2024 Event Calendar

This listing gives notable astronomical events in our solar system in 2024, including eclipses, meteor showers, periodic comets, phases of the moon, and conjunctions of the planets.

Also see list of space exploration missions and upcoming space launches.

margin NOVEMBER 2023

Nov 3: Jupiter at opposition
Nov 4-5: Taurids meteor shower
Nov 13: New moon phase
Nov 13: Uranus at opposition
Nov 17-18: Leonid meteor shower
Nov 27: Full moon phase (Beaver Moon)


margin DECEMBER 2023

Dec 4: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation
Dec 12: New moon phase
Dec 13-14: Geminid meteor shower
Dec 21-22: Ursid meteor shower
Dec 22: December solstice (03:21 UTC)
Dec 27: Full moon phase (Cold moon)


margin JANUARY 2024

Jan 3-4: Quadrantids meteor shower
Jan 11: New moon phase
Jan 12: Mercury at greatest western elongation
Jan 25: Full moon phase (Wolf Moon)



margin FEBRUARY 2024

Feb 9: New moon phase
Feb 24: Full moon phase (Snow Moon)


margin MARCH 2024

Mar 10: New moon phase
Mar 20: March equinox (03:01 UTC)
Mar 24: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation
Mar 25: Full moon phase (Worm Moon)
Mar 25: Penumbral lunar eclipse NASA eclipse map


margin APRIL 2024

Apr 8: New moon phase
Apr 8: Total solar eclipse NASA eclipse map
Apr 22-23: Lyrid meteor shower
Apr 23: Full moon phase (Pink Moon)


margin MAY 2024

May 6-7: Eta Aquarid meteor shower
May 8: New moon phase
May 9: Mercury at greatest western elongation
May 23: Full moon phase (Flower Moon)


margin JUNE 2024

Jun 6: New moon phase
Jun 20: June solstice (20:46 UTC)
Jun 22: Full moon phase (Strawberry Moon)


margin JULY 2024

Jul 21: Full moon phase (Buck Moon)
Jul 5: New moon phase
Jul 22: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation
Jul 28-29: Delta Aquarids meteor shower


margin AUGUST 2024

Aug 4: New moon phase
Aug 12-13: Perseid meteor shower
Aug 19: Full moon phase (Blue Moon)


margin SEPTEMBER 2024

Sep 3: New moon phase
Sep 5: Mercury at greatest western elongation
Sep 8: Saturn at opposition
Sep 18: Full (super)moon phase (Harvest Moon)
Sep 18: Partial lunar eclipse NASA eclipse map
Sep 20: Neptune at opposition Sep 22: September equinox (12:39 UTC)


margin OCTOBER 2024

Oct 2: New moon phase
Oct 2: Annular solar eclipse NASA eclipse map
Oct 17: Full (super)moon phase (Hunters Moon)
Oct 7: Draconids meteor shower
Oct 21-22: Orionid meteor shower


margin NOVEMBER 2024

Nov 1: New moon phase
Nov 4-5: Taurids meteor shower
Nov 15: Full (super)moon phase (Beaver Moon)
Nov 16: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation
Nov 17: Uranus at opposition
Nov 17-18: Leonid meteor shower


margin DECEMBER 2024

Dec 1: New moon phase
Dec 7: Jupiter at opposition
Dec 13-14: Geminid meteor shower
Dec 15: Full moon phase (Cold moon)
Dec 21: December solstice (09:17 UTC)
Dec 21-22: Ursid meteor shower
Dec 25: Mercury at greatest western elongation
Dec 30: New moon phase