Celestial Events Calendar - Australia

Are you a first-time stargazer, a seasonal observer or an avid astrophotographer? Regardless of whether you have a Telescope, Binoculars or just using your eyes, our Celestial Events Calendar presents the best viewing times for key Celestial Events in Australia for 2023-2024. Bookmark this page for easy reference and you will never miss out again!

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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

 

2023

JANUARY
2 January	Close approach of the Moon and Uranus
4 January	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
5 January	The Earth at perihelion
7 January	Full Moon
13 January	Mars ends retrograde motion
15 January	Moon at Last Quarter
17 January	NGC 2451 is well placed
20 January	NGC 2516 is well placed
23 January	Uranus ends retrograde motion
	NGC 2547 is well placed
26 January	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
29 January	Moon at First Quarter
31 January	Conjunction of Moon and Mars
FEBRUARY
3 February	Mercury at the highest altitude in the morning sky
6 February	Full Moon
8 February	α-Centaurid meteor shower 2023
	NGC 2808 is well placed
14 February	Moon at Last Quarter
21 February	NGC 3114 is well placed
22 February	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
23 February	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
25 February	Conjunction of the Moon and Uranus
27 February	Moon at First Quarter
28 February	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
MARCH
2 March	Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter
3 March	IC 2602 is well placed
7 March	Full Moon
9 March	NGC 3532 is well placed
15 March	Moon at Last Quarter
	γ-Normid meteor shower 2023
21 March	March equinox
22 March	Ceres at opposition
24 March	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
29 March	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
	Moon at first Quarter
APRIL
5 April	NGC 4755 is well placed
6 April	Full Moon
9 April	Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
12 April	Mercury at greatest elongation east
13 April	Moon at Last Quarter
	NGC 5128 is well placed
14 April	Omega Centaurus is well placed
16 April	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
18 April	M3 is well placed
20 April	Hybrid Solar Eclipse
22 April	Lyrid meteor shower 2023
23 April	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
24 April	π-Puppid meteor shower 2023
26 April	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
28 April	Moon at First Quarter
MAY
May 6	Penumbral lunar eclipse
	η-Aquariid meteor shower 2023
May 9	η-Lyrid meteor shower 2023
May 12	M5 is well placed
May 13	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
May 17	Lunar occultation of Jupiter
May 23	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
May 25	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
May 27	Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
May 28	Moon at First Quarter
	M4 is well placed
May 29	Mercury at greatest elongation west
JUNE
June 3	Close approach of Mars and M44
	M12 is well placed
June 4	Venus at dichotomy
	Full Moon
	Mercury at dichotomy
June 5	Venus at greatest elongation east
June 6	M10 is well placed
June 7	M62 is well placed
June 10	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
June 11	Daytime Arietid meteor shower 2023
June 14	Close approach of Venus and M44
	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
June 16	NGC 6388 is well placed
June 17	M6 is well placed
	NGC 6397 is well placed
June 18	Saturn enters retrograde motion
	IC4665 is well placed
June 20	M7 is well placed
June 22	June solstice
	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
June 23	NGC 6530 is well placed
June 24	NGC 6541 is well placed
June 26	Moon at First Quarter
June 29	NGC 6633 is well placed
JULY
July 1	Neptune enters retrograde motion
	Close approach of Venus and Mars
	M22 is well placed
July 2	IC4756 is well placed
July 3	Full Moon
July 5	Venus at highest altitude in evening sky
July 7	The Earth at aphelion
	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
July 10	Venus at greatest brightness
	Moon at Last Quarter
	NGC 6752 is well placed
July 12	Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
July 17	M55 is well placed
July 20	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
July 21	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
July 26	Moon at First Quarter
July 29	Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2023
July 30	Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2023
	α-Capricornid meteor shower 2023
AUGUST
August 2	Full Moon
August 3	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
August 8	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
	Moon at Last Quarter
August 9	Mercury at dichotomy
	Close approach of the Moon and M45
August 10	Mercury at greatest elongation east
August 12	Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
August 12-14	Perseid Meteor Shower
August 14	M15 is well placed
August 15	M2 is well placed
August 24	Moon at First Quarter
August 25	Lunar occultation of Antares
August 27	Saturn at opposition
August 29	Uranus enters retrograde motion
August 31	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
	Blue Moon
SEPTEMBER
September 1	Aurigid meteor shower 2023
