2024Calendar of Astronomical Events
2024Phases of the Moon
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 hours).If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2024 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Central Standard Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 3 21:30 |
| Jan 11 05:57 | Jan 17 21:53 | Jan 25 11:54 | Feb 2 17:18 |
| Feb 9 16:59 | Feb 16 09:01 | Feb 24 06:30 | Mar 3 09:24 |
| Mar 10 03:00 | Mar 16 22:11 | Mar 25 01:00 n | Apr 1 21:15 |
| Apr 8 12:21 T | Apr 15 13:13 | Apr 23 17:49 | May 1 05:27 |
| May 7 21:22 | May 15 05:48 | May 23 07:53 | May 30 11:13 |
| Jun 6 06:38 | Jun 13 23:18 | Jun 21 19:08 | Jun 28 15:53 |
| Jul 5 16:57 | Jul 13 16:49 | Jul 21 04:17 | Jul 27 20:51 |
| Aug 4 05:13 | Aug 12 09:19 | Aug 19 12:26 | Aug 26 03:26 |
| Sep 2 19:55 | Sep 11 00:06 | Sep 17 20:34 p | Sep 24 12:50 |
| Oct 2 12:49 A | Oct 10 12:55 | Oct 17 05:26 | Oct 24 02:03 |
| Nov 1 06:47 | Nov 8 23:56 | Nov 15 15:29 | Nov 22 19:28 |
| Dec 1 00:21 | Dec 8 09:27 | Dec 15 03:02 | Dec 22 16:18 |
| Dec 30 16:27 | - | - | - |
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
Central Standard Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Central Standard Time(Greenwich Mean Time - 6 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 | ||||||||
| Central Standard Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date CST Event (h:m)Jan 01 09:28 Moon at Apogee: 404911 km 02 19 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU 03 21:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 03 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 12:52 Moon at Descending Node 04 17:06 Spica 2.0°S of Moon 06 18:30 Venus 6.2°N of Antares 08 08:24 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 08 14:12 Venus 5.7°N of Moon 11 05:57 NEW MOON 12 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.5°W 13 04:35 Moon at Perigee: 362264 km 14 03:31 Saturn 2.1°N of Moon 17 08:05 Moon at Ascending Node 17 21:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 18 14:40 Jupiter 2.8°S of Moon 20 07:25 Pleiades 0.9°N of Moon 24 13:00 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 25 11:54 FULL MOON 25 14:04 Beehive 3.3°S of Moon 27 10 Mercury 0.2°N of Mars 27 10:18 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 29 02:14 Moon at Apogee: 405781 km 31 14:17 Moon at Descending Node Feb 01 01:04 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 02 11 Mercury at Aphelion 02 17:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 18:15 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 07 12:52 Venus 5.4°N of Moon 08 00:30 Mars 4.2°N of Moon 09 16:59 NEW MOON 10 12:49 Moon at Perigee: 358088 km 13 11:01 Moon at Ascending Node 15 02:15 Jupiter 3.2°S of Moon 16 09:01 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 13:13 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 20 18:54 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 21 20:13 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 22 03 Venus 0.6°N of Mars 23 16:45 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 24 06:30 FULL MOON 25 09:00 Moon at Apogee: 406316 km 27 16:53 Moon at Descending Node 28 02 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 28 07:40 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 28 15 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun Mar 03 02:16 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 03 09:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 22:59 Mars 3.5°N of Moon 08 11:01 Venus 3.3°N of Moon 10 01:06 Moon at Perigee: 356895 km 10 03:00 NEW MOON 11 19:18 Moon at Ascending Node 13 19:02 Jupiter 3.6°S of Moon 14 20:54 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 16 22:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 05 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 17 11 Mercury at Perihelion 19 00:44 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 19 11 Venus at Aphelion 19 21:07 Vernal Equinox 20 02:03 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 21 16 Venus 0.3°N of Saturn 21 22:46 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 23 09:44 Moon at Apogee: 406292 km 24 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.7°E 25 01:00 FULL MOON 25 01:13 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.956 25 22:07 Moon at Descending Node 26 13:40 Spica 1.4°S of Moon 30 08:24 Antares 0.3°S of MoonApr 01 21:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 21:51 Mars 2.0°N of Moon 06 03:20 Saturn 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 07 10:39 Venus 