Astronomical Events 2050

80 events in date order, in your time zone (showing UTC)

Quadrantids Meteor Showers

Mon, Jan 3, 2050, 08:30 UTC · active Dec 28, 2049 to Jan 11, 2050

Up to 80 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 80% lit.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Jan 3, 2050, 16:19 UTC

16:19 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.3° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Mon, Jan 17, 2050, 15:11 UTC

15:11 UTC · magnitude -0.2
Moon near Mars Planets

Tue, Jan 18, 2050, 18:50 UTC

18:50 UTC · magnitude 1.4 · 0.6° apart
Jupiter at opposition Planets

Wed, Jan 19, 2050, 07:21 UTC

07:21 UTC · magnitude -2.6
Saturn in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Wed, Jan 19, 2050, 13:28 UTC

13:28 UTC · magnitude 1.3
Moon near Mercury Planets

Fri, Jan 21, 2050, 12:19 UTC

12:19 UTC · magnitude -0.2 · 2.4° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, Jan 30, 2050, 21:27 UTC

21:27 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.1° apart
Mercury and Saturn close together Planets

Mon, Feb 7, 2050, 22:53 UTC

22:53 UTC · magnitude -0.3 · 1.1° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Feb 16, 2050, 11:09 UTC

11:09 UTC · magnitude 1.1 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, Feb 27, 2050, 04:54 UTC

04:54 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 1.8° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Sat, Mar 5, 2050, 07:19 UTC

07:19 UTC · magnitude -1.7
Uranus at opposition Planets

Wed, Mar 9, 2050, 01:32 UTC

01:32 UTC · magnitude 5.3
Moon near Mars Planets

Thu, Mar 17, 2050, 01:00 UTC

01:00 UTC · magnitude 0.7 · 3.6° apart
March Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Sun, Mar 20, 2050, 10:19 UTC

10:19 UTC.
Moon near Mercury Planets

Thu, Mar 24, 2050, 06:05 UTC

06:05 UTC · magnitude -0.9 · 1.3° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Thu, Mar 24, 2050, 12:37 UTC

12:37 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 3.0° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sat, Mar 26, 2050, 15:09 UTC

15:09 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 1.5° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Wed, Mar 30, 2050, 17:46 UTC

17:46 UTC · magnitude -0.0
Venus and Neptune close together Planets

Mon, Apr 18, 2050, 05:35 UTC

05:35 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 2.1° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Mon, Apr 18, 2050, 07:23 UTC

07:23 UTC · magnitude 5.6
Lyrids Meteor Showers

Fri, Apr 22, 2050, 05:54 UTC · active Apr 13, 2050 to Apr 30, 2050

Up to 18 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 1% lit.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sat, Apr 23, 2050, 02:45 UTC

02:45 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 1.3° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Sat, Apr 23, 2050, 13:14 UTC

13:14 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 1.6° apart
Eta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Thu, May 5, 2050, 19:16 UTC · active Apr 18, 2050 to May 27, 2050

Up to 50 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 99% lit.
Total Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Fri, May 6, 2050, 22:31 UTC

Greatest eclipse 22:31 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Mars and Saturn close together Planets

Sun, May 15, 2050, 22:06 UTC

22:06 UTC · magnitude -0.5 · 1.6° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Mon, May 16, 2050, 02:46 UTC

02:46 UTC · magnitude 0.5
Neptune in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Mon, May 16, 2050, 11:06 UTC

11:06 UTC · magnitude 7.9
Hybrid Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Fri, May 20, 2050, 20:42 UTC

Greatest eclipse 20:42 UTC.
Mercury and Neptune close together Planets

Sat, Jun 4, 2050, 06:31 UTC

06:31 UTC · magnitude -0.7 · 0.0° apart
Venus and Jupiter close together Planets

Wed, Jun 15, 2050, 20:32 UTC

20:32 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.5° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Thu, Jun 16, 2050, 23:00 UTC

23:00 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 1.1° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Mon, Jun 20, 2050, 02:10 UTC

02:10 UTC · magnitude -2.2
June Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Tue, Jun 21, 2050, 03:33 UTC

03:33 UTC.
Mercury and Jupiter close together Planets

Sun, Jul 10, 2050, 17:23 UTC

17:23 UTC · magnitude -1.8 · 0.9° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Thu, Jul 14, 2050, 06:15 UTC

06:15 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 0.9° apart
Venus and Uranus close together Planets

Mon, Jul 25, 2050, 16:04 UTC

16:04 UTC · magnitude -4.2 · 0.5° apart
Saturn at opposition Planets

Thu, Jul 28, 2050, 07:34 UTC

07:34 UTC · magnitude 0.9
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Thu, Jul 28, 2050, 09:17 UTC

09:17 UTC · magnitude 0.4
Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Thu, Jul 28, 2050, 21:05 UTC · active Jul 11, 2050 to Aug 22, 2050

