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