A listing of some of the main astronomical events along with links for more information.
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Last Updated: 2023.10.31
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Event |
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2023 |
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12 - December |
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2023.12.12 (Tue) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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2023.12.14 (Thu) |
Geminids (120) |
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Visual |
Max @ 12pm ZHR=120 D=1 | |
2023.12.27 (Wed) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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2024 |
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01 - January |
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2024.01.03 (Wed) |
Quadrantid Meteor Shower (120) |
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Visual |
Quadrantid meteor shower with expected peak shower rate of 120 meteors/hour in the late hours of January 03 to the morning of January 04. Where in the sky the appearance of falling stars from this shower cannot be predicted if you trace its trail back it should trace back to the constellation Bootes. | |
2024.01.06 (Sat) |
Jupiter Double Transit |
Telescope |
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Ganymede and Europa Double shadow transit from 19:19 to 19:57. Jupiter is well placed for this event. | |
2024.01.08 (Mon) |
Visual |
Since Mercury is so close to the sun it is generally difficult to spot in the sky. However, on this morning, it will appear 15° above the eastern horizon just before sunrise. | |||
2024.01.11 (Thu) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.01.25 (Thu) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Wolf Moon : Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
2024.01.27 (Sat) |
Visual Binoculars Telescope |
At 7:17 AM Mercury and Mars will be within 15’ of each other in the eastern horizon about 10° above the horizon. | |||
02 - February |
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2024.02.09 (Fri) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.02.22 (Thu) |
Visual |
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At 6:50 AM Venus and Mars will be within 38’ of each other in the eastern horizon about 11° above the horizon. | ||
2024.02.24 (Sat) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Snow Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
03 - March |
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2024.03.10 (Sun) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.03.13 (Wed) |
Visual |
At 8:00 PM Jupiter and the moon with be within 3°38’ of each other at an altitude of 31° | |||
2024.03.20 (Wed) |
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Visual |
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2024.03.21 (Thu) |
Visual Binoculars Telescope |
At 6:30 AM Venus and Saturn will be within 33’ of each other in the eastern horizon about 10° above the horizon. | |||
2024.03.25 (Mon) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Worm Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
2024.03.25 (Mon) |
Visual |
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Since Mercury is so close to the sun it is generally difficult to spot in the sky. However, this evening, it will appear 13° above the western horizon just after sunset. | ||
04 - April |
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2024.04.08 (Mon) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.04.08 (Mon) |
Visual |
Check out the map to see if this will be a total or partial eclipse for your location. Phoenix Times | First Contact = 10:10am | Max = 11:15am | Finish = 12:33pm | | |||
2024.04.10 (Wed) |
Visual |
At 5:25 AM Mars and Saturn will be within 30’ of each other in the eastern horizon about 10° above the horizon. | |||
2024.04.23 (Tue) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Pink Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
05 - May |
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2024.05.05 (Sun) |
Eta Aquarids (40) |
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Visual |
Eta Aquarids meteor shower with expected peak shower rate of 40 meteors/hour in the late hours of May 5th to the morning of May 6th. Where in the sky the appearance of falling stars from this shower cannot be predicted if you trace its trail back it should trace back to the constellation Aquarius. | |
2024.05.08 (Wed) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.05.13 (Mon) |
Visual |
Since Mercury is so close to the sun it is generally difficult to spot in the sky. However, on this morning, it will appear 10° above the eastern horizon just before sunrise. | |||
2024.05.23 (Thu) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Flower Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
06 - June |
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2024.06.06 (Thu) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.06.22 (Sat) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Strawberry Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
2024.06.27 (Thu) |
Visual |
The Moon will pass in front of Saturn at about 9:00 AM (25° above horizon) and will emerge from behind the moon at about 9:58 AM (15° above horizon). | |||
07 - July |
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2024.07.05 (Fri) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.07.07 (Sun) |
Visual |
Since Mercury is so close to the sun it is generally difficult to spot in the sky. However, this evening, it will appear 12° above the western horizon directly below the moon after sunset. | |||
2024.07.15 (Mon) |
Telescope |
Mars and Uranus will be within 32’ of each other at 5:00 AM at an altitude of 41°. | |||
2024.07.21 (Sun) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Buck Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
2024.07.29 (Mon) |
Delta Aquarids (25) |
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Visual |
