2009

Years: 2006 2007 2008 - 2009 - 2010 2011 2012

Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s

Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century

2009 is a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).

Predicted Events

• January 26 - Annular solar eclipse
• April 11 - Neptune will return to the same degree and minute as when it was discovered.
• July 22 - Total solar eclipse (Longest lasting total eclipse of the 21st century)
• September - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its final flyby of Mercury before entering orbit around the planet in 2011.
• Completion of Freedom Tower
• A US aircraft carrier named the USS George H. W. Bush will be launched