Diary of Astronomical Phenomena
All times are local, including one hour daylight
savings time (when appropriate), topocentric to
mid-Norfolk in Eastern England.
September
dd hh
01 16 Mercury 3.9° south of the Moon
03 03 New Moon
05 03 Mercury at greatest elongation (18.1° west)
05 07 Moon at descending node
05 08 Venus 1.4° north of the Moon
05 16 Moon at apogee (406215 km)
06 19 Spica 0.4° north of the Moon
08 05 Saturn at Opposition
09 04 Mercury 0.4° north of Regulus
09 16 Mercury at perihelion
10 13 Antares 0.7° north of the Moon
11 07 First quarter Moon
12 06 Moon farthest south (declination -28.7°)
17 12 Saturn very close to Moon's northern limb
18 04 Full Moon (and partial lunar eclipse)
18 04 Venus 2.2° north of Spica
18 09 Neptune occulted by the Moon
18 14 Moon at perigee (357284 km)
18 21 Moon at ascending node
21 00 Neptune at Opposition
22 07 Uranus 3.9° south of the Moon
22 13 Pleiads occulted by the Moon
22 14 Autumnal Equinox
23 01 Aldebaran 9.6° south of the Moon
23 22 Jupiter 5.0° south of the Moon
24 18 Moon farthest north for 2024 (declination +28.7°)
24 20 Last quarter Moon
25 15 Mars 4.1° south of the Moon
26 05 Castor 5.4° north of the Moon
26 11 Pollux 2.2° north of the Moon
27 16 Beehive Cluster 2.4° south of the Moon
29 12 Regulus 2.1° south of the Moon
30 22 Mercury at superior conjunction
October
dd hh
02 13 Moon at descending node
02 20 New Moon (and annular solar eclipse)
02 21 Moon at apogee (406517 km)
05 20 Venus 3.7° north of the Moon
07 21 Antares 1.0° north of the Moon
10 20 First quarter Moon
14 19 Saturn 0.9° north of the Moon
15 18 Neptune 0.5° north of the Moon
16 08 Moon at ascending node
17 02 Moon at perigee (357173 km)
17 12 Full Moon
19 15 Uranus 3.3° south of the Moon
19 21 Pleiades 0.6° north of the Moon
21 07 Orionid Meteor Shower
20 15 Aldebaran 9.3° south of the Moon
21 10 Jupiter 5.2° south of the Moon
23 12 Castor 5.8° north of the Moon
23 18 Pollux 2.6° north of the Moon
23 21 Mars 3.1° south of the Moon
24 20 Beehive Cluster 2.4° south of the Moon
24 09 Last quarter Moon
26 01 Venus 3.0° north of Antares
26 18 Regulus 1.8° south of the Moon
27 02 British Summer Time ends
29 18 Moon at descending node
29 23 Moon at apogee (406164 km)