2050Calendar of Astronomical Events
2050Phases 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.
| 2050 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Pacific Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 7 17:39 | Jan 15 22:17 |
| Jan 22 20:57 | Jan 29 12:48 | Feb 6 12:47 | Feb 14 14:10 |
| Feb 21 07:03 | Feb 28 03:29 | Mar 8 07:23 | Mar 16 02:08 |
| Mar 22 16:41 | Mar 29 20:17 | Apr 7 00:12 | Apr 14 10:24 |
| Apr 21 02:25 | Apr 28 14:08 | May 6 14:26 t | May 13 16:04 |
| May 20 12:51 H | May 28 08:04 | Jun 5 01:51 | Jun 11 20:39 |
| Jun 19 00:22 | Jun 27 01:17 | Jul 4 10:51 | Jul 11 01:46 |
| Jul 18 13:17 | Jul 26 17:05 | Aug 2 18:20 | Aug 9 08:48 |
| Aug 17 03:47 | Aug 25 06:56 | Sep 1 01:30 | Sep 7 18:51 |
| Sep 15 19:49 | Sep 23 18:34 | Sep 30 09:31 | Oct 7 08:32 |
| Oct 15 12:48 | Oct 23 04:10 | Oct 29 19:16 t | Nov 6 01:57 |
| Nov 14 05:41 P | Nov 21 12:25 | Nov 28 07:09 | Dec 5 22:27 |
| Dec 13 21:18 | Dec 20 20:15 | Dec 27 21:15 | - |
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
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.
| 2050Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Pacific Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date PST Event (h:m)Jan 03 17 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 03 18:13 Pleiades 4.1°N of Moon 03 19:20 Moon at Descending Node 04 12 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU 04 16:07 Aldebaran 4.5°S of Moon 07 17:39 FULL MOON 08 21:37 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 10 18:36 Moon at Apogee: 406128 km 15 18:12 Spica 0.9°N of Moon 15 22:17 LAST QUARTER MOON 17 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.9°W 18 09:33 Moon at Ascending Node 18 10:57 Mars 0.6°N of Moon: Occn. 18 23 Jupiter at Opposition 19 04:03 Antares 5.6°S of Moon 19 09 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun 19 20 Venus at Aphelion 21 04:58 Mercury 2.5°S of Moon 22 20:57 NEW MOON 23 10:50 Moon at Perigee: 357295 km 29 12:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 20:35 Moon at Descending Node 31 21:40 Aldebaran 4.4°S of MoonFeb 04 15:18 Mars 4.9°N of Antares 04 20:30 Jupiter 5.0°N of Moon 06 02 Mercury at Aphelion 06 12:47 FULL MOON 06 22:32 Moon at Apogee: 406519 km 07 14 Mercury 1.1°S of Saturn 07 16:19 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 12 00:36 Spica 0.6°N of Moon 14 12:12 Moon at Ascending Node 14 14:10 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 12:48 Antares 5.8°S of Moon 16 03:04 Mars 1.6°S of Moon 19 09:53 Saturn 5.1°S of Moon 20 23:31 Moon at Perigee: 356855 km 21 07:03 NEW MOON 26 21:47 Moon at Descending Node 28 03:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 04:04 Aldebaran 4.1°S of MoonMar 03 21:30 Jupiter 5.1°N of Moon 04 23 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 06 00:19 Moon at Apogee: 406338 km 06 22:28 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 08 07:23 FULL MOON 08 21 Uranus at Opposition 11 06:10 Spica 0.4°N of Moon 13 12:52 Moon at Ascending Node 14 19:12 Antares 6.1°S of Moon 16 02:08 LAST QUARTER MOON 16 17:42 Mars 3.6°S of Moon 19 00:11 Saturn 5.4°S of Moon 20 02:20 Vernal Equinox 20 10:05 Jupiter 6.2°S of Pollux 21 09:48 Moon at Perigee: 359625 km 22 01 Mercury at Perihelion 22 16:41 NEW MOON 23 22:48 Mercury 1.4°S of Moon 24 06:14 Venus 3.1°S of Moon 26 02:48 Moon at Descending Node 26 13 Mercury 3.7°N of Venus 27 12:22 Aldebaran 3.9°S of Moon 29 20:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°E 31 03:52 Jupiter 5.3°N of MoonApr 02 13:09 Moon at Apogee: 405540 km 07 00:12 FULL MOON 07 12:19 