2024Calendar of Astronomical Events
2024Phases of the Moon
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2024 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Atlantic Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 3 23:30 |
| Jan 11 07:57 | Jan 17 23:53 | Jan 25 13:54 | Feb 2 19:18 |
| Feb 9 18:59 | Feb 16 11:01 | Feb 24 08:30 | Mar 3 11:24 |
| Mar 10 05:00 | Mar 17 00:11 | Mar 25 03:00 n | Apr 1 23:15 |
| Apr 8 14:21 T | Apr 15 15:13 | Apr 23 19:49 | May 1 07:27 |
| May 7 23:22 | May 15 07:48 | May 23 09:53 | May 30 13:13 |
| Jun 6 08:38 | Jun 14 01:18 | Jun 21 21:08 | Jun 28 17:53 |
| Jul 5 18:57 | Jul 13 18:49 | Jul 21 06:17 | Jul 27 22:51 |
| Aug 4 07:13 | Aug 12 11:19 | Aug 19 14:26 | Aug 26 05:26 |
| Sep 2 21:55 | Sep 11 02:06 | Sep 17 22:34 p | Sep 24 14:50 |
| Oct 2 14:49 A | Oct 10 14:55 | Oct 17 07:26 | Oct 24 04:03 |
| Nov 1 08:47 | Nov 9 01:56 | Nov 15 17:29 | Nov 22 21:28 |
| Dec 1 02:21 | Dec 8 11:27 | Dec 15 05:02 | Dec 22 18:18 |
| Dec 30 18:27 | - | - | - |
An eclipse of the Sun can only occur at New Moon (see: Solar Eclipses for Beginners), while an eclipse of the Moon can only occur at Full Moon (see: Lunar Eclipses for Beginners). In any calendar year there are a minimum of two solar and two lunar eclipses.
If an eclipse of the Sun or Moon takes place on a given date, it is noted by a character next to the date in the table above. Solar eclipses are indicated as: T=Total, A=Annular, H=Hybrid and P=Partial.Lunar eclipses are indicated as: t=Total, p=Partial, and n=Penumbral.
Phases of the Moon Photo Gallery is an image collection showing the Moon's phases over a complete synodic month.
2024Calendar of Astronomical Events
Atlantic Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Atlantic Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 4 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the calendar.
| 2024Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
| Atlantic Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date AST Event (h:m)Jan 01 11:28 Moon at Apogee: 404911 km 02 21 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU 03 23:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 05 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 14:52 Moon at Descending Node 04 19:06 Spica 2.0°S of Moon 06 20:30 Venus 6.2°N of Antares 08 10:24 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 08 16:12 Venus 5.7°N of Moon 11 07:57 NEW MOON 12 10 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.5°W 13 06:35 Moon at Perigee: 362264 km 14 05:31 Saturn 2.1°N of Moon 17 10:05 Moon at Ascending Node 17 23:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 18 16:40 Jupiter 2.8°S of Moon 20 09:25 Pleiades 0.9°N of Moon 24 15:00 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 25 13:54 FULL MOON 25 16:04 Beehive 3.3°S of Moon 27 12 Mercury 0.2°N of Mars 27 12:18 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 29 04:14 Moon at Apogee: 405781 km 31 16:17 Moon at Descending Node Feb 01 03:04 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 02 13 Mercury at Aphelion 02 19:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 20:15 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 07 14:52 Venus 5.4°N of Moon 08 02:30 Mars 4.2°N of Moon 09 18:59 NEW MOON 10 14:49 Moon at Perigee: 358088 km 13 13:01 Moon at Ascending Node 15 04:15 Jupiter 3.2°S of Moon 16 11:01 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 15:13 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 20 20:54 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 21 22:13 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 22 05 Venus 0.6°N of Mars 23 18:45 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 24 08:30 FULL MOON 25 11:00 Moon at Apogee: 406316 km 27 18:53 Moon at Descending Node 28 04 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 28 09:40 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 28 17 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun Mar 03 04:16 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 03 11:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 00:59 Mars 3.5°N of Moon 08 13:01 Venus 3.3°N of Moon 10 03:06 Moon at Perigee: 356895 km 10 05:00 NEW MOON 11 21:18 Moon at Ascending Node 13 21:02 Jupiter 3.6°S of Moon 14 22:54 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 17 00:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 07 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 17 13 Mercury at Perihelion 19 02:44 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 19 13 Venus at Aphelion 19 23:07 Vernal Equinox 20 04:03 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 21 18 Venus 0.3°N of Saturn 22 00:46 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 23 11:44 Moon at Apogee: 406292 km 24 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.7°E 25 03:00 FULL MOON 25 03:13 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.956 26 00:07 Moon at Descending Node 26 15:40 Spica 1.4°S of Moon 30 10:24 Antares 0.3°S of MoonApr 01 23:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 23:51 Mars 2.0°N of Moon 06 05:20 Saturn 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 07 12:39 Venus 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 07 13:53 Moon at Perigee: 358850 km 08 08:20 Moon at Ascending Node 08 14:17 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.057 08 14:21 NEW MOON 10 15 Mars 0.4°N of Saturn 10 17:08 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 11 08:38 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 11 19 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 15 09:47 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 15 15:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 10:45 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 