Solar System Events Synopsis Calculator Based on the 600-Year DE405 Ephemeris From  1600  to  2200 PHP Program by Jay Tanner
Calendar Year (1600  to  2200)	Local Time Zone Offset From UT Neg | Pos  =  West | East UT
============================================================================== SOLAR SYSTEM EVENTS DATES AND TIMES SYNOPSIS FOR THE YEAR 2024 For The Time Scales: LT = Local Time for the Given Time Zone UT = Universal Time ============================================================================== ============================================================================== SOLAR SYSTEM EVENTS DATES AND TIMES SYNOPSIS FOR THE YEAR 2024 LT (LOCAL TIME) FOR LOCAL TIME ZONE UT+00:00 (LT = UT when TZ = UT ± 00:00) Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460311.14464829 2024 Jan 01 Mon 03:28 PM Lunar apogee at 404909.384 km 2460312.52693281 2024 Jan 03 Wed 12:39 AM Earth perihelion at 0.983306994 AU 2460313.64609080 2024 Jan 04 Thu 03:30 AM Last Quarter Moon 2460320.99814542 2024 Jan 11 Thu 11:57 AM New Moon 2460322.94115052 2024 Jan 13 Sat 10:35 AM Lunar perigee at 362266.646 km 2460327.66147758 2024 Jan 18 Thu 03:53 AM First Quarter Moon 2460332.63978868 2024 Jan 23 Tue 03:21 AM Pluto apogee at 35.919723296 AU 2460335.24578194 2024 Jan 25 Thu 05:54 PM Full Moon 2460338.84326467 2024 Jan 29 Mon 08:14 AM Lunar apogee at 405777.270 km Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460343.20690369 2024 Feb 02 Fri 04:58 PM Mercury aphelion at 0.466632 AU 2460343.47076405 2024 Feb 02 Fri 11:18 PM Last Quarter Moon 2460350.45770894 2024 Feb 09 Fri 10:59 PM New Moon 2460351.28662044 2024 Feb 10 Sat 06:53 PM Lunar perigee at 358088.072 km 2460357.12559769 2024 Feb 16 Fri 03:01 PM First Quarter Moon 2460361.33090926 2024 Feb 20 Tue 07:57 PM Mercury apogee at 1.390346488 AU 2460365.02107785 2024 Feb 24 Sat 12:30 PM Full Moon 2460366.12429696 2024 Feb 25 Sun 02:59 PM Lunar apogee at 406311.572 km 2460369.22525664 2024 Feb 28 Wed 05:24 PM Saturn apogee at 10.711192477 AU Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460373.14125811 2024 Mar 03 Sun 03:23 PM Last Quarter Moon 2460379.79454817 2024 Mar 10 Sun 07:04 AM Lunar perigee at 356894.956 km 2460379.87524902 2024 Mar 10 Sun 09:00 AM New Moon 2460386.67405670 2024 Mar 17 Sun 04:11 AM First Quarter Moon 2460387.19163237 2024 Mar 17 Sun 04:36 PM Mercury perihelion at 0.307648 AU 2460387.82943092 2024 Mar 18 Mon 07:54 AM Neptune apogee at 30.896862861 AU 2460389.40861356 2024 Mar 19 Tue 09:48 PM Venus aphelion at 0.728210 AU 2460389.62914672 2024 Mar 20 Wed 03:06 AM March Equinox 2460393.15616692 2024 Mar 23 Sat 03:45 PM Lunar apogee at 406294.218 km 2460394.79183830 2024 Mar 25 Mon 07:00 AM Full Moon 2460394.80052083 2024 Mar 25 Mon 07:13 AM Penumbral LUNAR ECLIPSE Midpoint Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460402.63517381 2024 Apr 02 Tue 03:15 AM Last Quarter Moon 2460408.24392251 2024 Apr 07 Sun 05:51 PM Lunar perigee at 358849.734 km 2460409.26197917 2024 Apr 08 Mon 06:17 PM TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 04m 28s 2460409.26442964 2024 Apr 08 Mon 06:21 PM New Moon 2460415.80211911 2024 Apr 15 Mon 07:15 AM Mercury perigee at 0.576018017 AU 2460416.30072016 2024 Apr 15 Mon 07:13 PM First Quarter Moon 2460420.59042343 2024 Apr 20 Sat 02:10 AM Lunar apogee at 405623.444 km 2460424.49229158 2024 Apr 23 Tue 11:49 PM Full Moon 2460431.17644101 2024 Apr 30 Tue 04:14 PM Mercury aphelion at 0.466639 