2050 Sky Event Almanac
Hawaiian Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Hawaiian Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 10 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the almanac.
| 2050 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
| Hawaiian Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date HST Event
(h:m)
Jan 03 15 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
03 16:13 Pleiades 4.1°N of Moon
03 17:20 Moon at Descending Node
04 10 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98331 AU
04 14:07 Aldebaran 4.5°S of Moon
07 15:39 FULL MOON
10 16:36 Moon at Apogee: 406128 km
15 16:12 Spica 0.9°N of Moon
15 20:17 LAST QUARTER MOON
17 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.9°W
18 07:33 Moon at Ascending Node
18 08:57 Mars 0.6°N of Moon: Occn.
18 21 Jupiter at Opposition
19 07 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
19 18 Venus at Aphelion
21 02:58 Mercury 2.5°S of Moon
22 18:57 NEW MOON
23 08:50 Moon at Perigee: 357295 km
29 10:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON
30 18:35 Moon at Descending Node
30 21:43 Pleiades 4.3°N of Moon
31 19:40 Aldebaran 4.4°S of Moon
Feb 06 00 Mercury at Aphelion
06 10:47 FULL MOON
06 20:32 Moon at Apogee: 406519 km
07 12 Mercury 1.1°S of Saturn
11 22:36 Spica 0.6°N of Moon
14 10:12 Moon at Ascending Node
14 12:10 LAST QUARTER MOON
16 01:04 Mars 1.6°S of Moon
19 07:53 Saturn 5.1°S of Moon
20 21:31 Moon at Perigee: 356855 km
21 05:03 NEW MOON
26 19:47 Moon at Descending Node
27 04:32 Pleiades 4.6°N of Moon
28 01:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON
28 02:04 Aldebaran 4.1°S of Moon
Mar 04 21 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
05 22:19 Moon at Apogee: 406338 km
08 05:23 FULL MOON
08 19 Uranus at Opposition
11 04:10 Spica 0.4°N of Moon
13 10:52 Moon at Ascending Node
16 00:08 LAST QUARTER MOON
16 15:42 Mars 3.6°S of Moon
20 00:20 Vernal Equinox
21 07:48 Moon at Perigee: 359625 km
21 23 Mercury at Perihelion
22 14:41 NEW MOON
23 20:48 Mercury 1.4°S of Moon
24 04:14 Venus 3.1°S of Moon
26 00:48 Moon at Descending Node
26 11 Mercury 3.7°N of Venus
27 10:22 Aldebaran 3.9°S of Moon
29 18:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON
30 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.9°E
Apr 02 11:09 Moon at Apogee: 405540 km
06 22:12 FULL MOON
07 10:19 Spica 0.3°N of Moon
09 13:47 Moon at Ascending Node
14 08:24 LAST QUARTER MOON
17 21 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
18 09:04 Moon at Perigee: 364528 km
21 00:25 NEW MOON
22 04:45 Venus 3.3°S of Pleiades
22 09:31 Moon at Descending Node
22 13 Lyrid Meteor Shower
23 02:53 Venus 1.6°N of Moon
23 19:56 Aldebaran 3.7°S of Moon
28 12:08 FIRST QUARTER MOON
30 05:11 Moon at Apogee: 404600 km
May 04 17:48 Spica 0.4°N of Moon
05 02 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
06 12:26 FULL MOON
06 12:30 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.077
06 20:21 Moon at Ascending Node
12 02 Venus at Perihelion
13 14:04 LAST QUARTER MOON
15 05:45 Moon at Perigee: 369166 km
15 08 Mars 1.6°S of Saturn
15 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.0°W
16 00 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
19 18:46 Moon at Descending Node
20 10:41 Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.004
20 10:51 NEW MOON
28 00:12 Moon at Apogee: 404241 km
28 06:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON
Jun 01 02:18 Spica 0.3°N of Moon
03 04:47 Moon at Ascending Node
04 23:51 FULL MOON
05 20:37 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux
09 08:25 Moon at Perigee: 368158 km
11 18:39 LAST QUARTER MOON
15 12 Venus 1.5°N of Jupiter
16 01:27 Moon at Descending Node
17 13:07 Aldebaran 3.7°S of Moon
17 22 Mercury at Perihelion
18 22:22 NEW MOON
19 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
20 17:33 Summer Solstice
22 02 Neptune at Perihelion: 29.81670 AU
24 18:29 Moon at Apogee: 404736 km
26 23:17 FIRST QUARTER MOON
28 10:52 Spica 0.2°N of Moon
30 12:15 Moon at Ascending Node
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Date HST Event
(h:m)
Jul 04 08:51 FULL MOON
05 15 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01663 AU
06 16:25 Moon at Perigee: 363256 km
08 02:50 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus
10 08 Mercury 0.9°N of Jupiter
10 23:46 LAST QUARTER MOON
13 04:19 Moon at Descending Node
14 19:16 Aldebaran 3.6°S of Moon
18 11:17 NEW MOON
22 10:27 Moon at Apogee: 405717 km
25 00:44 Mercury 1.0°S of Regulus
25 18:34 Spica 0.0°S of Moon
26 15:05 FIRST QUARTER MOON
27 16:39 Moon at Ascending Node
27 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°E
28 01 Saturn at Opposition
28 04 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
31 22 Mercury at Aphelion
Aug 02 16:20 FULL MOON
03 19:06 Moon at Perigee: 358975 km
07 09 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
07 13 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.8°E
09 05:07 Moon at Descending Node
09 06:48 LAST QUARTER MOON
11 00:39 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon
12 20 Perseid Meteor Shower
13 21 Mars at Opposition
16 14 Uranus at Perihelion: 18.28307 AU
17 01:47 NEW MOON
18 21:00 Moon at Apogee: 406488 km
21 04:50 Venus 0.0°N of Moon: Occn.