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 07 11:53 Moon at Perigee: 358850 km 08 06:20 Moon at Ascending Node 08 12:17 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.057 08 12:21 NEW MOON 10 13 Mars 0.4°N of Saturn 10 15:08 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 11 06:38 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 11 17 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 15 07:47 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 15 13:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 08:45 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 18 05:14 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 19 07 Mercury 1.7°N of Venus 19 20:09 Moon at Apogee: 405625 km 22 01 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 04:45 Moon at Descending Node 22 20:02 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 23 17:49 FULL MOON 26 14:00 Antares 0.3°S of MoonMay 01 05:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 16:26 Saturn 0.8°N of Moon: Occn. 04 14 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 04 20:26 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 05 15:54 Moon at Ascending Node 05 16:11 Moon at Perigee: 363166 km 06 02:25 Mercury 3.8°S of Moon 07 21:22 NEW MOON 08 05 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38150 AU 09 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.4°W 12 16:17 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 13 05 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 13 16:47 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 15 05:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 12:43 Regulus 3.5°S of Moon 17 13:00 Moon at Apogee: 404641 km 18 12 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 19 10:35 Moon at Descending Node 20 03:20 Spica 1.4°S of Moon 23 07:53 FULL MOON 23 20:31 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 30 11:13 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 02:01 Saturn 0.4°N of Moon: Occn.Jun 01 21:08 Moon at Ascending Node 02 01:23 Moon at Perigee: 368108 km 02 17:37 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 04 04 Mercury 0.1°S of Jupiter 04 09 Venus at Superior Conjunction 06 06:38 NEW MOON 09 01:23 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 10 01:34 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 11 21:00 Regulus 3.3°S of Moon 13 10 Mercury at Perihelion 13 23:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 07:36 Moon at Apogee: 404078 km 14 10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 15 14:17 Moon at Descending Node 16 11:28 Spica 1.2°S of Moon 20 04:33 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 20 14:51 Summer Solstice 21 19:08 FULL MOON 27 05:45 Moon at Perigee: 369292 km 27 08:52 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 28 11:34 Mercury 4.7°S of Pollux 28 15:53 LAST QUARTER MOON 28 22:26 Moon at Ascending Node | Date CST Event (h:m)Jul 01 12:27 Mars 4.1°S of Moon 02 09:30 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon 03 02:28 Jupiter 5.0°S of Moon 04 23 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU 05 16:57 NEW MOON 06 15:12 Mercury 0.1°S of Beehive 07 10:04 Beehive 3.0°S of Moon 07 12:33 Mercury 3.2°S of Moon 08 02:14 Jupiter 4.7°N of Aldebaran 09 05:20 Regulus 3.1°S of Moon 09 20 Venus at Perihelion 12 02:12 Moon at Apogee: 404363 km 12 16:27 Moon at Descending Node 13 16:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 19:48 Spica 0.9°S of Moon 17 13:37 Antares 0.2°S of Moon 20 13:40 Mars 4.7°S of Pleiades 21 04:17 FULL MOON 22 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°E 23 23:43 Moon at Perigee: 364914 km 24 14:38 Saturn 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 24 19:38 Mercury 1.7°S of Regulus 25 23:33 Moon at Ascending Node 27 10 Mercury at Aphelion 27 16 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 27 20:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 15:13 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon 30 04:37 Mars 5.0°S of Moon 30 17:53 Jupiter 5.4°S of MoonAug 03 19:20 Mars 4.9°N of Aldebaran 04 05:13 NEW MOON 04 16:51 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus 05 16:04 Venus 1.7°S of Moon 07 11 Mercury 5.7°S of Venus 08 19:06 Moon at Descending Node 08 19:32 Moon at Apogee: 405298 km 10 03:34 Spica 0.7°S of Moon 12 08 Perseid Meteor Shower 12 09:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON 13 22:38 Antares 0.0°S of Moon 14 09 Mars 0.3°N of Jupiter 18 20 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 19 12:26 FULL MOON 20 20:54 Saturn 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 