2046Calendar of Astronomical Events
2046Phases 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.
| 2046 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Pacific Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| Jan 6 20:24 | Jan 15 01:42 | Jan 22 04:51 p | Jan 28 20:11 |
| Feb 5 15:10 A | Feb 13 19:20 | Feb 20 15:44 | Feb 27 08:23 |
| Mar 7 10:15 | Mar 15 09:13 | Mar 22 01:27 | Mar 28 22:57 |
| Apr 6 03:52 | Apr 13 19:21 | Apr 20 10:21 | Apr 27 15:30 |
| May 5 18:56 | May 13 02:25 | May 19 19:15 | May 27 09:06 |
| Jun 4 07:22 | Jun 11 07:27 | Jun 18 05:10 | Jun 26 02:40 |
| Jul 3 17:39 | Jul 10 11:53 | Jul 17 16:55 p | Jul 25 19:19 |
| Aug 2 02:25 T | Aug 8 17:15 | Aug 16 06:50 | Aug 24 10:36 |
| Aug 31 10:25 | Sep 7 01:07 | Sep 14 22:39 | Sep 23 00:16 |
| Sep 29 18:25 | Oct 6 12:41 | Oct 14 15:41 | Oct 22 12:07 |
| Oct 29 03:17 | Nov 5 04:28 | Nov 13 09:04 | Nov 20 22:10 |
| Nov 27 13:50 | Dec 4 23:56 | Dec 13 01:55 | Dec 20 06:43 |
| Dec 27 02:39 | - | - | - |
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
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.
| 2046Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
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| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date PST Event (h:m)Jan 01 06 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 02 17 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98334 AU 03 17 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 21:46 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 06 20:24 NEW MOON 09 01:01 Moon at Ascending Node 11 08:45 Moon at Apogee: 405530 km 11 11:29 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 15 01:42 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 17 19:07 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 18 01:37 Mars 3.9°N of Spica 20 06 Venus at Perihelion 21 15:03 Pollux 5.0°N of Moon 22 04:51 FULL MOON 22 05:01 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.053 22 12:35 Beehive 1.0°N of Moon 22 22:23 Moon at Descending Node 23 11:02 Moon at Perigee: 359440 km 24 01:34 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon 27 19:12 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 28 20:11 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 03:20 Antares 0.2°N of MoonFeb 01 00:09 Saturn 5.7°N of Moon 05 07:45 Moon at Ascending Node 05 15:05 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.923 05 15:10 NEW MOON 07 03:36 Mercury 2.9°S of Moon 07 21:11 Moon at Apogee: 406331 km 08 06:55 Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon 13 19:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 03:48 Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon 14 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E 15 14 Mercury at Perihelion 17 20 Mercury 3.4°N of Jupiter 17 21 Uranus at Opposition 18 02:16 Pollux 5.0°N of Moon 18 23:59 Beehive 1.0°N of Moon 19 09:48 Moon at Descending Node 20 12:43 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon 20 15:44 FULL MOON 20 22:43 Moon at Perigee: 356803 km 24 03:33 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 27 08:23 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 09:23 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 28 09:25 Saturn 5.6°N of MoonMar 02 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 01:56 Venus 5.1°N of Moon 04 13:25 Moon at Ascending Node 06 22:49 Moon at Apogee: 406576 km 07 10:15 NEW MOON 12 17 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.7°W 13 10:23 Pleiades 0.9°S of Moon 15 09:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 10 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 17 11:55 Pollux 5.1°N of Moon 18 10:22 Beehive 1.1°N of Moon 18 19:00 Moon at Descending Node 19 23:56 Regulus 2.2°N of Moon 20 02:58 Vernal Equinox 21 10:59 Moon at Perigee: 357400 km 22 01:27 FULL MOON 23 14:03 Spica 3.0°N of Moon 26 17:24 Antares 0.0°S of Moon 27 18:11 Saturn 5.4°N of Moon 28 22:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.8°W 31 13 Mercury at Aphelion 31 16:32 Moon at Ascending Node Apr 02 00:14 Venus 1.0°S of Moon: Occn. 03 04:45 Moon at Apogee: 406176 km 06 03:52 NEW MOON 09 15:52 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon 13 19:01 Pollux 5.4°N of Moon 13 19:21 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 18:15 Beehive 1.4°N of Moon 14 22 Mercury 1.5°S of Jupiter 14 23:10 Moon at Descending Node 16 09:10 Regulus 2.4°N of Moon 17 08 Mars at Opposition 18 18:59 Moon at Perigee: 360864 km 20 00:51 Spica 3.0°N of Moon 20 10:21 FULL MOON 22 14 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 03:06 Antares 0.2°S of Moon 24 02:34 Saturn 5.2°N of Moon 27 15:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 18:08 Moon at Ascending Node 29 09:27 Mars 3.3°N of Spica 30 19:41 Moon at Apogee: 405206 kmMay 05 03 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 18:56 NEW MOON 06 19 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 07 20 Venus 0.5°S of Jupiter 10 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 11 00:34 Pollux 5.6°N of Moon 11 23:54 Moon at Descending Node 12 00:05 Beehive 1.6°N of Moon 12 15 Venus at Aphelion 13 02:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 15:55 Regulus 2.6°N of Moon 14 13 Mercury at Perihelion 16 15:31 Moon at Perigee: 365910 km 17 03:46 Mars 5.9°N of Moon 17 10:08 Spica 3.1°N of Moon 19 19:15 FULL MOON 20 13:01 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 21 09:51 Saturn 5.2°N of Moon 24 20:58 Moon at Ascending Node 27 09:06 LAST QUARTER MOON 28 13:55 Moon at Apogee: 404334 kmJun 04 07:22 NEW MOON 06 04:33 Mercury 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 07 06:28 Pollux 5.8°N of Moon 08 01:42 Moon at Descending Node 08 05:43 Beehive 1.8°N of Moon 09 21:25 Regulus 2.9°N of Moon 10 07 Saturn at Opposition 10 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.1°E 11 07:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 11 19:54 Moon at Perigee: 369663 km 13 11:17 Mars 5.0°N of Moon 13 17:09 Spica 3.2°N of Moon 16 21:39 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 17 15:23 Saturn 5.2°N of Moon 18 05:10 FULL MOON 20 20:15 Summer Solstice 21 02:29 Moon at Ascending Node 21 04:34 Venus 5.5°S of Pleiades 25 08:40 Moon at Apogee: 404192 km 26 02:40 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 05:49 Venus 4.1°N of Aldebaran 29 09:09 Mars 1.2°N of Spica 30 14:02 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon | Date PST Event (h:m)Jul 01 14:10 Venus 5.4°S of Moon 03 17:39 NEW MOON 04 22 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU 05 07:30 Moon at Descending Node 05 12:52 Beehive 1.9°N of Moon 07 03:40 Regulus 3.0°N of Moon 07 10:06 Moon at Perigee: 367114 km 07 10 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 10 11:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 22:41 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 11 07:10 Mars 4.5°N of Moon 14 04:24 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 14 19:25 Saturn 5.3°N of Moon 17 16:55 FULL MOON 17 17:05 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.246 18 09:49 Moon at Ascending Node 23 02:37 Moon at Apogee: 404859 km 25 19:19 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 23:04 Pleiades 0.7°S of Moon 28 05 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.8°W 31 14:00 Venus 1.4°S of Moon 31 15:16 Mercury 2.6°S of MoonAug 01 16:47 Moon at Descending Node 02 02:20 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.053 02 02:25 NEW MOON 02 13 Mercury 1.4°S of Venus 04 00:18 Mercury 7.2°S of Pollux 04 01:16 Moon at Perigee: 362170 km 04 10:39 Venus 6.4°S of Pollux 07 04:35 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 08 11:49 Mars 4.0°N of Moon 08 17:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 09:55 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 10 12 Mercury at Perihelion 10 23:25 Saturn 5.3°N of Moon 12 21 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 