Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 New Moon	2 Pheonicid meteor shower 2024 The Moon at perihelion	3	4 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus	5 December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2024 Mercury at inferior solar conjunction	6 Jupiter at perigee Mercury at perihelion Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2024 Mars enters retrograde motion	7 Jupiter at opposition Neptune ends retrograde motion
8 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Lunar occultation of Saturn Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Moon at First Quarter Monocerotid meteor shower 2024 Conjunction of Venus and Ceres	9 Lunar occultation of Neptune	10	11 σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2024	12 The Moon at perigee The Large Magellanic Cloud is well placed	13 Close approach of the Moon and M45	14 Geminid meteor shower 2024 The Moon at aphelion Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition The Running Man cluster is well placed The Orion Nebula is well placed
15 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri Full Moon Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2024	16	17	18 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars	19 December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2024	20 Mercury at dichotomy	21 December solstice
22 Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Ursid meteor shower 2024 Moon at Last Quarter	23	24 The Moon at apogee Lunar occultation of Spica	25 Mercury at greatest elongation west	26	27	28 Lunar occultation of Antares The cluster NGC 2232 is well placed Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
29 The Rosette Nebula is well placed	30 The Moon at perihelion New Moon	31