22 01:01 Spica 0.3°S of Moon
23 18:22 Moon at Ascending Node
24 16 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
25 04:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON
31 23:30 FULL MOON
Sep 01 04:03 Moon at Perigee: 356897 km
01 10 Venus at Aphelion
03 02:12 Venus 1.9°S of Spica
05 07:45 Moon at Descending Node
06 21 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38111 AU
07 06:52 Aldebaran 3.2°S of Moon
07 16:51 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 22:36 Mercury 0.3°S of Regulus
10 09 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.0°W
13 11 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
13 22 Mercury at Perihelion
14 23:55 Moon at Apogee: 406591 km
15 17:49 NEW MOON
18 06:45 Spica 0.4°S of Moon
19 20:06 Moon at Ascending Node
22 09:29 Autumnal Equinox
23 16:34 FIRST QUARTER MOON
29 14:42 Moon at Perigee: 357710 km
30 07:31 FULL MOON
Oct 02 14:50 Moon at Descending Node
04 15:05 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
06 14 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
07 06:32 LAST QUARTER MOON
12 05:51 Moon at Apogee: 406050 km
15 10:48 NEW MOON
16 10 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
16 16:49 Jupiter 0.3°N of Regulus
17 00:24 Moon at Ascending Node
21 12 Orionid Meteor Shower
23 02:10 FIRST QUARTER MOON
27 23:08 Moon at Perigee: 361380 km
29 17:16 FULL MOON
29 17:20 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.054
30 01:12 Moon at Descending Node
Nov 01 01:07 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
05 12 S Taurid Meteor Shower
05 23:57 LAST QUARTER MOON
08 20:44 Moon at Apogee: 405118 km
11 05:31 Venus 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
11 17:23 Mercury 2.1°N of Antares
11 19:48 Spica 0.4°S of Moon
12 12 N Taurid Meteor Shower
13 07:20 Moon at Ascending Node
14 03:29 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.887
14 03:41 NEW MOON
17 18 Leonid Meteor Shower
18 16 Neptune at Opposition
21 10:25 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.2°E
24 19:46 Moon at Perigee: 366851 km
26 11:02 Moon at Descending Node
27 05:48 Venus 3.3°N of Spica
28 05:10 FULL MOON
28 11:26 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
Dec 05 20:27 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 16:39 Moon at Apogee: 404411 km
09 03:54 Spica 0.5°S of Moon
10 00:27 Venus 3.4°N of Moon
10 14:42 Moon at Ascending Node
10 21 Mercury at Perihelion
11 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
13 19:18 NEW MOON
14 07 Geminid Meteor Shower
20 06:49 Moon at Perigee: 370280 km
20 18:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON
20 19:31 Mars 4.0°S of Moon
21 06:39 Winter Solstice
22 16 Ursid Meteor Shower
22 19 Venus at Perihelion
23 16:37 Moon at Descending Node
25 20:06 Aldebaran 3.0°S of Moon
27 03 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°W
27 19:15 FULL MOON
30 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°W
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Terms Used in Sky Event Almanac
- 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
2050 Phases of the Moon
Hawaiian Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Hawaiian Standard Time (Coordinated Universal Time − 10 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2050 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Hawaiian Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 07 15:39 | Jan 15 20:17 |
| Jan 22 18:57 | Jan 29 10:48 | Feb 06 10:47 | Feb 14 12:10 |
| Feb 21 05:03 | Feb 28 01:29 | Mar 08 05:23 | Mar 16 00:08 |
| Mar 22 14:41 | Mar 29 18:17 | Apr 06 22:12 | Apr 14 08:24 |
| Apr 21 00:25 | Apr 28 12:08 | May 06 12:26 t | May 13 14:04 |
| May 20 10:51 H | May 28 06:04 | Jun 04 23:51 | Jun 11 18:39 |
| Jun 18 22:22 | Jun 26 23:17 | Jul 04 08:51 | Jul 10 23:46 |
| Jul 18 11:17 | Jul 26 15:05 | Aug 02 16:20 | Aug 09 06:48 |
| Aug 17 01:47 | Aug 25 04:56 | Aug 31 23:30 | Sep 07 16:51 |
| Sep 15 17:49 | Sep 23 16:34 | Sep 30 07:31 | Oct 07 06:32 |
| Oct 15 10:48 | Oct 23 02:10 | Oct 29 17:16 t | Nov 05 23:57 |
| Nov 14 03:41 P | Nov 21 10:25 | Nov 28 05:09 | Dec 05 20:27 |
| Dec 13 19:18 | Dec 20 18:15 | Dec 27 19:15 | - |
For a collection of images showing the Moon's phases see: Phases of the Moon Photo Gallery.