18 07:14 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 19 09 Mercury 1.7°N of Venus 19 22:09 Moon at Apogee: 405625 km 22 03 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 06:45 Moon at Descending Node 22 22:02 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 23 19:49 FULL MOON 26 16:00 Antares 0.3°S of MoonMay 01 07:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 18:26 Saturn 0.8°N of Moon: Occn. 04 16 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 04 22:26 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 05 17:54 Moon at Ascending Node 05 18:11 Moon at Perigee: 363166 km 06 04:25 Mercury 3.8°S of Moon 07 23:22 NEW MOON 08 07 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38150 AU 09 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.4°W 12 18:17 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 13 07 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 13 18:47 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 15 07:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 14:43 Regulus 3.5°S of Moon 17 15:00 Moon at Apogee: 404641 km 18 14 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 19 12:35 Moon at Descending Node 20 05:20 Spica 1.4°S of Moon 23 09:53 FULL MOON 23 22:31 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 30 13:13 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 04:01 Saturn 0.4°N of Moon: Occn.Jun 01 23:08 Moon at Ascending Node 02 03:23 Moon at Perigee: 368108 km 02 19:37 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 04 06 Mercury 0.1°S of Jupiter 04 11 Venus at Superior Conjunction 06 08:38 NEW MOON 09 03:23 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 10 03:34 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 11 23:00 Regulus 3.3°S of Moon 13 12 Mercury at Perihelion 14 01:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 09:36 Moon at Apogee: 404078 km 14 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 15 16:17 Moon at Descending Node 16 13:28 Spica 1.2°S of Moon 20 06:33 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 20 16:51 Summer Solstice 21 21:08 FULL MOON 27 07:45 Moon at Perigee: 369292 km 27 10:52 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 28 13:34 Mercury 4.7°S of Pollux 28 17:53 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 00:26 Moon at Ascending Node | Date AST Event (h:m)Jul 01 14:27 Mars 4.1°S of Moon 02 11:30 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon 03 04:28 Jupiter 5.0°S of Moon 05 01 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU 05 18:57 NEW MOON 06 17:12 Mercury 0.1°S of Beehive 07 12:04 Beehive 3.0°S of Moon 07 14:33 Mercury 3.2°S of Moon 08 04:14 Jupiter 4.7°N of Aldebaran 09 07:20 Regulus 3.1°S of Moon 09 22 Venus at Perihelion 12 04:12 Moon at Apogee: 404363 km 12 18:27 Moon at Descending Node 13 18:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 21:48 Spica 0.9°S of Moon 17 15:37 Antares 0.2°S of Moon 20 15:40 Mars 4.7°S of Pleiades 21 06:17 FULL MOON 22 03 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°E 24 01:43 Moon at Perigee: 364914 km 24 16:38 Saturn 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 24 21:38 Mercury 1.7°S of Regulus 26 01:33 Moon at Ascending Node 27 12 Mercury at Aphelion 27 18 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 27 22:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 17:13 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon 30 06:37 Mars 5.0°S of Moon 30 19:53 Jupiter 5.4°S of MoonAug 03 21:20 Mars 4.9°N of Aldebaran 04 07:13 NEW MOON 04 18:51 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus 05 18:04 Venus 1.7°S of Moon 07 13 Mercury 5.7°S of Venus 08 21:06 Moon at Descending Node 08 21:32 Moon at Apogee: 405298 km 10 05:34 Spica 0.7°S of Moon 12 10 Perseid Meteor Shower 12 11:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 00:38 Antares 0.0°S of Moon 14 11 Mars 0.3°N of Jupiter 18 22 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 19 14:26 FULL MOON 20 22:54 Saturn 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 21 01:05 Moon at Perigee: 360199 km 22 06:27 Moon at Ascending Node 25 22:54 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 26 05:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 08:43 Jupiter 5.7°S of Moon 27 20:22 Mars 5.3°S of Moon 30 00:47 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 31 01:31 Beehive 3.1°S of MoonSep 01 05:16 Mercury 5.0°S of Moon 02 21:55 NEW MOON 04 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°W 05 01:43 Moon at Descending Node 05 06:13 Venus 1.2°N of Moon 05 10:55 Moon at Apogee: 406215 km 06 12:22 Spica 0.6°S of Moon 08 00 Saturn at Opposition 08 22:50 Mercury 0.4°N of Regulus 09 11 Mercury at Perihelion 10 08:29 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 11 02:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 06:14 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 17 22:34 FULL MOON 17 22:44 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.085 17 22:57 Venus 2.2°N of Spica 18 09:26 Moon at Perigee: 357284 km 18 15:51 Moon at Ascending Node 20 19 Neptune at Opposition 22 06:17 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 22 08:44 Autumnal Equinox 23 19:20 Jupiter 5.8°S of Moon 24 14:50 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 07:49 Mars 4.9°S of Moon 26 06:25 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 27 07:08 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon 29 03:16 Regulus 3.0°S of Moon 30 17 Mercury at Superior Conjunction Oct 02 07:52 Moon at Descending Node 02 14:45 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.933 02 14:49 NEW MOON 02 15:40 Moon at Apogee: 406517 km 05 16:27 Venus 3.0°N of Moon 07 14:48 Antares 0.2°N of Moon 10 14:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 