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.