2040 ( MMXL ) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2040th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 40th year of the 3rd millennium , the 40th year of the 21st century , and the 1st year of the 2040s decade.

Predicted events [ change | change source ]

February [ change | change source ]

• February 6 ? Early Macintosh computers cannot recognise dates after this day.

May [ change | change source ]

• May 2 ? Partial solar eclipse

September [ change | change source ]

• September 8 ? Major alignment of the planets

November [ change | change source ]

• November 4 ? Partial solar eclipse

Unknown Dates [ change | change source ]

• 2040 Summer Olympics will be held.
• If the United States had not returned land for bases on Bermuda in 2002 , a ninety-nine year lease (signed in 1941 ) would have expired.

• Climatologists predict that sometime in 2040 the Arctic Ocean will be free of ice, at least during the autumn. (News reports, December 2006).

Fictional events [ change | change source ]

• The anime series Macross Plus and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 are both set in this year.
• In the universe of Star Trek : The Next Generation , the television becomes obsolete.
• A collection of Doctor Who short stories, Short Trips , is also set in that year.