2040

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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
Bahá'í calendar 196 – 197
Berber calendar 2990
Buddhist calendar 2584
Burmese calendar 1402
Chinese calendar 4676/4736-11-17
(己未年十一月十七日)
— to —
4677/4737-11-28
(庚申年十一月廿八日)
Coptic calendar 1756 – 1757
Ethiopian calendar 2032 – 2033
Hebrew calendar 5800 – 5801
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2095 – 2096
 - 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
Thai solar calendar 2583
Unix time 2208988800 – 2240611199
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2040 (MMXL) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

[edit] Predicted events

  • May 2 — Partial solar eclipse
  • August — A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, HD 245409 star.
  • September 8 — Major planetary alignment
  • November 4 — Partial solar eclipse
  • November 6 — 64th presidential election in the United States.
  • 2040 Summer Olympic Games

[edit] Scientific predictions

  • Scientists predict that by 2040 most of the Arctic ice cap will have melted away - all of it in the summer months - and the Polar bear will probably be extinct in the wild.

[edit] Fictional events