AU Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460431.97721846 2024 May 01 Wed 11:27 AM Last Quarter Moon 2460436.41966606 2024 May 05 Sun 10:04 PM Lunar perigee at 363163.207 km 2460438.64017750 2024 May 08 Wed 03:22 AM New Moon 2460438.94634266 2024 May 08 Wed 10:43 AM Mars perihelion at 1.381506 AU 2460444.07819032 2024 May 13 Mon 01:53 PM Uranus apogee at 20.602402117 AU 2460445.99161287 2024 May 15 Wed 11:48 AM First Quarter Moon 2460448.29080263 2024 May 17 Fri 06:59 PM Lunar apogee at 404639.793 km 2460451.57339760 2024 May 21 Tue 01:46 AM Jupiter apogee at 6.027878963 AU 2460454.07851552 2024 May 23 Thu 01:53 PM Full Moon 2460461.21707868 2024 May 30 Thu 05:13 PM Last Quarter Moon Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460463.80310476 2024 Jun 02 Sun 07:16 AM Lunar perigee at 368102.060 km 2460466.60259475 2024 Jun 05 Wed 02:28 AM Venus apogee at 1.735280530 AU 2460468.02615178 2024 Jun 06 Thu 12:38 PM New Moon 2460475.16079793 2024 Jun 13 Thu 03:52 PM Mercury perihelion at 0.307632 AU 2460475.72109147 2024 Jun 14 Fri 05:18 AM First Quarter Moon 2460476.06596902 2024 Jun 14 Fri 01:35 PM Lunar apogee at 404076.734 km 2460476.56637857 2024 Jun 15 Sat 01:36 AM Mercury apogee at 1.323055197 AU 2460482.36869896 2024 Jun 20 Thu 08:51 PM June Solstice 2460483.54708481 2024 Jun 22 Sat 01:08 AM Full Moon 2460488.97908833 2024 Jun 27 Thu 11:30 AM Lunar perigee at 369286.250 km 2460490.41203875 2024 Jun 28 Fri 09:53 PM Last Quarter Moon Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460496.71253388 2024 Jul 05 Fri 05:06 AM Earth aphelion at 1.016725489 AU 2460497.45647469 2024 Jul 05 Fri 10:57 PM New Moon 2460501.71696813 2024 Jul 10 Wed 05:12 AM Venus perihelion at 0.718460 AU 2460503.84092560 2024 Jul 12 Fri 08:11 AM Lunar apogee at 404362.070 km 2460505.45051214 2024 Jul 13 Sat 10:49 PM First Quarter Moon 2460512.09163497 2024 Jul 20 Sat 02:12 PM Pluto perigee at 34.045715301 AU 2460512.92852405 2024 Jul 21 Sun 10:17 AM Full Moon 2460515.73655817 2024 Jul 24 Wed 05:41 AM Lunar perigee at 364917.305 km 2460519.14515825 2024 Jul 27 Sat 03:29 PM Mercury aphelion at 0.466645 AU 2460519.61908488 2024 Jul 28 Sun 02:51 AM Last Quarter Moon Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460526.96735004 2024 Aug 04 Sun 11:13 AM New Moon 2460531.56353800 2024 Aug 09 Fri 01:32 AM Lunar apogee at 405297.132 km 2460535.13799694 2024 Aug 12 Mon 03:19 PM First Quarter Moon 2460538.36440886 2024 Aug 15 Thu 08:45 PM Mercury perigee at 0.608305997 AU 2460542.26787086 2024 Aug 19 Mon 06:26 PM Full Moon 2460543.70957449 2024 Aug 21 Wed 05:02 AM Lunar perigee at 360195.683 km 2460548.89290234 2024 Aug 26 Mon 09:26 AM Last Quarter Moon Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460556.58021504 2024 Sep 03 Tue 01:56 AM New Moon 2460559.12080225 2024 Sep 05 Thu 02:54 PM Lunar apogee at 406211.127 km 2460561.80168920 2024 Sep 08 Sun 07:14 AM Saturn perigee at 8.658055398 AU 2460563.12964352 2024 Sep 09 Mon 03:07 PM Mercury perihelion at 0.307620 AU 2460564.75387652 2024 Sep 11 Wed 06:06 AM First Quarter Moon 2460571.60721535 2024 Sep 18 Wed 02:34 AM Full Moon 2460571.61401621 2024 Sep 18 Wed 02:44 AM Partial LUNAR ECLIPSE Midpoint 2460572.05710365 2024 Sep 18 Wed 01:22 PM Lunar perigee at 357285.859 km 2460573.67213653 2024 Sep 20 Fri 04:08 AM Neptune perigee at 28.893152041 AU 2460576.03065802 2024 Sep 22 Sun 12:44 PM September Equinox 2460578.28458302 2024 Sep 24 Tue 06:50 PM Last Quarter Moon Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460586.28123843 