Up to 25 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 68% lit.
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers

Fri, Jul 29, 2050, 22:11 UTC · active Jul 2, 2050 to Aug 14, 2050

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 78% lit.
Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Sun, Aug 7, 2050, 20:03 UTC

20:03 UTC · magnitude -1.8
Venus at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Sun, Aug 7, 2050, 23:04 UTC

23:04 UTC · magnitude -4.3
Moon near Neptune Planets

Wed, Aug 10, 2050, 12:37 UTC

12:37 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 0.7° apart
Perseids Meteor Showers

Fri, Aug 12, 2050, 11:57 UTC · active Jul 16, 2050 to Aug 23, 2050

Up to 100 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 22% lit.
Mars at opposition Planets

Sun, Aug 14, 2050, 07:22 UTC

07:22 UTC · magnitude -2.9
Moon near Mercury Planets

Thu, Aug 18, 2050, 13:22 UTC

13:22 UTC · magnitude 2.9 · 0.1° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Sun, Aug 21, 2050, 14:50 UTC

14:50 UTC · magnitude -4.4 · 0.0° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Thu, Aug 25, 2050, 02:34 UTC

02:34 UTC · magnitude 4.8
Supermoon: Corn Moon Supermoons

Thu, Sep 1, 2050, 09:30 UTC

Full moon at 356,936 km, 09:30 UTC.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Sep 6, 2050, 19:30 UTC

19:30 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 0.4° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sat, Sep 10, 2050, 19:16 UTC

19:16 UTC · magnitude -0.3
Uranus in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Tue, Sep 13, 2050, 17:00 UTC

17:00 UTC · magnitude 5.5
September Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Thu, Sep 22, 2050, 19:28 UTC

19:28 UTC.
Supermoon: Blue Moon Supermoons

Fri, Sep 30, 2050, 17:31 UTC

Full moon at 358,182 km, 17:31 UTC.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Oct 4, 2050, 03:57 UTC

03:57 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 0.3° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Fri, Oct 7, 2050, 00:35 UTC

00:35 UTC · magnitude -1.5
Draconids Meteor Showers

Sat, Oct 8, 2050, 11:40 UTC · active Oct 6, 2050 to Oct 10, 2050

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 42% lit.
Venus at inferior conjunction Planets

Sun, Oct 16, 2050, 19:59 UTC

19:59 UTC · magnitude -4.0
Orionids Meteor Showers

Fri, Oct 21, 2050, 04:57 UTC · active Oct 1, 2050 to Nov 7, 2050

Up to 20 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 26% lit.
Total Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Sun, Oct 30, 2050, 03:20 UTC

Greatest eclipse 03:20 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Oct 31, 2050, 13:27 UTC

13:27 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 0.3° apart
Southern Taurids Meteor Showers

Sat, Nov 5, 2050, 05:36 UTC · active Sep 9, 2050 to Nov 20, 2050

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 62% lit.
Moon near Venus Planets

Fri, Nov 11, 2050, 14:59 UTC

14:59 UTC · magnitude -4.6 · 0.8° apart
Northern Taurids Meteor Showers

Sat, Nov 12, 2050, 04:56 UTC · active Oct 20, 2050 to Dec 9, 2050

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 5% lit.
Partial Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Mon, Nov 14, 2050, 13:30 UTC

Greatest eclipse 13:30 UTC, magnitude 0.89.
Leonids Meteor Showers

Thu, Nov 17, 2050, 10:34 UTC · active Nov 6, 2050 to Nov 30, 2050

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 9% lit.
Neptune at opposition Planets

Sat, Nov 19, 2050, 02:26 UTC

02:26 UTC · magnitude 7.8
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Tue, Nov 22, 2050, 06:45 UTC

06:45 UTC · magnitude -0.3
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, Nov 27, 2050, 22:24 UTC

22:24 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 0.4° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Sat, Dec 10, 2050, 08:40 UTC

08:40 UTC · magnitude -4.6 · 3.3° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Sun, Dec 11, 2050, 13:08 UTC

13:08 UTC · magnitude 5.2
Geminids Meteor Showers

Wed, Dec 14, 2050, 00:39 UTC · active Dec 3, 2050 to Dec 19, 2050

Up to 150 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 0% lit.
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Dec 21, 2050, 03:09 UTC

03:09 UTC · magnitude 0.1 · 3.8° apart
December Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Wed, Dec 21, 2050, 16:38 UTC

16:38 UTC.
Ursids Meteor Showers

Thu, Dec 22, 2050, 09:06 UTC · active Dec 16, 2050 to Dec 25, 2050

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 64% lit.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, Dec 25, 2050, 05:19 UTC

05:19 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 0.4° apart
Venus at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Tue, Dec 27, 2050, 13:03 UTC

13:03 UTC · magnitude -4.4
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sat, Dec 31, 2050, 01:48 UTC

01:48 UTC · magnitude -0.3