Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 Comet 13P/Olbers reaches peak brightness Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The cluster IC 4756 is well placed	2 Neptune enters retrograde motion Close approach of the Moon and M45	3 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter	4	5 The Earth at aphelion New Moon	6 The Moon at perihelion 1 Ceres at opposition
7 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury	8	9 The Great Peacock Globular Cluster is well placed	10 Venus at perihelion	11	12 Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky The Moon at apogee	13 Moon at First Quarter Lunar occultation of Spica
14	15 Conjunction of Mars and Uranus Close approach of Mars and Uranus	16	17 Lunar occultation of Antares Messier 55 is well placed	18 Mercury at dichotomy	19	20 The Moon at aphelion
21 Full Moon Mercury at greatest elongation east	22	23 134340 Pluto at opposition	24 The Moon at perigee Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Lunar occultation of Saturn Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn	25 Close approach of the Moon and Neptune Lunar occultation of Neptune	26	27 Mercury at aphelion Moon at Last Quarter
28 Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2024	29 Close approach of the Moon and M45	30 Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2024 α-Capricornid meteor shower 2024 Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter	31 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri