| Date | Alignment or Not | Related Event |
| Feb. 27, 2010 | Alignment | Chile 8.8 earthquake, 6.042 AU away from earth. |
| Sep. 4, 2010 | Alignment | Christ Church, New Zealand 7.2 earthquake, 6.258 AU away from the earth. |
| Mar. 11, 2011 | Alignment | Japan 9.0 earthquake, 2.101 AU away from the earth. |
| Sep. 27, 2011 | Alignment | The closest alignment with the earth and sun. Elenin will be only .381 AU away from the earth. |
| Oct. 17, 2011 | No Alignment | Elenin will be closest to the earth: .232 AU or 21 million miles away. |
| Nov. 5, 2011 | Alignment | Earth will cross the debris field of Elenin, which will be .348 AU from the earth. Some of the debris could hit the earth. |
| Nov. 23, 2011 | Alignment | Another close alignnment with the earth and sun. Elenin will be .596 AU away from the earth. |
| Dec. 21, 2012 | Final Alignment | The last alignment before Elenin heads out to deep space. Elenin will be 5.20 AU away from the earth. |