23rd century

The 23rd century d. C. (23rd century AD) or XXIII century e. c. (23rd century CE) is the third century of the 3rd millennium in the Gregorian calendar. It will start on January 1, 2201 and end on December 31, 2300.

Astronomical predictions

List of long total eclipses of the Sun

• July 27, 2204: Total Sun eclipse (7 min 22 s), of the 139 saros.
• August 8, 2222: Total Eclipse of Sol, (7 min 06 s), of the 139 saros.
• August 18, 2240: Total Eclipse of Sol, (6 min 40 s), of the 139 saros.
• 7 May 2255: Total Eclipse of Sol, (6 min 22 s), of the 142 saros.
• 17 May 2273: Total Eclipse of Sol, (6 min 31 s), of the 142 saros.
• May 28, 2291: Total Eclipse of Sol, (6 min 34 s), of the 142 saros, “coronando” this series.

Other astronomical phenomena

• 2221: triple conjunction between Mars and Saturn.
• December 2, 2223: at 12:32 UTC Mars will hide Jupiter.
• The dwarf planet Pluto will again be at the same distance from the Sun as Neptune in September 2231,
  and until October 2245, Pluto will be closer to the Sun than Neptune.
  The last time this happened was between 1979 and 1999.
• 2238/2239: triple conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn.
  The last triple conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn occurred in 1981.
• March 29, 2257: the dwarf planet Eris will arrive at its perihelium for the first time since its discovery.
• October 6, 2271: very close conjunction between Venus and Regulus, possible concealment of Regulus by Venus.
• 2279: triple conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn.
• August 28, 2287: the distance between Mars and Earth will reach a minimum.
  It will be the greatest approximation (perihelic opposition) since Wednesday, August 27, 2003.

Science Fiction

• In the Final Fantasy XIII-2 videogame, it is alleged that since 2210 humanity will build a mega-lopolis called Academy, with buildings that come to have 800-900 floors.
• The Elf Wars are developed between Rockman X and Rockman Zero.
• Movies Star Trek and Star Trek: in the dark take place in the 2250s.
• Sci-fi series Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The animated series take place in the 2260s.
• For their part, the movies Star Trek I: The Film, Star Trek II: The wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: Looking for Spock, Star Trek IV: Mission: Save Earth, Star Trek V: The Last Border and Star Trek VI: That unknown country take place in the decades of 2270, 2280 and 2290.
• La Teleserie Skyland is reported in the year 2251.
• The Babylon 5 television series starts in 2259 and its pilot episode, the Babylon 5 television movie: The Gathering a year earlier, in 2258.
• Fallout 3 It occurs in the year 2277 and Fallout New Vegas in 2281 where the land has already been destroyed by nuclear missiles for 200 years.
• The movie The fifth element occurs in the year 2263.
• Paul Verhoeven's film, Starship Troopers (1997) dates back this time.
• The movie The bicentennial man of 1999, in the final scenes is set on the date of April 3, 2205, when Andrew Martin, now called the Bicentennial man dies, reaching to see the decision of the World Congress on television:

According to the records of the NorthAm Robotics company, the robot also known as Andrew Martin, was put into operation at 5:15 p.m. on April 3, 2005. In a few hours he will be 200 years old (now Andrew closes his eyes and dies without being able to hear the rest). Which means that with the exception of Matusalén and other biblical figures, Andrew is the oldest living human being in history. That is why I make this proclamation: I validate your marriage to Portia Charney and recognize your humanity.

• According to the video game of science fiction Halo, in the year 2291 is created the Shaw-Fujikawa Desliespatial engine that allows to travel faster than the light, making humanity able to leave the solar system and colonize exoplanets.
• Several facts of the video game Time Splitters occur in this 21st century. The player focuses on several times of this period of time.
• The video game of the saga Rockman X, Megaman X Command Mission takes place in this century.