Every Void of Course Moon period in 2024 is listed below with start and end times. The Moon is void of course from the moment it completes its last major aspect in a sign until it enters the next sign. Times are given in UTC. There are 161 void periods in 2024, covering roughly 25% of the year.
January 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| January 2, 22:13 | January 3, 00:47 | 2h 34m | Virgo 28°44′ | square to Mars |
| January 4, 22:24 | January 5, 12:39 | 14h 15m | Libra 22°44′ | sextile to Mercury |
| January 6, 19:12 | January 7, 21:08 | 25h 56m | Scorpio 15°57′ | sextile to Sun |
| January 9, 18:25 | January 10, 01:33 | 7h 8m | Sagittarius 25°47′ | conjunction with Mercury |
| January 11, 11:57 | January 12, 03:01 | 15h 4m | Capricorn 20°44′ | conjunction with Sun |
| January 13, 07:32 | January 14, 03:29 | 19h 57m | Aquarius 17°39′ | sextile to Venus |
| January 15, 20:47 | January 16, 04:48 | 8h 1m | Pisces 25°11′ | sextile to Sun |
| January 18, 03:53 | January 18, 08:12 | 4h 19m | Aries 27°32′ | square to Sun |
| January 20, 13:57 | January 20, 13:58 | 1m | Taurus 29°59′ | trine to Sun |
| January 22, 20:40 | January 22, 21:51 | 1h 11m | Gemini 29°23′ | opposition to Venus |
| January 24, 01:44 | January 25, 07:37 | 29h 53m | Cancer 14°36′ | opposition to Mars |
| January 25, 20:46 | January 27, 19:11 | 46h 25m | Leo 6°42′ | square to Jupiter |
| January 29, 11:38 | January 30, 08:04 | 20h 26m | Virgo 19°58′ | trine to Mercury |
February 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| February 1, 09:03 | February 1, 20:37 | 11h 34m | Libra 24°12′ | square to Mercury |
| February 4, 03:24 | February 4, 06:28 | 3h 4m | Scorpio 28°22′ | sextile to Mercury |
| February 5, 11:55 | February 6, 12:09 | 24h 14m | Sagittarius 16°10′ | sextile to Sun |
| February 8, 07:52 | February 8, 13:59 | 6h 7m | Capricorn 26°13′ | conjunction with Mars |
| February 9, 22:59 | February 10, 13:42 | 14h 43m | Aquarius 20°41′ | conjunction with Sun |
| February 12, 12:31 | February 12, 13:26 | 55m | Pisces 29°26′ | sextile to Mars |
| February 14, 10:20 | February 14, 15:02 | 4h 42m | Aries 27°14′ | square to Venus |
| February 16, 15:01 | February 16, 19:39 | 4h 38m | Taurus 27°26′ | square to Sun |
| February 19, 03:21 | February 19, 03:25 | 4m | Gemini 29°58′ | trine to Sun |
| February 19, 22:00 | February 21, 13:40 | 39h 40m | Cancer 9°42′ | sextile to Jupiter |
| February 22, 09:39 | February 24, 01:37 | 39h 58m | Leo 10°04′ | square to Jupiter |
| February 24, 22:49 | February 26, 14:29 | 39h 40m | Virgo 10°29′ | trine to Jupiter |
| February 27, 18:22 | February 29, 03:09 | 32h 47m | Libra 13°44′ | trine to Venus |
March 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| March 1, 13:09 | March 2, 13:56 | 24h 47m | Scorpio 17°10′ | square to Venus |
| March 4, 04:01 | March 4, 21:15 | 17h 14m | Sagittarius 20°25′ | sextile to Venus |
| March 6, 12:55 | March 7, 00:38 | 11h 43m | Capricorn 22°58′ | sextile to Mercury |
