2053 Sky Event Almanac
Eastern European Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Eastern European Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 2 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.
| 2053 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
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Date EET Event
(h:m)
Jan 02 12:41 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon
03 22 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
03 23:39 Moon at Perigee: 357808 km
04 00 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU
04 19:46 FULL MOON
07 15 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
07 22:49 Regulus 3.0°N of Moon
09 23:36 Moon at Ascending Node
11 20:09 LAST QUARTER MOON
11 20:35 Spica 4.4°S of Moon
12 18:25 Jupiter 1.8°S of Moon
16 09:55 Moon at Apogee: 406076 km
20 01:12 NEW MOON
22 15:19 Saturn 3.8°S of Moon
24 13:46 Moon at Descending Node
27 15:41 FIRST QUARTER MOON
29 21:30 Aldebaran 0.6°S of Moon
Feb 01 07:49 Moon at Perigee: 362186 km
03 06:57 FULL MOON
03 10 Mercury 1.0°N of Saturn
04 09:34 Regulus 2.9°N of Moon
06 05:39 Moon at Ascending Node
08 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.2°E
08 05:01 Spica 4.7°S of Moon
09 06:09 Jupiter 2.0°S of Moon
10 02 Mercury at Perihelion
10 15:49 LAST QUARTER MOON
13 03:22 Moon at Apogee: 405090 km
16 18 Venus at Aphelion
18 18:31 NEW MOON
20 17:44 Moon at Descending Node
23 06 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
23 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
23 17:30 Mars 2.4°S of Pleiades
26 00:09 FIRST QUARTER MOON
26 03:40 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
28 22:20 Moon at Perigee: 367800 km
Mar 03 19:31 Regulus 2.9°N of Moon
04 19:09 FULL MOON
04 19:20 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.932
05 14:51 Moon at Ascending Node
08 14:38 Jupiter 2.0°S of Moon
12 12:21 LAST QUARTER MOON
12 23:51 Moon at Apogee: 404382 km
16 13 Venus at Superior Conjunction
18 05:05 Mercury 2.8°S of Moon
18 18:16 Saturn 3.3°S of Moon
20 01:33 Moon at Descending Node
20 05:46 Vernal Equinox
20 09:07 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.992
20 09:11 NEW MOON
22 09 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.7°W
23 10 Uranus at Opposition
25 09:05 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
25 23:13 Moon at Perigee: 369681 km
26 00 Mercury 0.1°S of Saturn
26 02 Mercury at Aphelion
27 06:50 FIRST QUARTER MOON
31 03:09 Regulus 2.9°N of Moon
Apr 01 23:29 Moon at Ascending Node
03 08:22 FULL MOON
04 19:05 Jupiter 1.8°S of Moon
09 19:46 Moon at Apogee: 404471 km
11 08:04 LAST QUARTER MOON
15 08:55 Saturn 3.1°S of Moon
16 10:30 Moon at Descending Node
17 15:52 Mercury 0.8°S of Moon: Occn.
18 20:48 NEW MOON
20 19 Jupiter at Opposition
21 15:57 Moon at Perigee: 365050 km
21 16:01 Aldebaran 0.5°S of Moon
22 19 Lyrid Meteor Shower
25 13:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON
27 08:47 Regulus 2.8°N of Moon
29 04:42 Moon at Ascending Node
May 01 20:15 Jupiter 1.5°S of Moon
02 22:25 FULL MOON
03 11 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
05 08 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
07 12:56 Moon at Apogee: 405235 km
09 02 Mercury at Perihelion
11 01:40 LAST QUARTER MOON
12 22:06 Saturn 2.8°S of Moon
13 17:17 Moon at Descending Node
17 19 Mercury 1.5°N of Venus
18 05:43 NEW MOON
19 16:01 Moon at Perigee: 360272 km
23 06 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
24 14:16 Regulus 2.6°N of Moon
24 20:04 FIRST QUARTER MOON
26 06:21 Moon at Ascending Node
28 20:58 Jupiter 1.5°S of Moon
Jun 01 13:02 FULL MOON
02 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.4°E
04 00:38 Moon at Apogee: 406060 km
09 02 Mercury 0.8°S of Venus
09 02 Venus at Perihelion
09 08:11 Saturn 2.5°S of Moon
09 16:19 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 20:29 Moon at Descending Node
15 11:46 Aldebaran 0.5°S of Moon
16 12:51 NEW MOON
16 23:48 Moon at Perigee: 357537 km
17 15:49 Mercury 3.1°N of Moon
19 09:38 Mars 4.8°N of Moon
20 21:22 Regulus 2.3°N of Moon
20 23:03 Summer Solstice
22 07:29 Moon at Ascending Node
23 04:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 19:18 Jupiter 2.3°N of Spica
25 00:39 Jupiter 1.7°S of Moon
29 03 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
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Date EET Event
(h:m)
Jul 01 04:01 FULL MOON
01 04:40 Moon at Apogee: 406396 km
04 00 Mars at Aphelion: 1.66610 AU
06 14:35 Saturn 2.4°S of Moon
06 15 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01667 AU
06 21:46 Moon at Descending Node
09 03:47 LAST QUARTER MOON
12 21:56 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
14 13:00 Mercury 1.1°N of Moon: Occn.