16:42 Moon at Ascending Node 15 16:53 Venus 0.9°S of Beehive 16 06:50 FULL MOON 19 17:53 Moon at Apogee: 405828 km 22 22 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 24 07:14 Pleiades 0.6°S of Moon 24 10:36 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 19 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 28 09:57 Pollux 5.9°N of Moon 29 02:44 Moon at Descending Node 29 08:32 Beehive 1.9°N of Moon 31 10:25 NEW MOON Sep 01 06:28 Moon at Perigee: 358321 km 01 23 Venus at Perihelion 03 12:26 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 05 22:55 Mars 3.1°N of Moon 06 15:47 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 07 01:07 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 05:25 Saturn 5.1°N of Moon 10 21:06 Moon at Ascending Node 14 22:39 FULL MOON 16 02:11 Moon at Apogee: 406400 km 20 13:54 Pleiades 0.5°S of Moon 21 15:56 Mars 2.9°N of Antares 22 12:22 Autumnal Equinox 23 00:16 LAST QUARTER MOON 23 12 Mercury at Aphelion 23 23:26 Mercury 0.6°N of Spica 24 19:20 Pollux 6.0°N of Moon 25 09:54 Moon at Descending Node 25 18:35 Beehive 2.1°N of Moon 27 09:03 Regulus 3.1°N of Moon 29 16:47 Moon at Perigee: 356939 km 29 18:25 NEW MOON Oct 01 13:45 Mercury 2.9°N of Moon 03 19 Mars 2.9°S of Saturn 03 23:32 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 04 15:01 Saturn 4.7°N of Moon 04 15:33 Mars 1.8°N of Moon 06 12:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON 06 21 Jupiter at Opposition 07 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.5°E 07 22:47 Moon at Ascending Node 13 03:22 Moon at Apogee: 406316 km 14 15:41 FULL MOON 15 08 Venus at Superior Conjunction 17 19:34 Pleiades 0.3°S of Moon 21 13 Orionid Meteor Shower 22 12:07 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 12:31 Moon at Descending Node 23 02:43 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 24 18:34 Regulus 3.3°N of Moon 28 03:41 Moon at Perigee: 358601 km 29 03:17 NEW MOON 30 23 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 31 09:26 Antares 0.8°S of MoonNov 01 04 Jupiter at Perihelion: 4.95342 AU 01 04:17 Saturn 4.3°N of Moon 02 13:31 Mars 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 04 00:16 Moon at Ascending Node 05 04:28 FIRST QUARTER MOON 05 14 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 11 Mercury at Perihelion 09 11:38 Moon at Apogee: 405682 km 09 20 Neptune at Opposition 12 13 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 09:04 FULL MOON 14 01:32 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 16 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.4°W 17 19 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 12:59 Moon at Descending Node 19 08:45 Beehive 2.6°N of Moon 20 22:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 01:38 Regulus 3.6°N of Moon 24 19:34 Spica 3.3°N of Moon 25 10:09 Moon at Perigee: 363050 km 27 13:50 NEW MOON Dec 01 04:55 Moon at Ascending Node 01 16:20 Mars 2.0°S of Moon 03 03 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38138 AU 03 09 Venus 1.7°S of Saturn 04 23:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 07 04:36 Moon at Apogee: 404833 km 11 08:52 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 13 01:55 FULL MOON 14 09 Geminid Meteor Shower 15 16:01 Moon at Descending Node 16 14:21 Beehive 2.8°N of Moon 17 03 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 18 07:09 Regulus 3.8°N of Moon 20 06:43 LAST QUARTER MOON 21 09:28 Winter Solstice 22 02:57 Spica 3.4°N of Moon 22 17 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 21:06 Moon at Perigee: 368619 km 23 07 Venus at Aphelion 25 05:38 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 26 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 27 02:39 NEW MOON 28 13:09 Moon at Ascending Node 28 14:13 Venus 1.5°S of Moon 30 22:26 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.
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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.