| March 8, 18:56 | March 9, 01:03 | 6h 7m | Aquarius 26°08′ | conjunction with Venus |
| March 10, 09:00 | March 11, 00:19 | 15h 19m | Pisces 20°17′ | conjunction with Sun |
| March 12, 11:08 | March 13, 00:28 | 13h 20m | Aries 21°49′ | sextile to Mars |
| March 14, 17:56 | March 15, 03:16 | 9h 20m | Taurus 24°39′ | sextile to Sun |
| March 17, 04:11 | March 17, 09:40 | 5h 29m | Gemini 27°04′ | square to Sun |
| March 19, 18:52 | March 19, 19:33 | 41m | Cancer 29°40′ | trine to Sun |
| March 22, 06:34 | March 22, 07:42 | 1h 8m | Leo 29°26′ | opposition to Mars |
| March 23, 15:22 | March 24, 20:37 | 29h 15m | Virgo 15°36′ | trine to Jupiter |
| March 26, 23:09 | March 27, 09:03 | 9h 54m | Libra 25°03′ | opposition to Mercury |
| March 29, 03:02 | March 29, 19:52 | 16h 50m | Scorpio 21°18′ | trine to Venus |
| March 31, 22:54 | April 1, 04:05 | 5h 11m | Sagittarius 27°10′ | trine to Mercury |
April 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| April 3, 04:58 | April 3, 09:08 | 4h 10m | Capricorn 27°35′ | sextile to Venus |
| April 5, 05:39 | April 5, 11:13 | 5h 34m | Aquarius 26°36′ | sextile to Mercury |
| April 6, 17:13 | April 7, 11:25 | 18h 12m | Pisces 18°36′ | sextile to Jupiter |
| April 9, 02:38 | April 9, 11:23 | 8h 45m | Aries 24°34′ | conjunction with Mercury |
| April 10, 19:19 | April 11, 12:58 | 17h 39m | Taurus 19°30′ | conjunction with Jupiter |
| April 13, 06:35 | April 13, 17:45 | 11h 10m | Gemini 23°50′ | sextile to Sun |
| April 15, 19:13 | April 16, 02:24 | 7h 11m | Cancer 26°18′ | square to Sun |
| April 18, 12:02 | April 18, 14:10 | 2h 8m | Leo 28°57′ | trine to Sun |
| April 20, 11:09 | April 21, 03:08 | 15h 59m | Virgo 22°08′ | opposition to Mars |
| April 22, 23:24 | April 23, 15:20 | 15h 56m | Libra 21°59′ | opposition to Venus |
| April 25, 18:25 | April 26, 01:37 | 7h 12m | Scorpio 26°14′ | trine to Mars |
| April 28, 06:56 | April 28, 09:37 | 2h 41m | Sagittarius 28°32′ | trine to Venus |
| April 30, 15:19 | April 30, 15:20 | 1m | Capricorn 29°59′ | sextile to Mars |
May 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| May 2, 09:28 | May 2, 18:52 | 9h 24m | Aquarius 24°27′ | square to Jupiter |
| May 4, 12:22 | May 4, 20:41 | 8h 19m | Pisces 24°57′ | sextile to Jupiter |
| May 6, 05:57 | May 6, 21:42 | 15h 45m | Aries 20°21′ | conjunction with Mercury |
| May 8, 16:30 | May 8, 23:20 | 6h 50m | Taurus 25°55′ | conjunction with Jupiter |
| May 10, 17:13 | May 11, 03:13 | 10h 0m | Gemini 24°21′ | sextile to Mercury |
| May 13, 04:56 | May 13, 10:36 | 5h 40m | Cancer 27°02′ | square to Mercury |
| May 15, 16:41 | May 15, 21:33 | 4h 52m | Leo 27°35′ | square to Jupiter |
| May 18, 06:42 | May 18, 10:23 | 3h 41m | Virgo 28°11′ | trine to Jupiter |
| May 19, 15:48 | May 20, 22:34 | 30h 46m | Libra 14°33′ | opposition to Mars |
| May 23, 07:13 | May 23, 08:24 | 1h 11m | Scorpio 29°22′ | opposition to Jupiter |
| May 24, 18:36 | May 25, 15:36 | 21h 0m | Sagittarius 18°26′ | trine to Mars |
