Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2 The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed Annular solar eclipse New Moon The Moon at apogee	3 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction	4 NGC 253 is well placed	5 The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed NGC 300 is well placed October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2024 Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon at perihelion Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
6	7 NGC 362 is well placed Asteroid 39 Laetitia at opposition Lunar occultation of Antares	8 Draconid meteor shower 2024	9 Jupiter enters retrograde motion	10 Southern Taurid meteor shower 2024 Moon at First Quarter	11 δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2024	12 Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes perigee
13	14 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Lunar occultation of Saturn Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn	15 The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed The Moon at aphelion Lunar occultation of Neptune	16	17 The Moon at perigee Full Moon Asteroid 19 Fortuna at opposition 136199 Eris at opposition	18 ε-Geminid meteor shower 2024	19 Close approach of the Moon and M45
20	21 Orionid meteor shower 2024 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri	22	23 Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) passes perigee Mercury at aphelion Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars	24 Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2024 Moon at Last Quarter 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction	25	26
27 The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed Asteroid 1036 Ganymed at opposition	28 Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) passes perihelion	29 The Moon at apogee	30 Venus at aphelion	31