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