These occultations become more central in 20, and the best ones to watch for in 2024 are: The Moon started to occult stars in the outer ‘Seven Sisters’ once every lunation on September 5 th, 2023 and will continue to do so until July 7 th, 2029. The high declination also means the Moon begins to approach the Pleiades (Messier 45) in 2024. February 24 th is the ‘Minimoon’ or smallest apparent Moon for the year, and October 17 th is the Supermoon or largest Full Moon of 2024. We also have a ‘Black Moon’ on December 30 th, with the second New Moon in a month with two. The Moon also reaches its closest perigee for 2024 on March 10 th at 356,893 kilometers distant, and is at its farthest apogee on October 2 nd at 406,516 kilometers distant. The path of the Moon continues its trek towards the Major Lunar Standstill in early 2025, riding extra high versus the ecliptic and the horizon in the winter season, and low in the summer. Transits through the field of view for the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO’s) LASCO C3 and C2 imagers for 2024. In 2024, the Earth reaches perihelion on January 2 nd, and aphelion July 5 th.
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