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