2050Calendar of Astronomical Events
2050Phases of the Moon
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2050 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Central Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 7 19:39 | Jan 16 00:17 |
| Jan 22 22:57 | Jan 29 14:48 | Feb 6 14:47 | Feb 14 16:10 |
| Feb 21 09:03 | Feb 28 05:29 | Mar 8 09:23 | Mar 16 04:08 |
| Mar 22 18:41 | Mar 29 22:17 | Apr 7 02:12 | Apr 14 12:24 |
| Apr 21 04:25 | Apr 28 16:08 | May 6 16:26 t | May 13 18:04 |
| May 20 14:51 H | May 28 10:04 | Jun 5 03:51 | Jun 11 22:39 |
| Jun 19 02:22 | Jun 27 03:17 | Jul 4 12:51 | Jul 11 03:46 |
| Jul 18 15:17 | Jul 26 19:05 | Aug 2 20:20 | Aug 9 10:48 |
| Aug 17 05:47 | Aug 25 08:56 | Sep 1 03:30 | Sep 7 20:51 |
| Sep 15 21:49 | Sep 23 20:34 | Sep 30 11:31 | Oct 7 10:32 |
| Oct 15 14:48 | Oct 23 06:10 | Oct 29 21:16 t | Nov 6 03:57 |
| Nov 14 07:41 P | Nov 21 14:25 | Nov 28 09:09 | Dec 6 00:27 |
| Dec 13 23:18 | Dec 20 22:15 | Dec 27 23:15 | - |
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.
2050Calendar of Astronomical Events
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2050Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Central Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date CST Event (h:m)Jan 03 19 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 20:13 Pleiades 4.1°N of Moon 03 21:20 Moon at Descending Node 04 14 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 04 18:07 Aldebaran 4.5°S of Moon 07 19:39 FULL MOON 08 23:37 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 10 20:36 Moon at Apogee: 406128 km 15 20:12 Spica 0.9°N of Moon 16 00:17 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 09 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.9°W 18 11:33 Moon at Ascending Node 18 12:57 Mars 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 19 01 Jupiter at Opposition 19 06:03 Antares 5.6°S of Moon 19 11 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 19 22 Venus at Aphelion 21 06:58 Mercury 2.5°S of Moon 22 22:57 NEW MOON 23 12:50 Moon at Perigee: 357295 km 29 14:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 22:35 Moon at Descending Node 31 23:40 Aldebaran 4.4°S of MoonFeb 04 17:18 Mars 4.9°N of Antares 04 22:30 Jupiter 5.0°N of Moon 06 04 Mercury at Aphelion 06 14:47 FULL MOON 07 00:32 Moon at Apogee: 406519 km 07 16 Mercury 1.1°S of Saturn 07 18:19 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 12 02:36 Spica 0.6°N of Moon 14 14:12 Moon at Ascending Node 14 16:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 14:48 Antares 5.8°S of Moon 16 05:04 Mars 1.6°S of Moon 19 11:53 Saturn 5.1°S of Moon 21 01:31 Moon at Perigee: 356855 km 21 09:03 NEW MOON 26 23:47 Moon at Descending Node 28 05:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 06:04 Aldebaran 4.1°S of MoonMar 03 23:30 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 05 01 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 06 02:19 Moon at Apogee: 406338 km 07 00:28 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 08 09:23 FULL MOON 08 23 Uranus at Opposition 11 08:10 Spica 0.4°N of Moon 13 14:52 Moon at Ascending Node 14 21:12 Antares 6.1°S of Moon 16 04:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 19:42 Mars 3.6°S of Moon 19 02:11 Saturn 5.4°S of Moon 20 04:20 Vernal Equinox 20 12:05 Jupiter 6.2°S of Pollux 21 11:48 Moon at Perigee: 359625 km 22 03 Mercury at Perihelion 22 18:41 NEW MOON 24 00:48 Mercury 1.4°S of Moon 24 08:14 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 26 04:48 Moon at Descending Node 26 15 Mercury 3.7°N of Venus 27 14:22 Aldebaran 3.9°S of Moon 29 22:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 12 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°E 31 05:52 Jupiter 5.3°N of MoonApr 02 15:09 Moon at Apogee: 405540 km 07 02:12 FULL MOON 07 14:19 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 09 17:47 Moon at Ascending Node 14 08:16 Mars 5.6°S of Moon 14 12:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 12:42 Saturn 5.7°S of Moon 18 01 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 18 13:04 Moon at Perigee: 364528 km 21 04:25 NEW MOON 22 08:45 Venus 3.3°S of Pleiades 22 13:31 Moon at Descending Node 22 17 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 06:53 Venus 1.6°N of Moon 23 23:56 Aldebaran 3.7°S of Moon 27 18:03 Jupiter 5.5°N of Moon 28 16:08 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 05:49 Venus 6.4°N of Aldebaran 30 09:11 Moon at Apogee: 404600 kmMay 04 21:48 Spica 0.4°N of Moon 05 06 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 16:26 FULL MOON 06 16:30 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.077 07 00:21 Moon at Ascending Node 12 06 Venus at Perihelion 12 19:42 Saturn 5.8°S of Moon 13 18:04 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 09:45 Moon at Perigee: 369166 km 15 12 Mars 1.6°S of Saturn 15 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.0°W 16 04 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 18 18:06 Mercury 5.1°S of Moon 19 22:46 Moon at Descending Node 20 14:41 Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.004 20 14:51 NEW MOON 23 11:50 Venus 5.7°N of Moon 25 10:27 Jupiter 5.7°N of Moon 28 04:12 Moon at Apogee: 404241 km 28 10:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON Jun 01 06:18 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 03 08:47 Moon at Ascending Node 04 17:01 Antares 6.3°S of Moon 05 03:51 FULL MOON 06 00:37 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 06 03:07 Mercury 5.2°S of Pleiades 09 00:54 Saturn 5.8°S of Moon 09 12:25 Moon at Perigee: 368158 km 11 22:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 16 Venus 1.5°N of Jupiter 16 05:27 Moon at Descending Node 18 02 Mercury at Perihelion 18 02:29 Venus 