2024 Oct 02 Wed 06:45 PM Annular SOLAR ECLIPSE 07m 25s 2460586.28416722 2024 Oct 02 Wed 06:49 PM New Moon 2460586.31876957 2024 Oct 02 Wed 07:39 PM Lunar apogee at 406515.628 km 2460591.98750994 2024 Oct 08 Tue 11:42 AM Mercury apogee at 1.418540858 AU 2460594.28823848 2024 Oct 10 Thu 06:55 PM First Quarter Moon 2460600.53533993 2024 Oct 17 Thu 12:51 AM Lunar perigee at 357174.537 km 2460600.97661611 2024 Oct 17 Thu 11:26 AM Full Moon 2460607.11420149 2024 Oct 23 Wed 02:44 PM Mercury aphelion at 0.466650 AU 2460607.83542477 2024 Oct 24 Thu 08:03 AM Last Quarter Moon 2460613.45141034 2024 Oct 29 Tue 10:50 PM Lunar apogee at 406161.454 km 2460614.08746736 2024 Oct 30 Wed 02:06 PM Venus aphelion at 0.728202 AU Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460616.03268312 2024 Nov 01 Fri 12:47 PM New Moon 2460623.74680247 2024 Nov 09 Sat 05:55 AM First Quarter Moon 2460628.96921805 2024 Nov 14 Thu 11:16 AM Lunar perigee at 360109.290 km 2460630.39474754 2024 Nov 15 Fri 09:28 PM Full Moon 2460631.46120225 2024 Nov 16 Sat 11:04 PM Uranus perigee at 18.572161131 AU 2460637.56100636 2024 Nov 23 Sat 01:28 AM Last Quarter Moon 2460640.99702477 2024 Nov 26 Tue 11:56 AM Lunar apogee at 405314.013 km Julian_Date_UT Calendar_Date Time_UT Solar_System_Event ================ =============== ======== ==================================== 2460645.76482070 2024 Dec 01 Sun 06:21 AM New Moon 2460650.44495277 2024 Dec 05 Thu 10:41 PM Mercury perigee at 0.678359309 AU 2460650.91871457 2024 Dec 06 Fri 10:03 AM Jupiter perigee at 4.089369759 AU 2460651.09887992 2024 Dec 06 Fri 02:22 PM Mercury perihelion at 0.307611 AU 2460653.14343127 2024 Dec 08 Sun 03:27 PM First Quarter Moon 2460657.05564128 2024 Dec 12 Thu 01:20 PM Lunar perigee at 365360.719 km 2460659.87611537 2024 Dec 15 Sun 09:02 AM Full Moon 2460665.88923289 2024 Dec 21 Sat 09:21 AM December Solstice 2460667.42924255 2024 Dec 22 Sun 10:18 PM Last Quarter Moon 2460668.80876587 2024 Dec 24 Tue 07:25 AM Lunar apogee at 404484.761 km
============================================================================== BASIC SOLAR SYSTEM EVENTS CALCULATOR Program by: Jay Tanner - 2024 This program computes the dates and times of the basic solar system events for any given year from 1600 to 2200 in any local time zone offset from UT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE BASIC SOLAR SYSTEM EVENTS SYNOPSIS INCLUDES THE DATES AND TIMES OF: Full moons, new moons and the quarter phases. Lunar perigees, apogees and distances. Partial and total lunar eclipses. Seasonal equinoxes and solstices. Earth perihelions, aphelions and distances. Partial and total solar eclipses. Planetary perigees and apogees. Planetary perihelions and aphelions. Solar transits of Mercury and Venus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BASIS The positional computations, from which the dates and time were computed, are based on the NASA/JPL DE405 ephemeris and the IAU 2000B theory of nutation, referred to the true ecliptic, equator and equinox of the date. The dates and times of the solar and lunar eclipses and solar transits of the planets Mercury and Venus are based on the work of Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC Emeritus, and refer to the times of mid-event or a maximum point. Only the general times of the events are computed, not the finer details, since this program is only a general synopsis of basic events for the given year. The remote