2024Calendar of Astronomical Events
2024Phases of the Moon
Greenwich Mean Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Greenwich Mean Time.If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2024 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Greenwich Mean Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 4 03:30 |
| Jan 11 11:57 | Jan 18 03:53 | Jan 25 17:54 | Feb 2 23:18 |
| Feb 9 22:59 | Feb 16 15:01 | Feb 24 12:30 | Mar 3 15:24 |
| Mar 10 09:00 | Mar 17 04:11 | Mar 25 07:00 n | Apr 2 03:15 |
| Apr 8 18:21 T | Apr 15 19:13 | Apr 23 23:49 | May 1 11:27 |
| May 8 03:22 | May 15 11:48 | May 23 13:53 | May 30 17:13 |
| Jun 6 12:38 | Jun 14 05:18 | Jun 22 01:08 | Jun 28 21:53 |
| Jul 5 22:57 | Jul 13 22:49 | Jul 21 10:17 | Jul 28 02:51 |
| Aug 4 11:13 | Aug 12 15:19 | Aug 19 18:26 | Aug 26 09:26 |
| Sep 3 01:55 | Sep 11 06:06 | Sep 18 02:34 p | Sep 24 18:50 |
| Oct 2 18:49 A | Oct 10 18:55 | Oct 17 11:26 | Oct 24 08:03 |
| Nov 1 12:47 | Nov 9 05:56 | Nov 15 21:29 | Nov 23 01:28 |
| Dec 1 06:21 | Dec 8 15:27 | Dec 15 09:02 | Dec 22 22:18 |
| Dec 30 22:27 | - | - | - |
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
Greenwich Mean Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Greenwich Mean Time.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 | ||||||||
| Greenwich Mean Time | ||||||||
| January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date GMT Event (h:m)Jan 01 15:28 Moon at Apogee: 404911 km 03 01 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU 04 03:30 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 09 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 18:52 Moon at Descending Node 04 23:06 Spica 2.0°S of Moon 07 00:30 Venus 6.2°N of Antares 08 14:24 Antares 0.8°S of Moon 08 20:12 Venus 5.7°N of Moon 11 11:57 NEW MOON 12 14 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.5°W 13 10:35 Moon at Perigee: 362264 km 14 09:31 Saturn 2.1°N of Moon 17 14:05 Moon at Ascending Node 18 03:53 FIRST QUARTER MOON 18 20:40 Jupiter 2.8°S of Moon 20 13:25 Pleiades 0.9°N of Moon 24 19:00 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 25 17:54 FULL MOON 25 20:04 Beehive 3.3°S of Moon 27 16 Mercury 0.2°N of Mars 27 16:18 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 29 08:14 Moon at Apogee: 405781 km 31 20:17 Moon at Descending Node Feb 01 07:04 Spica 1.7°S of Moon 02 17 Mercury at Aphelion 02 23:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 05 00:15 Antares 0.6°S of Moon 07 18:52 Venus 5.4°N of Moon 08 06:30 Mars 4.2°N of Moon 09 22:59 NEW MOON 10 18:49 Moon at Perigee: 358088 km 13 17:01 Moon at Ascending Node 15 08:15 Jupiter 3.2°S of Moon 16 15:01 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 19:13 Pleiades 0.6°N of Moon 21 00:54 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 22 02:13 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 22 09 Venus 0.6°N of Mars 23 22:45 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 24 12:30 FULL MOON 25 15:00 Moon at Apogee: 406316 km 27 22:53 Moon at Descending Node 28 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 28 13:40 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 28 21 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun Mar 03 08:16 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 03 15:24 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 04:59 Mars 3.5°N of Moon 08 17:01 Venus 3.3°N of Moon 10 07:06 Moon at Perigee: 356895 km 10 09:00 NEW MOON 12 01:18 Moon at Ascending Node 14 01:02 Jupiter 3.6°S of Moon 15 02:54 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 17 04:11 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 11 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 17 17 Mercury at Perihelion 19 06:44 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 19 17 Venus at Aphelion 20 03:07 Vernal Equinox 20 08:03 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 21 22 Venus 0.3°N of Saturn 22 04:46 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 23 15:44 Moon at Apogee: 406292 km 24 22 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.7°E 25 07:00 FULL MOON 25 07:13 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.956 26 04:07 Moon at Descending Node 26 19:40 Spica 1.4°S of Moon 30 14:24 Antares 0.3°S of MoonApr 02 03:15 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 03:51 Mars 2.0°N of Moon 06 09:20 Saturn 1.2°N of Moon: Occn. 07 16:39 Venus 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 07 17:53 Moon at Perigee: 358850 km 08 12:20 Moon at Ascending Node 08 18:17 