2048
year
2048 (MMXLVIII) will be a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2048th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 48th year of the 3rd millennium, the 48th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2040s decade.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2010s 2020s 2030s – 2040s – 2050s 2060s 2070s |
| Years: | 2045 2046 2047 – 2048 – 2049 2050 2051 |
Predicted and scheduled events change
Date unknown change
- 2048 Summer Olympics will be held.
January change
- January 14 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty will come up for review.
February change
- February 29 – There will be a rare full moon. This will be the first instance of a full moon on a leap day since 1972.
June change
- June - Asteroid 2007 VK184 has a chance of 1 in 3030 of hitting Earth in this year.
- June 12 - The Philippines will celebrate its 150th Independence Day Anniversary. 150 years since its liberation from the Spanish Colonization
In fiction change
- Strider (1989)
- Wipeout 2048 (2011)
- Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001)