14:05 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 16 03:05 Moon at Ascending Node 16 20:46 Moon at Perigee: 357173 km 17 07:26 FULL MOON 18 20:44 Mars 5.7°S of Pollux 19 15:59 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 21 02 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 04:04 Jupiter 5.8°S of Moon 23 13:16 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 23 15:55 Mars 3.9°S of Moon 24 04:03 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 13:35 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon 25 19:43 Venus 3.0°N of Antares 26 09:24 Regulus 2.9°S of Moon 29 13:44 Moon at Descending Node 29 18:50 Moon at Apogee: 406164 kmNov 01 08:47 NEW MOON 03 03:37 Mercury 2.1°N of Moon 03 20:26 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 04 20:16 Venus 3.1°N of Moon 05 02 S Taurid Meteor Shower 09 01:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 00:22 Mercury 2.0°N of Antares 10 21:36 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 12 02 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 11:59 Moon at Ascending Node 14 07:18 Moon at Perigee: 360110 km 15 17:29 FULL MOON 16 02:59 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 16 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°E 16 23 Uranus at Opposition 17 08 Leonid Meteor Shower 17 10:52 Jupiter 5.6°S of Moon 19 22:07 Pollux 1.9°N of Moon 20 17:07 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 20 21:48 Beehive 2.9°S of Moon 22 16:48 Regulus 2.7°S of Moon 22 21:28 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 17:31 Moon at Descending Node 26 07:56 Moon at Apogee: 405315 km 27 07:33 Spica 0.4°S of MoonDec 01 02:21 NEW MOON 03 10:03 Mars 1.3°N of Beehive 04 18:40 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 05 22 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 06 10 Mercury at Perihelion 07 16 Jupiter at Opposition 08 04:49 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 08 11:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 15:36 Moon at Ascending Node 12 09:18 Moon at Perigee: 365360 km 13 13:13 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 13 21 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 15:41 Jupiter 5.5°S of Moon 15 05:02 FULL MOON 17 08:12 Pollux 2.0°N of Moon 18 04:46 Mars 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 18 07:28 Beehive 2.7°S of Moon 20 01:37 Regulus 2.5°S of Moon 21 05:20 Winter Solstice 22 06 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 18:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 19:21 Moon at Descending Node 23 17:26 Mercury 6.6°N of Antares 24 03:25 Moon at Apogee: 404486 km 24 15:28 Spica 0.2°S of Moon 24 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.0°W 28 10:37 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 30 18:27 NEW MOON | |||||||
Terms Used in Astronomical Events Calendar
- Perihelion - instant when a planet is closest to the Sun
- Aphelion - instant when a planet is furthest from the Sun
- Perigee - instant when the Moon is closest to Earth
- Apogee - instant when the Moon is furthest from Earth
- Inferior Conjunction - instant when a planet (Mercury or Venus) passes between Earth and the Sun
- Superior Conjunction - instant when a planet (Mercury or Venus) passes on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth
- Greatest Elongation - the maximum angular separation between the Sun and the planet (Mercury or Venus) as seen from Earth
- during eastern elongation (E), the planet appears as an evening star;
- during western elongation (W), the planet appears as a morning star - Opposition - instant when a planet appears opposite the Sun as seen from Earth
- Conjunction - instant when a planet appears closest the Sun as seen from Earth
- Occultation - the Moon occults or eclipses a star or planet
- Ascending Node - point where the Moon crosses from the southern to northern portion of its orbit
- Descending Node - point where the Moon crosses from the northern to the southern portion of its orbit
- Aldebaran - bright star in the constellation Taurus
- Pollux - bright star in the constellation Gemini
- Regulus - bright star in the constellation Leo
- Spica - bright star in the constellation Virgo
- Antares - bright star in the constellation Scorpius
- Pleiades - bright star cluster in the constellation Taurus
- Beehive - bright star cluster in the constellation Cancer
Calendars of Astronomical Events: 2021 to 2030
The Americas
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2021 to 2030 for seven time zones in the Americas.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a calendar of astronomical events for that year.
| Calendars of Astronomical Events - The Americas | |||||||||||||||
| AST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| EST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| CST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| MST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| PST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| AKST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| HST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
- AST = Atlantic Standard Time (= GMT - 4 hours)
- EST = Eastern Standard Time (= GMT - 5 hours)
- CST = Central Standard Time (= GMT - 6 hours)
- MST = Mountain Standard Time (= GMT - 7 hours)
- PST = Pacific Standard Time (= GMT - 8 hours)
- AKST = Alaskan Standard Time (= GMT - 9 hours)
- HST = Hawaiian Standard Time (= GMT - 10 hours)
(where GMT = Greenwich Mean Time)
- Time Zones Abbreviations
A time zone may have a different name in different countries. Note the difference in hours between a given time zone and Greenwich Mean Time to help in identification.
For other years and other time zones, visit: Calendars of Astronomical Events.