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.057 08 18:21 NEW MOON 10 19 Mars 0.4°N of Saturn 10 21:08 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 11 12:38 Pleiades 0.4°N of Moon 11 23 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 15 13:47 Pollux 1.5°N of Moon 15 19:13 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 14:45 Beehive 3.5°S of Moon 18 11:14 Regulus 3.6°S of Moon 19 13 Mercury 1.7°N of Venus 20 02:09 Moon at Apogee: 405625 km 22 07 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 10:45 Moon at Descending Node 23 02:02 Spica 1.5°S of Moon 23 23:49 FULL MOON 26 20:00 Antares 0.3°S of MoonMay 01 11:27 LAST QUARTER MOON 03 22:26 Saturn 0.8°N of Moon: Occn. 04 20 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 05 02:26 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn. 05 21:54 Moon at Ascending Node 05 22:11 Moon at Perigee: 363166 km 06 08:25 Mercury 3.8°S of Moon 08 03:22 NEW MOON 08 11 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38150 AU 09 21 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.4°W 12 22:17 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 13 11 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 13 22:47 Beehive 3.4°S of Moon 15 11:48 FIRST QUARTER MOON 15 18:43 Regulus 3.5°S of Moon 17 19:00 Moon at Apogee: 404641 km 18 18 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 19 16:35 Moon at Descending Node 20 09:20 Spica 1.4°S of Moon 23 13:53 FULL MOON 24 02:31 Antares 0.4°S of Moon 30 17:13 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 08:01 Saturn 0.4°N of Moon: Occn.Jun 02 03:08 Moon at Ascending Node 02 07:23 Moon at Perigee: 368108 km 02 23:37 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 04 10 Mercury 0.1°S of Jupiter 04 15 Venus at Superior Conjunction 06 12:38 NEW MOON 09 07:23 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 10 07:34 Beehive 3.2°S of Moon 12 03:00 Regulus 3.3°S of Moon 13 16 Mercury at Perihelion 14 05:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 13:36 Moon at Apogee: 404078 km 14 16 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 15 20:17 Moon at Descending Node 16 17:28 Spica 1.2°S of Moon 20 10:33 Antares 0.3°S of Moon 20 20:51 Summer Solstice 22 01:08 FULL MOON 27 11:45 Moon at Perigee: 369292 km 27 14:52 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 28 17:34 Mercury 4.7°S of Pollux 28 21:53 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 04:26 Moon at Ascending Node | Date GMT Event (h:m)Jul 01 18:27 Mars 4.1°S of Moon 02 15:30 Pleiades 0.3°N of Moon 03 08:28 Jupiter 5.0°S of Moon 05 05 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU 05 22:57 NEW MOON 06 21:12 Mercury 0.1°S of Beehive 07 16:04 Beehive 3.0°S of Moon 07 18:33 Mercury 3.2°S of Moon 08 08:14 Jupiter 4.7°N of Aldebaran 09 11:20 Regulus 3.1°S of Moon 10 02 Venus at Perihelion 12 08:12 Moon at Apogee: 404363 km 12 22:27 Moon at Descending Node 13 22:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 01:48 Spica 0.9°S of Moon 17 19:37 Antares 0.2°S of Moon 20 19:40 Mars 4.7°S of Pleiades 21 10:17 FULL MOON 22 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°E 24 05:43 Moon at Perigee: 364914 km 24 20:38 Saturn 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 25 01:38 Mercury 1.7°S of Regulus 26 05:33 Moon at Ascending Node 27 16 Mercury at Aphelion 27 22 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 28 02:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 29 21:13 Pleiades 0.1°N of Moon 30 10:37 Mars 5.0°S of Moon 30 23:53 Jupiter 5.4°S of MoonAug 04 01:20 Mars 4.9°N of Aldebaran 04 11:13 NEW MOON 04 22:51 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus 05 22:04 Venus 1.7°S of Moon 07 17 Mercury 5.7°S of Venus 09 01:06 Moon at Descending Node 09 01:32 Moon at Apogee: 405298 km 10 09:34 Spica 0.7°S of Moon 12 14 Perseid Meteor Shower 12 15:19 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 04:38 Antares 0.0°S of Moon 14 15 Mars 0.3°N of Jupiter 19 02 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 19 18:26 FULL MOON 21 02:54 Saturn 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 21 05:05 Moon at Perigee: 360199 km 22 10:27 Moon at Ascending Node 26 02:54 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 26 09:26 LAST QUARTER MOON 27 12:43 Jupiter 5.7°S of Moon 28 00:22 Mars 5.3°S of Moon 30 04:47 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 31 05:31 Beehive 3.1°S of MoonSep 01 09:16 Mercury 5.0°S of Moon 03 01:55 NEW MOON 05 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°W 05 05:43 Moon at Descending Node 05 10:13 