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2044 (MMXLIV) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2044th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 44th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2040s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- May – A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Evpatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, 55 Cancri star.
- May 18 – Near-Earth object 2002 QF15 will make a close approach to Earth.
- August 23 – Total solar eclipse from Greenland through Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana and ending at sunset in North Dakota.[1]
- September – A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, HD 10307 star.
- October 1 – Occultation of Regulus by Venus. The last was on July 7, 1959. The next occultation of Regulus by Venus will occur on October 21, 3187, although some sources claim it will occur on October 6, 2271.