0.5°N of Beehive 19 02:22 NEW MOON 19 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 20 21:33 Summer Solstice 22 04:59 Jupiter 5.8°N of Moon 22 06 Neptune at Perihelion: 29.81670 AU 24 22:29 Moon at Apogee: 404736 km 27 03:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 14:52 Spica 0.2°N of Moon 29 18:25 Jupiter 1.0°S of Beehive 30 16:15 Moon at Ascending Node | Date CST Event (h:m)Jul 04 12:51 FULL MOON 05 19 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01663 AU 06 06:17 Saturn 5.7°S of Moon 06 20:25 Moon at Perigee: 363256 km 08 06:50 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 09 02:31 Mercury 0.0°N of Beehive 10 12 Mercury 0.9°N of Jupiter 11 03:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 08:19 Moon at Descending Node 14 23:16 Aldebaran 3.6°S of Moon 18 15:17 NEW MOON 21 03:13 Mercury 5.4°N of Moon 21 13:36 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 22 14:27 Moon at Apogee: 405717 km 22 21:26 Venus 5.3°N of Moon 25 04:44 Mercury 1.0°S of Regulus 25 22:34 Spica 0.0°S of Moon 26 19:05 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 20:39 Moon at Ascending Node 28 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 28 05 Saturn at Opposition 28 08 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 02 Mercury at Aphelion 02 12:55 Saturn 5.6°S of Moon 02 20:20 FULL MOON 03 23:06 Moon at Perigee: 358975 km 07 13 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 07 17 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°E 09 09:07 Moon at Descending Node 09 10:48 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 04:39 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon 13 00 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 01 Mars at Opposition 16 18 Uranus at Perihelion: 18.28307 AU 17 05:47 NEW MOON 19 01:00 Moon at Apogee: 406488 km 21 08:50 Venus 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 22 05:01 Spica 0.3°S of Moon 23 22:22 Moon at Ascending Node 24 20 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 25 08:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 20:35 Saturn 5.7°S of MoonSep 01 03:30 FULL MOON 01 08:03 Moon at Perigee: 356897 km 01 14 Venus at Aphelion 03 06:12 Venus 1.9°S of Spica 05 11:45 Moon at Descending Node 05 16 Mercury 5.5°S of Jupiter 07 01 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38111 AU 07 10:52 Aldebaran 3.2°S of Moon 07 20:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 02:36 Mercury 0.3°S of Regulus 10 13 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.0°W 13 15 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 14 01:55 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 14 02 Mercury at Perihelion 15 03:55 Moon at Apogee: 406591 km 15 21:49 NEW MOON 18 10:45 Spica 0.4°S of Moon 18 20:28 Venus 5.6°S of Moon 20 00:06 Moon at Ascending Node 22 13:29 Autumnal Equinox 23 20:34 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 04:28 Saturn 5.9°S of Moon 29 18:42 Moon at Perigee: 357710 km 30 11:31 FULL MOON Oct 02 18:50 Moon at Descending Node 04 19:05 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 06 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 07 10:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 08:13 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 12 09:51 Moon at Apogee: 406050 km 15 14:48 NEW MOON 16 14 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 16 20:49 Jupiter 0.3°N of Regulus 17 04:24 Moon at Ascending Node 21 16 Orionid Meteor Shower 23 06:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 12:04 Saturn 6.0°S of Moon 28 03:08 Moon at Perigee: 361380 km 29 21:16 FULL MOON 29 21:20 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.054 30 05:12 Moon at Descending Node Nov 01 05:07 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 05 16 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 03:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 15:21 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 09 00:44 Moon at Apogee: 405118 km 11 09:31 Venus 0.9°N of Moon: Occn. 11 21:23 Mercury 2.1°N of Antares 11 23:48 Spica 0.4°S of Moon 12 16 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 11:20 Moon at Ascending Node 14 07:29 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.887 14 07:41 NEW MOON 16 01:38 Mercury 5.5°S of Moon 17 22 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 20 Neptune at Opposition 19 20:03 Saturn 6.0°S of Moon 21 14:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON 22 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°E 22 14:29 Mars 6.2°S of Moon 24 23:46 Moon at Perigee: 366851 km 26 15:02 Moon at Descending Node 27 09:48 Venus 3.3°N of Spica 28 09:10 FULL MOON 28 15:26 Aldebaran 3.0°S of MoonDec 04 23:22 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 06 00:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 20:39 Moon at Apogee: 404411 km 09 07:54 Spica 0.5°S of Moon 10 04:27 Venus 3.4°N of Moon 10 18:42 Moon at Ascending Node 11 01 Mercury at Perihelion 11 07 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 13 23:18 NEW MOON 14 11 Geminid Meteor Shower 17 06:04 Saturn 5.9°S of Moon 20 10:49 Moon at Perigee: 370280 km 20 22:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 23:31 Mars 4.0°S of Moon 21 10:39 Winter Solstice 22 20 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 23 Venus at Perihelion 23 20:37 Moon at Descending Node 26 00:06 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 27 07 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°W 27 23:15 FULL MOON 30 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°W | |||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
| AST | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| 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.