| May 27, 03:37 | May 27, 20:45 | 17h 8m | Capricorn 20°14′ | square to Mars |
| May 29, 10:46 | May 30, 00:33 | 13h 47m | Aquarius 21°58′ | sextile to Mars |
| May 31, 19:19 | June 1, 03:28 | 8h 9m | Pisces 25°10′ | sextile to Mercury |
June 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| June 2, 22:04 | June 3, 05:55 | 7h 51m | Aries 25°19′ | conjunction with Mars |
| June 4, 13:46 | June 5, 08:36 | 18h 50m | Taurus 18°54′ | sextile to Saturn |
| June 7, 10:22 | June 7, 12:41 | 2h 19m | Gemini 28°41′ | sextile to Mars |
| June 8, 23:08 | June 9, 19:29 | 20h 21m | Cancer 19°04′ | trine to Saturn |
| June 11, 16:02 | June 12, 05:39 | 13h 37m | Leo 23°07′ | sextile to Venus |
| June 14, 11:13 | June 14, 18:12 | 6h 59m | Virgo 26°34′ | square to Venus |
| June 17, 06:05 | June 17, 06:38 | 33m | Libra 29°44′ | trine to Mercury |
| June 18, 20:18 | June 19, 16:32 | 20h 14m | Scorpio 19°20′ | trine to Saturn |
| June 21, 04:08 | June 21, 23:08 | 19h 0m | Sagittarius 19°22′ | square to Saturn |
| June 23, 09:01 | June 24, 03:14 | 18h 13m | Capricorn 19°24′ | sextile to Saturn |
| June 24, 22:58 | June 26, 06:07 | 31h 9m | Aquarius 11°35′ | square to Mars |
| June 27, 18:11 | June 28, 08:52 | 14h 41m | Pisces 21°20′ | trine to Mercury |
| June 30, 04:56 | June 30, 12:00 | 7h 4m | Aries 25°53′ | square to Mercury |
July 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| July 1, 21:27 | July 2, 15:50 | 18h 23m | Taurus 19°25′ | sextile to Saturn |
| July 4, 01:57 | July 4, 20:51 | 18h 54m | Gemini 19°25′ | square to Saturn |
| July 6, 16:27 | July 7, 03:56 | 11h 29m | Cancer 23°52′ | conjunction with Venus |
| July 8, 21:18 | July 9, 13:47 | 16h 29m | Leo 21°36′ | square to Mars |
| July 11, 12:51 | July 12, 02:06 | 13h 15m | Virgo 23°29′ | trine to Mars |
| July 13, 22:49 | July 14, 14:53 | 16h 4m | Libra 22°01′ | square to Sun |
| July 16, 20:06 | July 17, 01:25 | 5h 19m | Scorpio 27°12′ | opposition to Mars |
| July 18, 20:24 | July 19, 08:14 | 11h 50m | Sagittarius 23°21′ | trine to Mercury |
| July 21, 10:17 | July 21, 11:43 | 1h 26m | Capricorn 29°09′ | opposition to Sun |
| July 23, 09:58 | July 23, 13:23 | 3h 25m | Aquarius 27°55′ | opposition to Mercury |
| July 24, 20:31 | July 25, 14:52 | 18h 21m | Pisces 18°55′ | conjunction with Saturn |
| July 26, 22:14 | July 27, 17:22 | 19h 8m | Aries 18°44′ | trine to Venus |
| July 29, 06:45 | July 29, 21:28 | 14h 43m | Taurus 21°37′ | square to Venus |
| July 31, 17:33 | August 1, 03:19 | 9h 46m | Gemini 24°38′ | sextile to Venus |
August 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| August 2, 13:32 | August 3, 11:09 | 21h 37m | Cancer 18°31′ | trine to Saturn |
| August 4, 16:00 | August 5, 21:17 | 29h 17m | Leo 15°03′ | sextile to Jupiter |
| August 7, 09:44 | August 8, 09:31 | 23h 47m | Virgo 18°15′ | opposition to Saturn |
| August 9, 21:45 | August 10, 22:34 | 24h 49m | Libra 17°47′ | sextile to Sun |