Delta T estimates are computed from the NASA polynomial expressions and resolved to the nearest second. The greatest uncertainty lies in the value of the Delta T, which can only be estimated for remote dates based on observed past trends and current observations. ============================================================================== BASIC SOLAR SYSTEM EVENTS Earth/Moon Event Event Description ------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- New Moon Moon at phase angle 0/360 deg First Quarter Moon Moon at phase angle 90 deg Full Moon Moon at phase angle 180 deg Last Quarter Moon Moon at phase angle 270 deg Penumbral Eclipse Moon passes through faint outer shadow, barely apparent. Partial Eclipse Moon passes only partially through darker inner shadow. Total Eclipse Moon passes totally within the darker inner shadow. Lunar Perigee Moon at minimum orbital distance from Earth Lunar Apogee Moon at maximum orbital distance from Earth Perihelion Earth or planet at minimum orbital distance from Sun Aphelion Earth or planet at maximum orbital distance from Sun Planet Perigee Closest planetary approach to Earth. There could be more than one perigee in a year, depending on the planet. Each year, every planet has at least one perigee point of closest approach. Planetary Apogee Greatest planetary distance from Earth. There could be more than one apogee in a year, depending on the planet. March Equinox Beginning of Northern Spring and Southern Autumn June Solstice Beginning of Northern Summer and Southern Winter September Equinox Beginning of Northern Autumn and Southern Spring December Solstice Beginning of Northern Winter and Southern Summer Mercury Transit Planet Mercury slowly passes across the face of the sun. Venus Transit Planet Venus slowly passes across the face of the sun. ============================================================================== BASIC TIME-RELATED SYMBOLS AND RELATIONSHIPS LT = Local Time in Time Zone TZ TZ = Local Time Zone Offset From UT (±00:00 = UT) (Neg|Pos = West|East) UT = Universal Time DT = Delta T correction estimate computed from NASA polynomial expressions TT = Terrestrial (Dynamical) Time UT = LT − (TZ) TT = UT + (DT) = Astronomical time scale used internally for the computations. or TT = LT − (TZ) + DT The given LT (Local Time) is converted into TT and the TT value is used as the actual time variable for the computations. ============================================================================== REFERENCES: NASA/JPL DEVELOPMENT (DExxx) EPHEMERIS MODELS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory_Development_Ephemeris ftp://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/eph/planets/README.txt ECLIPSES https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.html https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html MERCURY and VENUS SOLAR TRANSITS https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/transit.html https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/MercuryCatalog.html https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/VenusCatalog.html DELTA T ESTIMATION https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/deltatpoly.html https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/deltaT.html https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/deltat.html ==============================================================================
Program by Jay Tanner Thursday, January 01, 1970 at 12:00 AM UTC