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 09 15:47 Moon at Ascending Node 14 06:16 Mars 5.6°S of Moon 14 10:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 10:42 Saturn 5.7°S of Moon 17 23 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 18 11:04 Moon at Perigee: 364528 km 21 02:25 NEW MOON 22 06:45 Venus 3.3°S of Pleiades 22 11:31 Moon at Descending Node 22 15 Lyrid Meteor Shower 23 04:53 Venus 1.6°N of Moon 23 21:56 Aldebaran 3.7°S of Moon 27 16:03 Jupiter 5.5°N of Moon 28 14:08 FIRST QUARTER MOON 30 03:49 Venus 6.4°N of Aldebaran 30 07:11 Moon at Apogee: 404600 kmMay 04 19:48 Spica 0.4°N of Moon 05 04 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 14:26 FULL MOON 06 14:30 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.077 06 22:21 Moon at Ascending Node 12 04 Venus at Perihelion 12 17:42 Saturn 5.8°S of Moon 13 16:04 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 07:45 Moon at Perigee: 369166 km 15 10 Mars 1.6°S of Saturn 15 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.0°W 16 02 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 18 16:06 Mercury 5.1°S of Moon 19 20:46 Moon at Descending Node 20 12:41 Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.004 20 12:51 NEW MOON 23 09:50 Venus 5.7°N of Moon 25 08:27 Jupiter 5.7°N of Moon 28 02:12 Moon at Apogee: 404241 km 28 08:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON Jun 01 04:18 Spica 0.3°N of Moon 03 06:47 Moon at Ascending Node 04 15:01 Antares 6.3°S of Moon 05 01:51 FULL MOON 05 22:37 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 06 01:07 Mercury 5.2°S of Pleiades 08 22:54 Saturn 5.8°S of Moon 09 10:25 Moon at Perigee: 368158 km 11 20:39 LAST QUARTER MOON 15 14 Venus 1.5°N of Jupiter 16 03:27 Moon at Descending Node 18 00 Mercury at Perihelion 18 00:29 Venus 0.5°N of Beehive 19 00:22 NEW MOON 19 18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 20 19:33 Summer Solstice 22 02:59 Jupiter 5.8°N of Moon 22 04 Neptune at Perihelion: 29.81670 AU 24 20:29 Moon at Apogee: 404736 km 27 01:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON 28 12:52 Spica 0.2°N of Moon 29 16:25 Jupiter 1.0°S of Beehive 30 14:15 Moon at Ascending Node | Date PST Event (h:m)Jul 04 10:51 FULL MOON 05 17 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01663 AU 06 04:17 Saturn 5.7°S of Moon 06 18:25 Moon at Perigee: 363256 km 08 04:50 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 09 00:31 Mercury 0.0°N of Beehive 10 10 Mercury 0.9°N of Jupiter 11 01:46 LAST QUARTER MOON 13 06:19 Moon at Descending Node 14 21:16 Aldebaran 3.6°S of Moon 18 13:17 NEW MOON 21 01:13 Mercury 5.4°N of Moon 21 11:36 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 22 12:27 Moon at Apogee: 405717 km 22 19:26 Venus 5.3°N of Moon 25 02:44 Mercury 1.0°S of Regulus 25 20:34 Spica 0.0°S of Moon 26 17:05 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 18:39 Moon at Ascending Node 28 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E 28 03 Saturn at Opposition 28 06 Delta-Aquarid Meteor ShowerAug 01 00 Mercury at Aphelion 02 10:55 Saturn 5.6°S of Moon 02 18:20 FULL MOON 03 21:06 Moon at Perigee: 358975 km 07 11 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 07 15 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°E 09 07:07 Moon at Descending Node 09 08:48 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 02:39 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon 12 22 Perseid Meteor Shower 13 23 Mars at Opposition 16 16 Uranus at Perihelion: 18.28307 AU 17 03:47 NEW MOON 18 23:00 Moon at Apogee: 406488 km 