20 23:05 Moon at Perigee: 360199 km 22 04:27 Moon at Ascending Node 25 20:54 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 26 03:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 06:43 Jupiter 5.7°S of Moon 27 18:22 Mars 5.3°S of Moon 29 22:47 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 30 23:31 Beehive 3.1°S of MoonSep 01 03:16 Mercury 5.0°S of Moon 02 19:55 NEW MOON 04 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°W 04 23:43 Moon at Descending Node 05 04:13 Venus 1.2°N of Moon 05 08:55 Moon at Apogee: 406215 km 06 10:22 Spica 0.6°S of Moon 07 22 Saturn at Opposition 08 20:50 Mercury 0.4°N of Regulus 09 09 Mercury at Perihelion 10 06:29 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 11 00:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 04:14 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 17 20:34 FULL MOON 17 20:44 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.085 17 20:57 Venus 2.2°N of Spica 18 07:26 Moon at Perigee: 357284 km 18 13:51 Moon at Ascending Node 20 17 Neptune at Opposition 22 04:17 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 22 06:44 Autumnal Equinox 23 17:20 Jupiter 5.8°S of Moon 24 12:50 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 05:49 Mars 4.9°S of Moon 26 04:25 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 27 05:08 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon 29 01:16 Regulus 3.0°S of Moon 30 15 Mercury at Superior Conjunction Oct 02 05:52 Moon at Descending Node 02 12:45 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.933 02 12:49 NEW MOON 02 13:40 Moon at Apogee: 406517 km 05 14:27 Venus 3.0°N of Moon 07 12:48 Antares 0.2°N of Moon 10 12:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 12:05 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 16 01:05 Moon at Ascending Node 16 18:46 Moon at Perigee: 357173 km 17 05:26 FULL MOON 18 18:44 Mars 5.7°S of Pollux 19 13:59 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 21 00 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 02:04 Jupiter 5.8°S of Moon 23 11:16 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 23 13:55 Mars 3.9°S of Moon 24 02:03 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 11:35 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon 25 17:43 Venus 3.0°N of Antares 26 07:24 Regulus 2.9°S of Moon 29 11:44 Moon at Descending Node 29 16:50 Moon at Apogee: 406164 kmNov 01 06:47 NEW MOON 03 01:37 Mercury 2.1°N of Moon 03 18:26 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 04 18:16 Venus 3.1°N of Moon 05 00 S Taurid Meteor Shower 08 23:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 22:22 Mercury 2.0°N of Antares 10 19:36 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 12 00 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 09:59 Moon at Ascending Node 14 05:18 Moon at Perigee: 360110 km 15 15:29 FULL MOON 16 00:59 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 16 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°E 16 21 Uranus at Opposition 17 06 Leonid Meteor Shower 17 08:52 Jupiter 5.6°S of Moon 19 20:07 Pollux 1.9°N of Moon 20 15:07 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 20 19:48 Beehive 2.9°S of Moon 22 14:48 Regulus 2.7°S of Moon 22 19:28 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 15:31 Moon at Descending Node 26 05:56 Moon at Apogee: 405315 km 27 05:33 Spica 0.4°S of MoonDec 01 00:21 NEW MOON 03 08:03 Mars 1.3°N of Beehive 04 16:40 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 05 20 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 06 08 Mercury at Perihelion 07 14 Jupiter at Opposition 08 02:49 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 08 09:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 13:36 Moon at Ascending Node 12 07:18 Moon at Perigee: 365360 km 13 11:13 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 13 19 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 13:41 Jupiter 5.5°S of Moon 15 03:02 FULL MOON 17 06:12 Pollux 2.0°N of Moon 18 02:46 Mars 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 18 05:28 Beehive 2.7°S of Moon 19 23:37 Regulus 2.5°S of Moon 21 03:20 Winter Solstice 22 04 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 16:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 17:21 Moon at Descending Node 23 15:26 Mercury 6.6°N of Antares 24 01:25 Moon at Apogee: 404486 km 24 13:28 Spica 0.2°S of Moon 24 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.0°W 28 08:37 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 30 16:27 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.