Delta Aquarids meteor shower with expected peak shower rate of 25 meteors/hour in the late hours of July 28th to the morning of July 29th. Where in the sky the appearance of falling stars from this shower cannot be predicted if you trace its trail back it should trace back to the constellation Aquarius. | |
08 - August |
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2024.08.04 (Sun) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.08.05 (Mon) |
Visual Binoculars |
The Moon and Venus within 1.5° of each other in the western horizon about 29° above the horizon at 6:00 PM. | |||
2024.08.11 (Sun) |
Perseids (150) |
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Visual |
Perseids meteor shower with expected peak shower rate of 150 meteors/hour in the late hours of August 11th to the morning of August 12th. Where in the sky the appearance of falling stars from this shower cannot be predicted if you trace its trail back it should trace back to the constellation Perseus. | |
2024.08.14 (Wed) |
Visual Binoculars Telescope |
At 5:00 AM Mars and Jupiter will be within 19’ of each other in the eastern horizon about 50° above the horizon. | |||
2024.08.19 (Mon) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Sturgeon Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
2024.08.20 (Tue) |
Visual Binoculars |
The Moon and Saturn within 2° of each other in the western horizon about 22° above the horizon at 10:00 PM. | |||
09 - September Full Moon craziness this month! |
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2024.09.03 (Tue) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies |
2024.09.06 (Fri) |
Visual |
Since Mercury is so close to the sun it is generally difficult to spot in the sky. However, on this morning, it will appear 14° above the eastern horizon just before sunrise. | |||
2024.09.08 (Sun) |
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Telescope |
Saturn lies opposite to the Sun in the sky and will be visible for most of the night. | ||
2024.09.17 (Tue) |
Full Moon (Supermoon) |
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Visual |
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Harvest Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. This month’s full moon is also a Supermoon. The technical name for a Supermoon is Perigee-syzygy. |
2024.09.17 (Tue) |
Binoculars Telescope |
The Moon will pass in front of Saturn at about 4:14 AM (14° above horizon) and Saturn will emerge from behind the moon at about 5:06 AM (4° above horizon). | |||
2024.09.17 (Tue) |
Visual Telescope |
Earth’s shadow will just graze the moon with a maximum coverage of 10%. Grazing will start at 7:14 PM with maximum at 7:47 PM and ending at 8:17 PM | |||
2024.09.17 (Tue)
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Binoculars Telescope |
The Moon will pass in front of Neptune at about 11:52 PM (53° above horizon) and emerge from behind the moon at about 1:05 AM (54° above horizon). | |||
2024.09.20 (Fri)
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Telescope |
Neptune lies opposite to the Sun in the sky and will be visible for most of the night. | ||
2024.09.22 (Sun) |
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10 - October |
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2024.10.02 (Wed) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.10.17 (Thu) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Hunters Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
11 - November |
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2024.11.01 (Fri) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.11.10 (Sun) |
Visual Binoculars |
The Moon and Saturn within 38’ of each other in the western horizon about 44° above the horizon at 7:00 PM. | |||
2024.11.11 (Mon) |
Binoculars Telescope |
The Moon will pass in front of Neptune at about 6:20 PM (39° above horizon) and emerge from behind the moon at about 7:18 PM (48° above horizon). | |||
2024.11.15 (Fri) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Beaver Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times. |
2024.11.17 (Sun) |
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Telescope |
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Uranus lies opposite to the Sun in the sky and will be visible for most of the night. | |
2024.11.20 (Wed) |
Visual |
Since Mercury is so close to the sun it is generally difficult to spot in the sky. However, this evening, it will appear 9° above the western horizon just after sunset. | |||
12 - December |
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2024.12.01 (Sun) |
New Moon |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.12.07 (Sat) |
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Telescope |
Jupiter lies opposite to the Sun in the sky and will be visible for most of the night. | ||
2024.12.15 (Sun) |
Full Moon |
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Visual |
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Cold Moon: Naming full moons is silly, but it makes the news a lot of times.
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2024.12.18 (Wed) |
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Visual Binoculars |
The Moon and Mars within 47’ of each other in the eastern horizon about 70° above the horizon at 2:00 AM. | ||
2024.12.21 (Sat) |
Visual |
Since Mercury is so close to the sun it is generally difficult to spot in the sky. However, on this morning, it will appear 16° above the eastern horizon just before sunrise. | |||
2024.12.23 |
Jupiter Double Transit |
Telescope |
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Io and Ganymede Double shadow transit from 00:47 to 01:50. Jupiter is well placed for this event. | |
2024.12.30 (Mon) |
New Moon |
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Visual |
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Dark Skies! |
2024.12.30 (Mon) |
Jupiter Double Transit |
Telescope |
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Io and Ganymede Double shadow transit from 03:35 to 04:55 with altitude range of 24deg to 8 deg above the horizon |