This calendar includes club events such as meetings and observing sessions, as well as astronomical events.
| 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | |||||
| Date | Event | Start | End | Description | Location |
| 24 | Last Quarter | Last Quarter Moon | |||
| 24 | Moon and Antares | Moon ~3° from Antares: evening | |||
| 25 | Club Observing | 06:30 PM | Club Observing (last quarter moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 26 | Club Observing | 06:30 PM | Club Observing (last quarter moon) | Club Observatory | |
| November | |||||
| Date | Event | Start | End | Description | Location |
| 01 | New Moon | Moon is New | Club Observatory | ||
| 01 | Club Observing | 05:30 PM | Club Observing (new moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 02 | Club Observing | 05:30 PM | Club Observing (new moon) | ||
| 05 | Fall Back | 01:00 AM | End daylight savings | ||
| 08 | First Quarter | Moon at First Quarter | |||
| 10 | Monthly Meeting | 07:00 PM | 09:00:00 PM | Cape Fear Astro Monthly Meeting | 212 DeLoach Hall; UNCW; also via Zoom |
| 14 | Mercury | Mercury at greatest eatern elongation (evening) | |||
| 15 | Full Moon | Moon is Full | |||
| 17 | Leonids | Leonid Meteors: ZHR 10; Waning Gibbous moon | |||
| 17 | Uranus | Uranus at opposition | |||
| 22 | Last Quarter | Last Quarter Moon | |||
| 22 | Club Observing | 06:00 PM | Club Observing (Waning gibbous moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 23 | Club Observing | 06:00 PM | Club Observing (last quarter moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 29 | Club Observing | 05:30 PM | Club Observing (new moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 30 | New Moon | Moon is New | |||
| 30 | Club Observing | 05:30 PM | Club Observing (new moon) | ||
| December | |||||
| Date | Event | Start | End | Description | Location |
| 07 | Jupiter | Jupiter at opposition | |||
| 08 | First Quarter | Moon at First Quarter | |||
| 08 | Monthly Meeting | 07:00 PM | 09:00:00 PM | Cape Fear Astro Holiday Celebration (members only) | TBD |
| 13 | Geminiids | Geminiid Meteors; ZHR 150; 2 days before full moon | |||
| 15 | Full Moon | Moon is Full | |||
| 18 | Moon and Mars | 04:37:00 PM | Moon ~ ½° from Mars | ||
| 20 | Club Observing | 05:00 PM | Club Observing (last quarter moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 21 | Solstice | December Solstice. Northern hemisphere winter | |||
| 21 | Club Observing | 05:00 PM | Club Observing (last quarter moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 22 | Last Quarter | Last Quarter Moon | |||
| 22 | Ursids | Ursid meteors; ZHR 10; Last quarter moon | |||
| 25 | Mercury | Mercury at greatest western elongation (morning) | |||
| 27 | Club Observing | 05:00 PM | Club Observing (new moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 28 | Moon-Mercury-Antares | Moon near Antares | ~10° from Mercury | ||
| 28 | Club Observing | 05:00 PM | Club Observing (new moon) | Club Observatory | |
| 30 | New Moon | Moon is New | |||