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