AstronomyMarch 10: Moon’s Closest Approach to Earth in 2024The New Moon of March 2024 will produce this year’s shortest Earth-Moon distance.Published: Mar 6, 2024
AstronomyMarch and April 2024: Jupiter and Moon Close ApproachAround March 13, the Moon will pair up with Jupiter in the latest of a string of close approaches. The Moon will sweep by again around April 10.Published: Jan 12, 2024, Updated: Mar 6, 2024
TimeDaylight Saving Time in Europe 2024Most European countries set their clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 31, 2024, when Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts.Published: Feb 28, 2024
CalendarWhy Mars Has More Leap Years than EarthEarthlings are in for another Leap Day next week. That got us wondering: Do Martians have Leap Days, too?Published: Feb 22, 2024
CalendarWhich Day of the Week Were Most US Presidents Born On?And what is the birthday connection between Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden?Published: Feb 13, 2023, Updated: Feb 19, 2024
TimeUSA Start Daylight Saving 2024Most of the United States starts Daylight Saving Time (DST) on Sunday, March 10, 2024.Published: Feb 12, 2024
TimeCanada Start Daylight Saving 2024Canada starts Daylight Saving Time (DST) on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Nonetheless, many provinces and territories want to remove seasonal clock changes.Published: Feb 12, 2024
CalendarWhy Is the 2024 Lunar New Year So Late?Billions of people celebrate the Lunar New Year and have to keep up with its shifting date. In 2024, the lunar year starts 19 days later than in 2023. The culprit? Hiding in the sky.Published: Feb 6, 2024
TimePalestine Delays DST Start in 2024 and 2025In 2024 and 2025, Palestine will start Daylight Saving Time (DST) one week later than previously announced.Published: Jan 30, 2024
TimeKazakhstan to Move to Single Time Zone In MarchFrom March 1, 2024, Kazakhstan will change from using two time zones to observing only one time zone in the entire territory: UTC+5.Published: Jan 23, 2024
AstronomyJanuary Full Moon Kicks Off Longest Moon Phase of 2024The Moon will take 8 days, 5 hours, and 24 minutes to go from Full on January 25, to Third Quarter on February 2. That’s the longest time between two primary Moon phases this year.Published: Jan 18, 2024
AstronomyJanuary 2024 New Moon Will Be an Ultra-Thin Crescent MoonThe New Moon on January 11 will also produce the biggest solar eclipse ‘miss’ of 2024.Published: Jan 4, 2024