14 14 Venus 0.5°N of Mars
15 09:11 Moon at Perigee: 357527 km
15 19:26 NEW MOON
18 00:05 Mars 3.2°N of Moon
18 03:50 Venus 3.5°N of Moon
18 06:36 Regulus 2.1°N of Moon
19 11:40 Moon at Ascending Node
19 23:07 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus
20 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 20.3°W
22 09:25 Jupiter 2.2°S of Moon
22 16:16 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 21:46 Mars 0.6°N of Regulus
28 08:44 Moon at Apogee: 406073 km
28 10 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
30 19:06 FULL MOON
Aug 02 18:08 Saturn 2.4°S of Moon
03 00:15 Moon at Descending Node
05 01 Mercury at Perihelion
07 12:25 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 06:19 Aldebaran 0.3°S of Moon
12 16:58 Moon at Perigee: 360223 km
13 02 Perseid Meteor Shower
14 02:41 NEW MOON
15 15:13 Mars 1.3°N of Moon
15 19:53 Moon at Ascending Node
16 03 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
16 22:47 Venus 1.0°S of Moon: Occn.
18 23:20 Jupiter 2.7°S of Moon
21 06:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON
24 20:27 Moon at Apogee: 405238 km
29 09:53 FULL MOON
29 10:04 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.019
29 20:48 Saturn 2.6°S of Moon
30 05:39 Moon at Descending Node
Sep 03 07 Saturn at Opposition
04 01:20 Venus 1.3°N of Spica
05 12:36 Aldebaran 0.2°S of Moon
05 19:05 LAST QUARTER MOON
09 17:22 Moon at Perigee: 364934 km
11 02:57 Regulus 2.1°N of Moon
12 05:56 Moon at Ascending Node
12 11:32 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.033
12 11:36 NEW MOON
13 13 Venus 2.3°S of Jupiter
14 01:29 Mercury 3.4°S of Moon
15 17:00 Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon
18 00 Mercury at Aphelion
19 23:29 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 13:30 Moon at Apogee: 404434 km
21 19:27 Mercury 0.2°N of Spica
22 15:05 Autumnal Equinox
26 00:39 Saturn 2.8°S of Moon
26 13:14 Moon at Descending Node
27 23:50 FULL MOON
28 09 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
29 10 Venus at Aphelion
30 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.0°E
Oct 02 18:00 Aldebaran 0.3°S of Moon
05 01:01 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 12:09 Moon at Perigee: 369576 km
08 10:54 Regulus 2.0°N of Moon
09 14:15 Moon at Ascending Node
11 22:53 NEW MOON
13 12:29 Jupiter 3.4°S of Moon
13 15 Mercury 4.3°S of Jupiter
16 01:07 Venus 1.1°N of Antares
16 19 Mars in Conjunction with Sun
19 09:14 Moon at Apogee: 404289 km
19 18:54 FIRST QUARTER MOON
20 07 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.9°E
21 18 Orionid Meteor Shower
23 06:45 Saturn 2.8°S of Moon
23 20:33 Moon at Descending Node
24 07 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
27 12:38 FULL MOON
30 00:36 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
31 12:02 Moon at Perigee: 368005 km
Nov 01 00 Mercury at Perihelion
03 07:37 LAST QUARTER MOON
04 16:40 Regulus 1.9°N of Moon
05 18:13 Moon at Ascending Node
05 19 S Taurid Meteor Shower
08 11 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
08 22:11 Mercury 1.3°S of Moon
09 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.0°W
10 12:55 NEW MOON
12 18 N Taurid Meteor Shower
16 05:37 Moon at Apogee: 404957 km
18 00 Leonid Meteor Shower
18 15:26 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 14:59 Saturn 2.6°S of Moon
20 01:07 Moon at Descending Node
25 14 Neptune at Opposition
26 00:21 FULL MOON
