2024

JANUARY
2nd The Moon at apogee
3rd The Earth at perihelion
4th Moon at Last Quarter
  Quadrantid meteor shower 2024
9th Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
10th Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
  Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
11th New Moon
14th Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
16th Lunar occultation of Neptune
18th Moon at First Quarter
19th Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
  γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2024
22nd Venus at highest altitude in morning sky
26th Full Moon
28th Conjunction of Mercury and Mars
FEBRUARY
3rd Moon at Last Quarter
6th Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto
8th
Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
 
Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
  α-Centaurid meteor shower 2024
9th
The Moon at perihelion
  Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
10th New Moon
  Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
12th Lunar occultation of Neptune
14th Comet C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS) passes perihelion
15th
Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
 
Conjunction of Mars and Pluto
  Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
17th Moon at First Quarter
  Conjunction of Venus and Pluto
23rd Conjunction of Venus and Mars
24th Full Moon
29th Saturn at solar conjunction
MARCH
1st Comet C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS) reaches peak brightness
4th Moon at Last Quarter
8th Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
9th Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
10th New Moon
14th Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
  γ-Normid meteor shower 2024
17th Moon at First Quarter
20th Mercury at the highest altitude in the evening sky
22nd Conjunction of Venus and Saturn
  Full Moon
25th Penumbral lunar eclipse
APRIL
2nd Moon at Last Quarter
3rd Conjunction of Venus and Neptune
6th Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
  Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
8th Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
9th New Moon
11th Conjunction of Saturn and Mars
24th Full Moon
29th Conjunction of Mars and Neptune
MAY
1st Moon at Last Quarter
4th Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
5th Lunar occultation of Neptune
  Lunar occultation of Mars
  η-Aquariid meteor shower 2024
15th Moon at First Quarter
19th Comet 46P/Wirtanen passes perihelion
23rd Full Moon
31st Moon at Last Quarter
  Conjunction of Mercury and Uranus
  Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
JUNE
1st Close approach of the Moon and Neptune
3rd Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
4th Conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury
6th Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
  New Moon
10th Daytime Arietid meteor shower 2024
11th Comet 154P/Brewington passes perihelion
14th Moon at First Quarter
21st Winter Solstice
22nd Full Moon
  M8 is well placed
27th June Bootid meteor shower 2024
28th Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
29th Moon at Last Quarter
JULY
2nd Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
3rd Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
6th New Moon
7th Ceres at opposition
8th Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
14th Moon at First Quarter
15th Conjunction of Mars and Uranus
21st Full Moon
24th Pluto at opposition
25th Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
  Mercury at the highest altitude in the evening sky
  Conjunction of the Moon and Neptune
28th Moon at Last Quarter
  Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2024
29th Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2024
  α-Capricornid meteor shower 2024
30th Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
31st Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
AUGUST
4th New Moon
6th Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
  Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
7th Conjunction of Venus and Mercury
12th Perseid meteor shower 2024
20th Full Moon
21st Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
22nd Lunar occultation of Neptune
26th Moon at Last Quarter
27th Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
28th Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
31st Mercury at the highest altitude in the morning sky
  Aurigid meteor shower 2024
SEPTEMBER
1st Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
3rd New Moon
5th Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
8th Saturn at opposition
11th Moon at First Quarter
17th Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
18th Full Moon
  Partial lunar eclipse
  Lunar occultation of Neptune
21st Neptune at opposition
24th Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
25th Moon at Last Quarter
  Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
27th Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2024
  Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes perihelion
OCTOBER
1st Mercury at superior solar conjunction
  The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed (at 10° above the horizon to the North)
3rd Annular solar eclipse
  New Moon
4th The Small Magellanic Cloud is well-placed
6th The conjunction of the Moon and Venus
9th Jupiter enters retrograde motion
10th Southern Taurid meteor shower 2024
  Moon at First Quarter
11th δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2024
15th Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
16th Lunar occultation of Neptune
17th Full Moon
18th ε-Geminid meteor shower 2024
21st Orionid meteor shower 2024
  Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
24th Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
  Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2024
NOVEMBER
1st New Moon
3rd Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
5th Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
9th Moon at First Quarter
11th Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
12th Lunar occultation of Neptune
14th Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
16th Full Moon
17th Uranus at opposition
  Leonid meteor shower 2024 (best viewed from 2am till sunrise)
18th Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
  Venus at highest altitude in evening sky
21st Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
  α-Monocerotid meteor shower 2024 (best viewed from 11pm till sunrise)
23rd Moon at Last Quarter
28th November Orionid meteor shower 2024
DECEMBER
1st New Moon
2nd Pheonicid meteor shower 2024 (best viewed from 10 pm till sunrise)
5th The conjunction of the Moon and Venus
  December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2024 (best viewed from 11:30 pm till sunrise)
6th Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2024 (best viewed from 5am till sunrise)
8th Jupiter at opposition
  Conjunction of Venus and Pluto
  Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
  Monocerotid meteor shower 2024 (best viewed from 9pm till sunrise)
9th Moon at First Quarter
11th σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2024 (from 10pm till sunrise)
14th Geminid meteor shower 2024 (from 11pm till sunrise)
  The Orion Nebula is well placed
15th Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
  Full Moon
  Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2024 (from 2am till sunrise)
18th Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
19th December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2024 (from 2am till sunrise)
21st Summer solstice
22nd Ursid meteor shower 2024 (slight chance to see remnants of the meteor shower)
25th Santa is well placed in the sky
29th Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
  The Rosette Nebula is well placed
31st New Moon