21 06:50 Venus 0.0°N of Moon: Occn. 22 03:01 Spica 0.3°S of Moon 23 20:22 Moon at Ascending Node 24 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 25 06:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 29 18:35 Saturn 5.7°S of MoonSep 01 01:30 FULL MOON 01 06:03 Moon at Perigee: 356897 km 01 12 Venus at Aphelion 03 04:12 Venus 1.9°S of Spica 05 09:45 Moon at Descending Node 05 14 Mercury 5.5°S of Jupiter 06 23 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38111 AU 07 08:52 Aldebaran 3.2°S of Moon 07 18:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 00:36 Mercury 0.3°S of Regulus 10 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.0°W 13 13 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 13 23:55 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 14 00 Mercury at Perihelion 15 01:55 Moon at Apogee: 406591 km 15 19:49 NEW MOON 18 08:45 Spica 0.4°S of Moon 18 18:28 Venus 5.6°S of Moon 19 22:06 Moon at Ascending Node 22 11:29 Autumnal Equinox 23 18:34 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 02:28 Saturn 5.9°S of Moon 29 16:42 Moon at Perigee: 357710 km 30 09:31 FULL MOON Oct 02 16:50 Moon at Descending Node 04 17:05 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 06 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 07 08:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 11 06:13 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 12 07:51 Moon at Apogee: 406050 km 15 12:48 NEW MOON 16 12 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 16 18:49 Jupiter 0.3°N of Regulus 17 02:24 Moon at Ascending Node 21 14 Orionid Meteor Shower 23 04:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 10:04 Saturn 6.0°S of Moon 28 01:08 Moon at Perigee: 361380 km 29 19:16 FULL MOON 29 19:20 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.054 30 03:12 Moon at Descending Node Nov 01 03:07 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 05 14 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 01:57 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 13:21 Regulus 5.8°N of Moon 08 22:44 Moon at Apogee: 405118 km 11 07:31 Venus 0.9°N of Moon: Occn. 11 19:23 Mercury 2.1°N of Antares 11 21:48 Spica 0.4°S of Moon 12 14 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 09:20 Moon at Ascending Node 14 05:29 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.887 14 05:41 NEW MOON 15 23:38 Mercury 5.5°S of Moon 17 20 Leonid Meteor Shower 18 18 Neptune at Opposition 19 18:03 Saturn 6.0°S of Moon 21 12:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°E 22 12:29 Mars 6.2°S of Moon 24 21:46 Moon at Perigee: 366851 km 26 13:02 Moon at Descending Node 27 07:48 Venus 3.3°N of Spica 28 07:10 FULL MOON 28 13:26 Aldebaran 3.0°S of MoonDec 04 21:22 Regulus 5.7°N of Moon 05 22:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 18:39 Moon at Apogee: 404411 km 09 05:54 Spica 0.5°S of Moon 10 02:27 Venus 3.4°N of Moon 10 16:42 Moon at Ascending Node 10 23 Mercury at Perihelion 11 05 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 13 21:18 NEW MOON 14 09 Geminid Meteor Shower 17 04:04 Saturn 5.9°S of Moon 20 08:49 Moon at Perigee: 370280 km 20 20:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 21:31 Mars 4.0°S of Moon 21 08:39 Winter Solstice 22 18 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 21 Venus at Perihelion 23 18:37 Moon at Descending Node 25 22:06 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon 27 05 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°W 27 21:15 FULL MOON 30 18 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.