| August 12, 15:19 | August 13, 10:01 | 18h 42m | Scorpio 20°24′ | square to Sun |
| August 15, 16:52 | August 15, 17:51 | 59m | Sagittarius 29°27′ | trine to Mercury |
| August 17, 00:49 | August 17, 21:45 | 20h 56m | Capricorn 17°39′ | sextile to Saturn |
| August 19, 18:26 | August 19, 22:51 | 4h 25m | Aquarius 27°15′ | opposition to Sun |
| August 21, 08:34 | August 21, 23:02 | 14h 28m | Pisces 21°00′ | square to Mars |
| August 23, 12:44 | August 24, 00:00 | 11h 16m | Aries 23°11′ | trine to Mercury |
| August 25, 19:03 | August 26, 03:04 | 8h 1m | Taurus 25°23′ | trine to Venus |
| August 28, 05:50 | August 28, 08:47 | 2h 57m | Gemini 28°23′ | square to Venus |
| August 29, 15:57 | August 30, 17:09 | 25h 12m | Cancer 16°45′ | trine to Saturn |
September 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| September 2, 00:25 | September 2, 03:48 | 3h 23m | Leo 28°18′ | sextile to Mars |
| September 4, 16:00 | September 4, 16:12 | 12m | Virgo 29°54′ | square to Mars |
| September 6, 23:11 | September 7, 05:18 | 6h 7m | Libra 26°59′ | sextile to Mercury |
| September 8, 14:29 | September 9, 17:26 | 26h 57m | Scorpio 16°26′ | sextile to Sun |
| September 11, 08:07 | September 12, 02:37 | 18h 30m | Sagittarius 20°04′ | opposition to Jupiter |
| September 13, 17:01 | September 14, 07:53 | 14h 52m | Capricorn 21°24′ | trine to Sun |
| September 15, 19:09 | September 16, 09:39 | 14h 30m | Aquarius 21°05′ | trine to Venus |
| September 18, 02:34 | September 18, 09:24 | 6h 50m | Pisces 25°41′ | opposition to Sun |
| September 20, 03:14 | September 20, 09:02 | 5h 48m | Aries 26°23′ | opposition to Venus |
| September 22, 10:14 | September 22, 10:24 | 10m | Taurus 29°54′ | trine to Sun |
| September 24, 08:13 | September 24, 14:50 | 6h 37m | Gemini 26°20′ | square to Mercury |
| September 25, 17:51 | September 26, 22:47 | 28h 56m | Cancer 14°43′ | trine to Saturn |
| September 28, 16:04 | September 29, 09:42 | 17h 38m | Leo 21°09′ | sextile to Jupiter |
October 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| October 1, 04:30 | October 1, 22:20 | 17h 50m | Virgo 21°14′ | square to Jupiter |
| October 3, 17:40 | October 4, 11:22 | 17h 42m | Libra 21°17′ | trine to Jupiter |
| October 5, 22:27 | October 6, 23:34 | 25h 7m | Scorpio 17°23′ | trine to Mars |
| October 8, 17:54 | October 9, 09:38 | 15h 44m | Sagittarius 21°43′ | sextile to Mercury |
| October 11, 09:35 | October 11, 16:31 | 6h 56m | Capricorn 26°06′ | square to Mercury |
| October 13, 11:08 | October 13, 19:55 | 8h 47m | Aquarius 24°44′ | square to Venus |
| October 15, 16:28 | October 15, 20:34 | 4h 6m | Pisces 27°26′ | trine to Venus |
| October 17, 11:26 | October 17, 20:00 | 8h 34m | Aries 24°35′ | opposition to Sun |
| October 19, 09:59 | October 19, 20:07 | 10h 8m | Taurus 23°47′ | sextile to Mars |
| October 21, 21:00 | October 21, 22:50 | 1h 50m | Gemini 28°57′ | trine to Sun |
| October 23, 21:20 | October 24, 05:24 | 8h 4m | Cancer 25°42′ | conjunction with Mars |