26 09:44 Aldebaran 0.5°S of Moon
28 01:02 Moon at Perigee: 362464 km
Dec 01 22:00 Regulus 1.6°N of Moon
02 16:04 LAST QUARTER MOON
02 18:40 Moon at Ascending Node
08 02:12 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon
10 05:40 NEW MOON
13 23:20 Moon at Apogee: 405943 km
14 14 Geminid Meteor Shower
17 00:37 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon
17 02:48 Moon at Descending Node
18 00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
18 11:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 12:09 Winter Solstice
22 15:42 Mars 4.4°N of Antares
22 22 Ursid Meteor Shower
23 20:42 Aldebaran 0.4°S of Moon
25 11:23 FULL MOON
26 08:40 Moon at Perigee: 358032 km
29 05:21 Regulus 1.4°N of Moon
29 20:29 Moon at Ascending Node
30 04 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
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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
2053 Phases of the Moon
Eastern European Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Eastern European Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 2 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.
| 2053 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Eastern European Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | Jan 04 19:46 | Jan 11 20:09 |
| Jan 20 01:12 | Jan 27 15:41 | Feb 03 06:57 | Feb 10 15:49 |
| Feb 18 18:31 | Feb 26 00:09 | Mar 04 19:09 n | Mar 12 12:21 |
| Mar 20 09:11 A | Mar 27 06:50 | Apr 03 08:22 | Apr 11 08:04 |
| Apr 18 20:48 | Apr 25 13:02 | May 02 22:25 | May 11 01:40 |
| May 18 05:43 | May 24 20:04 | Jun 01 13:02 | Jun 09 16:19 |
| Jun 16 12:51 | Jun 23 04:55 | Jul 01 04:01 | Jul 09 03:47 |
| Jul 15 19:26 | Jul 22 16:16 | Jul 30 19:06 | Aug 07 12:25 |
| Aug 14 02:41 | Aug 21 06:27 | Aug 29 09:53 n | Sep 05 19:05 |
| Sep 12 11:36 T | Sep 19 23:29 | Sep 27 23:50 | Oct 05 01:01 |
| Oct 11 22:53 | Oct 19 18:54 | Oct 27 12:38 | Nov 03 07:37 |
| Nov 10 12:55 | Nov 18 15:26 | Nov 26 00:21 | Dec 02 16:04 |
| Dec 10 05:40 | Dec 18 11:11 | Dec 25 11:23 | - |
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: 2051 to 2060
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2051 to 2060 for six time zones
in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a sky event almanac for that year.
| Sky Event Almanac - Europe, Africa, & Middle East | |||||||||||||||
| CVT | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 | 2055 | 2056 | 2057 | 2058 | 2059 | 2060 | |||||
| GMT | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 | 2055 | 2056 | 2057 | 2058 | 2059 | 2060 | |||||
| CET | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 | 2055 | 2056 | 2057 | 2058 | 2059 | 2060 | |||||
| EET | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 | 2055 | 2056 | 2057 | 2058 | 2059 | 2060 | |||||
| MSK | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 | 2055 | 2056 | 2057 | 2058 | 2059 | 2060 | |||||
| GST | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 | 2055 | 2056 | 2057 | 2058 | 2059 | 2060 | |||||
- CVT = Cape Verde Time (= UTC - 1 hour)
- GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (= UTC + 0 hour)
- CET = Central European Time (= UTC + 1 hour)
- EET = Eastern European Time (= UTC + 2 hours)
- MSK = Moscow Time (= UTC + 3 hours)
- GST = Gulf Standard Time (= UTC + 4 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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