September 5	Jupiter enters retrograde motion
	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
September 6	Close approach of the Moon and M45
September 7	Moon at Last Quarter
September 8	Lunar occultation of Elnath
September 9	September ε-Perseid meteor shower 2023
September 18	Venus at greatest brightness
	Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
September 19	Neptune at opposition
September 21	Lunar occultation of Antares
September 22	Mercury at greatest elongation west
September 23	Mercury at dichotomy
	Moon at First Quarter
September 27	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
	47-Tuc is well placed
September 29	Full Moon
OCTOBER
October 2	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
October 3	Close approach of the Moon and M45
	NGC 253 is well placed
October 5	Lunar occultation of Elnath
	Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed
October 7	Moon at Last Quarter
	NGC 362 is well placed
October 10	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
	Southern Taurid meteor shower 2023
October 11	Close approach of the Moon and Venus
	δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2023
October 15	Annular solar eclipse
	M33 is well placed
October 18	ε-Geminid meteor shower 2023
October 19	Lunar occultation of Antares
October 21	2P/Encke at perihelion
October 22	Orionid meteor shower 2023
	Moon at First Quarter
October 23	Venus at dichotomy
October 24	Venus at greatest elongation west
	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
October 25	Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2023
October 29	Partial lunar eclipse
	Full Moon
	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
October 31	Close approach of the Moon and M45
NOVEMBER
November 1	Lunar occultation of Elnath
November 3	Jupiter at opposition
November 4	Saturn ends retrograde motion
November 5	Moon at Last Quarter
November 9	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
	Lunar occultation of Venus
November 12	Northern Taurid meteor shower 2023
November 14	Uranus at opposition
November 18	Leonid meteor shower 2023
	M45 is well placed
November 20	Moon at First Quarter
November 21	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
November 22	α-Monocerotid meteor shower 2023
November 25	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
November 27	Close approach of the Moon and M45
	Full Moon
November 28	November Orionid meteor shower 2023
November 29	Lunar occultation of Elnath
DECEMBER
December 1	Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
December 2	Pheonicid meteor shower 2023
December 5	Mercury at greatest elongation east
	Moon at Last Quarter
December 6	Neptune ends retrograde motion
December 7	Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2023
December 8	Mercury at dichotomy
December 9	Monocerotid meteor shower 2023
December 10	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
December 12	144P/Kushida at perigee
	σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2023
	Large Magellanic Cloud is well placed
December 14	Geminid meteor shower 2023
December 15	NGC 1981 is well placed
December 16	Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2023
December 18	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
December 20	Moon at First Quarter
	December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2023
December 22	Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition
	December solstice
December 23	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
December 24	Close approach of the Moon and M45
	62P/Tsuchinshan at perihelion
December 26	Lunar occultation of Elnath
December 27	Full Moon
December 29	NGC 2232 is well placed
December 30	NGC 2244 is well placed
December 31	Jupiter ends retrograde motion
	62P/Tsuchinshan reaches its brightest

 

2022

NOVEMBER
November 1	Moon at First Quarter
November 2	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
November 5	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
November 8	Total lunar eclipse
November 9	Uranus at opposition
November 12	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
	Northern Taurid meteor shower 2022
November 17	Moon at Last Quarter
November 18	Leonid meteor shower 2022
November 22	α-Monocerotid meteor shower 2022
November 24	Jupiter ends retrograde motion
November 28	November Orionid meteor shower 2022
November 29	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
DECEMBER
December 1	Moon at First Quarter
	Mars at perigee
December 2	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
	Pheonicid meteor shower 2022
December 7	Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2022
December 8	Full Moon
	Lunar occultation of Mars
	Mars at opposition
December 9	Monocerotid meteor shower 2022
December 11	Ceres at perihelion
December 12	σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2022
December 14	Geminid meteor shower 2022
December 16	Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2022
	Moon at Last Quarter
December 20	December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2022
December 22	December solstice
December 25	Mercury at dichotomy
December 27	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
December 29	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
December 30	Moon at First Quarter