Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury Uranus enters retrograde motion	2 Asteroid 194 Prokne at opposition	3 New Moon	4	5 Mercury at greatest elongation west Close approach of the Moon and Venus Lunar occultation of Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon at apogee The Moon at perihelion	6 Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury at dichotomy Lunar occultation of Spica	7
8 Saturn at opposition	9 September ε-Perseid meteor shower 2024 Mercury at perihelion	10 Lunar occultation of Antares	11 Moon at First Quarter	12	13	14
15 The Moon at aphelion	16	17 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Lunar occultation of Saturn Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn	18 Full Moon Partial lunar eclipse Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon at perigee	19	20	21 Neptune at opposition
22 Close approach of the Moon and M45 September equinox	23 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter	24 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri Moon at Last Quarter NGC 55 is well placed	25 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars	26	27 Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2024 Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes perihelion 47 Tuc is well placed	28
29 Asteroid 20 Massalia at opposition	30 Mercury at superior solar conjunction