2040

This article is about the year 2040.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2010s  2020s  2030s  – 2040s –  2050s  2060s  2070s
Years:	2037 2038 2039 – 2040 – 2041 2042 2043

2040 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2040 MMXL
Ab urbe condita	2793
Armenian calendar	1489 ԹՎ ՌՆՁԹ
Assyrian calendar	6790
Bahá'í calendar	196–197
Bengali calendar	1447
Berber calendar	2990
British Regnal year	88 Eliz. 2 – 89 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2584
Burmese calendar	1402
Byzantine calendar	7548–7549
Chinese calendar	己未年十一月十七日 (4676/4736-11-17) — to — 庚申年十一月廿八日 (4677/4737-11-28)
Coptic calendar	1756–1757
Ethiopian calendar	2032–2033
Hebrew calendar	5800–5801
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2096–2097
- Shaka Samvat	1962–1963
- Kali Yuga	5141–5142
Holocene calendar	12040
Iranian calendar	1418–1419
Islamic calendar	1461–1462
Japanese calendar	Heisei 52 (平成52年)
Korean calendar	4373
Minguo calendar	ROC 129 民國129年
Thai solar calendar	2583
Unix time	2208988800–2240611199

2040 (MMXL) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted and scheduled events

• May 11 – Partial solar eclipse
• September 8 – Major planetary alignment
• November 4 – Partial solar eclipse
• November 6 – U.S. Presidential Election

Date unknown

• The United States Air Force will start an at least partial phase-out of their B-52 Bombers, which by 2040 will have served 85 years of combat.^{[citation needed]}
• Climatologists predict that sometime in 2040 the Arctic Ocean will be free of ice, at least during the autumn. (News reports, December 2006).^{[citation needed]}
• NASA predicts that by this year it will cost only tens of dollars per pound to launch humans or cargo into space.
• Projected completion date for the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) rail corridor running from Germany to southern Italy.
• Space-based solar power will be commercially viable.

In fiction

• The anime series Macross Plus, Masoukishin Cybuster, and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 are all set in this year.
• In the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the television becomes obsolete.
• The Doctor Who short story collection Short Trips: 2040 is set in the year 2040.
• The events of BBC science-fiction drama Outcasts take place primarily in this year.
• Phantom 2040 television series and comic strips take place during this year.
• Edward de Bono's film 2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono presents an idea, in the form of a lecture, what 2040 might be like.
• In JLU, the episode The Once and Future Thing Pt. 2 Time Warped takes place in an alternate 2040 where Batman Beyond, Warhawk, Static, and Bruce Wayne are the only remaining members of the JLU. (2005)
• In Static Shock, the episode Future Shock takes place primarily in this year with young Static being transported to the future where he teams up with Terry/Batman to help save old Static from the Kobras. (2004)