Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 The Moon at apogee	2 The cluster Messier 41 is well placed The Earth at perihelion	3 Moon at Last Quarter	4 Quadrantid meteor shower 2024	5	6
7 Mercury at dichotomy Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky	8 Lunar occultation of Antares Conjunction of the Moon and Venus	9 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury	10 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon at perihelion	11 New Moon	12 Mercury at greatest elongation west	13 The Moon at perigee
14 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn	15 Lunar occultation of Neptune The cluster Messier 47 is well placed NGC 2403 is well placed	16 Conjunction of Venus and Ceres	17 The cluster NGC 2451 is well placed Moon at First Quarter	18 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter	19 Comet C/2023 S3 (Lemmon) passes perihelion γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2024 Asteroid 354 Eleonora at opposition	20 Close approach of the Moon and M45 The cluster NGC 2516 is well placed
21	22 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri	23	24 The cluster NGC 2547 is well placed	25 Comet 144P/Kushida passes perihelion Full Moon	26 The Moon at aphelion	27 Uranus ends retrograde motion Conjunction of Mercury and Mars Close approach of Mercury and Mars
28	29 The Moon at apogee	30	31 The Beehive cluster is well placed The Omicron Velorum cluster is well placed