Venus 1.2°N of Moon 05 14:55 Moon at Apogee: 406215 km 06 16:22 Spica 0.6°S of Moon 08 04 Saturn at Opposition 09 02:50 Mercury 0.4°N of Regulus 09 15 Mercury at Perihelion 10 12:29 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 11 06:06 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 10:14 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 18 02:34 FULL MOON 18 02:44 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.085 18 02:57 Venus 2.2°N of Spica 18 13:26 Moon at Perigee: 357284 km 18 19:51 Moon at Ascending Node 20 23 Neptune at Opposition 22 10:17 Pleiades 0.2°S of Moon 22 12:44 Autumnal Equinox 23 23:20 Jupiter 5.8°S of Moon 24 18:50 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 11:49 Mars 4.9°S of Moon 26 10:25 Pollux 1.6°N of Moon 27 11:08 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon 29 07:16 Regulus 3.0°S of Moon 30 21 Mercury at Superior Conjunction Oct 02 11:52 Moon at Descending Node 02 18:45 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.933 02 18:49 NEW MOON 02 19:40 Moon at Apogee: 406517 km 05 20:27 Venus 3.0°N of Moon 07 18:48 Antares 0.2°N of Moon 10 18:55 FIRST QUARTER MOON 14 18:05 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 16 07:05 Moon at Ascending Node 17 00:46 Moon at Perigee: 357173 km 17 11:26 FULL MOON 19 00:44 Mars 5.7°S of Pollux 19 19:59 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 21 06 Orionid Meteor Shower 21 08:04 Jupiter 5.8°S of Moon 23 17:16 Pollux 1.7°N of Moon 23 19:55 Mars 3.9°S of Moon 24 08:03 LAST QUARTER MOON 24 17:35 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon 25 23:43 Venus 3.0°N of Antares 26 13:24 Regulus 2.9°S of Moon 29 17:44 Moon at Descending Node 29 22:50 Moon at Apogee: 406164 kmNov 01 12:47 NEW MOON 03 07:37 Mercury 2.1°N of Moon 04 00:26 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 05 00:16 Venus 3.1°N of Moon 05 06 S Taurid Meteor Shower 09 05:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON 10 04:22 Mercury 2.0°N of Antares 11 01:36 Saturn 0.1°S of Moon: Occn. 12 06 N Taurid Meteor Shower 12 15:59 Moon at Ascending Node 14 11:18 Moon at Perigee: 360110 km 15 21:29 FULL MOON 16 06:59 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 16 08 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.5°E 17 03 Uranus at Opposition 17 12 Leonid Meteor Shower 17 14:52 Jupiter 5.6°S of Moon 20 02:07 Pollux 1.9°N of Moon 20 21:07 Mars 2.4°S of Moon 21 01:48 Beehive 2.9°S of Moon 22 20:48 Regulus 2.7°S of Moon 23 01:28 LAST QUARTER MOON 25 21:31 Moon at Descending Node 26 11:56 Moon at Apogee: 405315 km 27 11:33 Spica 0.4°S of MoonDec 01 06:21 NEW MOON 03 14:03 Mars 1.3°N of Beehive 04 22:40 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 06 02 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 06 14 Mercury at Perihelion 07 20 Jupiter at Opposition 08 08:49 Saturn 0.3°S of Moon: Occn. 08 15:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON 09 19:36 Moon at Ascending Node 12 13:18 Moon at Perigee: 365360 km 13 17:13 Pleiades 0.1°S of Moon 14 01 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 19:41 Jupiter 5.5°S of Moon 15 09:02 FULL MOON 17 12:12 Pollux 2.0°N of Moon 18 08:46 Mars 0.9°S of Moon: Occn. 18 11:28 Beehive 2.7°S of Moon 20 05:37 Regulus 2.5°S of Moon 21 09:20 Winter Solstice 22 10 Ursid Meteor Shower 22 22:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 22 23:21 Moon at Descending Node 23 21:26 Mercury 6.6°N of Antares 24 07:25 Moon at Apogee: 404486 km 24 19:28 Spica 0.2°S of Moon 25 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.0°W 28 14:37 Antares 0.1°N of Moon 30 22:27 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
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to calendars of astronomical events from 2021 to 2030 for five time zones
in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a calendar of astronomical events for that year.
| Calendar of Astronomical Events - Europe, Africa, & Middle East | |||||||||||||||
| GMT | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| CET | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| EET | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| MSK | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
| GST | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |||||
- GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
- CET = Central European Time (= GMT + 1 hour)
- EET = Eastern European Time (= GMT + 2 hours)
- MSK = Moscow Time (= GMT + 3 hours)
- GST = Gulf Standard Time (= GMT + 4 hours)
- 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.