Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 New Moon	2
3 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon at perihelion Lunar occultation of Antares	4 Close approach of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Venus	5	6	7	8	9 Moon at First Quarter
10 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Lunar occultation of Saturn Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn	11 Lunar occultation of Neptune	12 Northern Taurid meteor shower 2024	13 Asteroid 11 Parthenope at opposition	14 The Moon at aphelion The Moon at perigee	15 Saturn ends retrograde motion Full Moon	16 Close approach of the Moon and M45 Mercury at greatest elongation east Uranus at opposition
17 Leonid meteor shower 2024 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri The Pleiades cluster is well placed	18	19	20 Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars Mercury at dichotomy	21 α-Monocerotid meteor shower 2024	22 Moon at Last Quarter	23
24	25	26 The Moon at apogee	27 Lunar occultation of Spica The Hyades cluster is well placed	28 November Orionid meteor shower 2024	29 Comet 333P/LINEAR passes perihelion	30