Here's What the Major Moon Events of 2024 Mean For You

If you think it's weird to loosely plan your life around moon phases, think again, my friend. In astrology, your moon sign is known for influencing your emotions pretty heavily — and some people say your moon phase can predict compatibility. This is why having a general awareness of the 2024 lunar calendar could help you navigate your life with a little more ease.

Lunar events like new moons, full moons, and eclipses are believed to carry deeper emotional meanings that can help you decode and navigate life events like new beginnings, chapters closing, and tricky periods of self-reflection. Keep reading to learn what each major moon type signifies, plus a new moon and full moon calendar for 2024.

Depending on which time zone you're in, the new or full moon might hit on a different date. That said, be aware that the dates listed in this 2024 moon phase calendar all reflect the Eastern time zone.

January Moon Calendar 2024

February Moon Calendar 2024

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Just like a new moon signals the start of a fresh moon phase, new moons are often associated with new beginnings in astrology. According to astrologers, these periods of lunar darkness are a surprisingly good time to manifest and set new intentions for themes you'd like to see materialize over the following few weeks. Depending on the zodiac sign in which the new moon falls, you may feel the characteristics and energies associated with that zodiac sign influence your emotions and intentions, too.

If new moons are the start of new chapters, full moons are their ends in astrology. Thinking in terms of the moon's light, a moon at full brightness illuminates the full picture, giving you the clarity — and sometimes the closure — you need as a cycle either comes to fruition or ends. Because full moons are generally intense, they offer a good time to pause on significant new beginnings and, instead, sit back, reflect on what you've learned and accomplished since the new moon, and reap what has come to you as a result.

Beautiful events to marvel at in the sky, eclipses can be a bit tricky to navigate in astrology. Each typically occurring a couple times a year, solar and lunar eclipses can be a little chaotic, heightening the energies of new moons and full moons, respectively, and introducing some major shakeups you might not have seen coming. Solar eclipses fall on new moons, and while you might flirt with a new beginning during a new moon, it "tends to spur stunning shifts and major course changes that can promote growth," writes astrologer Maressa Brown in a previous POPSUGAR article.

On the flip side, lunar eclipses occur during full moons, potentially bringing chapters that weren't benefitting you to an abrupt end, and such chaos can easily drudge up difficult emotions or complicated feelings to deal with. Rather than charging ahead with reckless abandon during eclipses, it may be best to take a step back and let the universe steer you where you need to go. Afterward, when the moon returns to its normal cycles, you'll gain a clearer picture of what to do with the events, themes, and feelings an eclipse uncovered.

Theresa Massony is the former senior living editor at POPSUGAR, overseeing home, food, love, sex, tech, astrology, and more content.