The Phases of the Moon table also shows when an eclipse takes place. 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 Phases of the Moon table. 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.
Solar Eclipses
The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of solar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to a global visibility map, an interactive Google map, tables, and additional information.
| Decade Pages of Solar Eclipses | |||||
| Decades | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | 2021-2030 | 2031-2040 | 2041-2050 | |
| 2051-2060 | 2061-2070 | 2071-2080 | 2081-2090 | 2091-2100 | |
Lunar Eclipses
The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of lunar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to an eclipse diagram, a global visibility map, tables, and additional information.
| Decade Pages of Lunar Eclipses | |||||
| Decades | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | 2021-2030 | 2031-2040 | 2041-2050 | |
| 2051-2060 | 2061-2070 | 2071-2080 | 2081-2090 | 2091-2100 | |
Sky Event Almanacs: 2041 to 2050
The Americas
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2041 to 2050 for eight time zones in the Americas.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a sky event almanac for that year.
| Sky Event Almanacs - The Americas | |||||||||||||||
| ART | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
- ART = Argentina Time (= UTC - 3 hours)
- AST = Atlantic Standard Time (= UTC - 4 hours)
- EST = Eastern Standard Time (= UTC - 5 hours)
- CST = Central Standard Time (= UTC - 6 hours)
- MST = Mountain Standard Time (= UTC - 7 hours)
- PST = Pacific Standard Time (= UTC - 8 hours)
- AKST = Alaskan Standard Time (= UTC - 9 hours)
- HST = Hawaiian Standard Time (= UTC - 10 hours)
(where UTC = Coordinated Universal 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 Coordinated Universal Time to help in identification.
For other years and other time zones, visit: Sky Event Almanacs.
Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs
The goal of the Sky Event Almanacs is to present a wide range of solar system phenomena with reasonable accuracy. In general, events listed to the nearest hour are accurate to ± 30 minutes. Events listed with a precision in hours and minutes (i.e., hh:mm) are typically accurate to ± 5 minutes or less.
The following table gives a more detailed breakdown of the accuracy of times for various astronomical events.
| Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs | |
| Solstice/Equinox (Earth) | ± 0.5 minute |
| Aphelion/Perihelion (Earth) | ± 30 minutes; ± 0.00001 AU |
| Solar and Lunar Eclipses | ± 0.5 minute |
| Phases of the Moon | ± 0.5 minute |
| Moon at Nodes | ± 2 minutes |
| Apogee/Perigee of Moon | ± 5 minutes; ± 5 kilometers |
| Conjunctions of Moon with Star or Planet | ± 10 minutes |
| Conjunctions of Planet with Planet | ± 3 hours |
| Inferior/Superior Conjunctions (Mercury & Venus) | ± 30 minutes |
| Greatest Elongation (Mercury & Venus) | ± 30 minutes |
| Opposition/Conjunction (Outer Planets) | ± 3 hours |
| Aphelion/Perihelion of Planets | ± 30 minutes |
Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events - 2021 to 2070
Acknowledgements
All calculations are by Fred Espenak and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Algorithms used in predicting many of the astronomical events are based on Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus (Willmann-Bell Inc. Richmond 1998).
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by the acknowledgment:
- "Sky Event Almanacs Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.AstroPixels.com".
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