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
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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
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α-Centaurid meteor shower 2024 | |
9th |
The Moon at perihelion
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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
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Conjunction of Mars and Pluto
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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 |