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