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