| October 25, 21:42 | October 26, 15:47 | 18h 5m | Leo 20°53′ | sextile to Jupiter |
| October 28, 23:55 | October 29, 04:30 | 4h 35m | Virgo 27°45′ | sextile to Mars |
| October 31, 14:57 | October 31, 17:29 | 2h 32m | Libra 28°44′ | square to Mars |
November 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| November 3, 04:39 | November 3, 05:19 | 40m | Scorpio 29°40′ | trine to Mars |
| November 4, 23:51 | November 5, 15:17 | 15h 26m | Sagittarius 21°54′ | conjunction with Venus |
| November 6, 19:11 | November 7, 22:58 | 27h 47m | Capricorn 14°52′ | sextile to Sun |
| November 10, 00:23 | November 10, 04:00 | 3h 37m | Aquarius 27°55′ | sextile to Venus |
| November 11, 13:17 | November 12, 06:26 | 17h 9m | Pisces 19°39′ | trine to Sun |
| November 13, 13:51 | November 14, 06:59 | 17h 8m | Aries 19°20′ | sextile to Jupiter |
| November 15, 21:28 | November 16, 07:09 | 9h 41m | Taurus 24°01′ | opposition to Sun |
| November 17, 14:07 | November 18, 08:50 | 18h 43m | Gemini 18°53′ | conjunction with Jupiter |
| November 20, 11:20 | November 20, 13:51 | 2h 31m | Cancer 28°38′ | trine to Sun |
| November 22, 06:36 | November 22, 23:01 | 16h 25m | Leo 21°36′ | trine to Mercury |
| November 24, 20:10 | November 25, 11:20 | 15h 10m | Virgo 22°33′ | square to Mercury |
| November 27, 09:14 | November 28, 00:20 | 15h 6m | Libra 22°32′ | sextile to Mercury |
| November 29, 18:51 | November 30, 11:53 | 17h 2m | Scorpio 21°18′ | sextile to Venus |
December 2024| Begins | Ends | Duration | Moon’s sign | Last major aspect |
| December 2, 01:28 | December 2, 21:09 | 19h 41m | Sagittarius 19°34′ | conjunction with Mercury |
| December 4, 23:34 | December 5, 04:21 | 4h 47m | Capricorn 27°22′ | conjunction with Venus |
| December 6, 09:53 | December 7, 09:49 | 23h 56m | Aquarius 16°27′ | trine to Jupiter |
| December 8, 15:27 | December 9, 13:38 | 22h 11m | Pisces 17°02′ | square to Sun |
| December 10, 22:13 | December 11, 15:55 | 17h 42m | Aries 19°21′ | trine to Sun |
| December 12, 13:55 | December 13, 17:22 | 27h 27m | Taurus 13°20′ | sextile to Saturn |
| December 15, 09:02 | December 15, 19:21 | 10h 19m | Gemini 23°53′ | opposition to Sun |
| December 16, 18:34 | December 17, 23:39 | 29h 5m | Cancer 13°32′ | trine to Saturn |
| December 20, 05:19 | December 20, 07:37 | 2h 18m | Leo 28°49′ | trine to Sun |
| December 21, 11:55 | December 22, 19:08 | 31h 13m | Virgo 14°27′ | square to Jupiter |
| December 24, 10:44 | December 25, 08:06 | 21h 22m | Libra 19°29′ | trine to Venus |
| December 27, 05:08 | December 27, 19:46 | 14h 38m | Scorpio 22°31′ | square to Venus |
| December 29, 20:03 | December 30, 04:37 | 8h 34m | Sagittarius 25°23′ | sextile to Venus |
| December 31, 07:02 | January 1, 10:50 | 27h 48m | Capricorn 14°28′ | sextile to Saturn |
Highlights of 2024
The longest void period of the year begins on January 25, 2024 at 20:46 and lasts 46h 25m; the Moon is in Leo and made its last aspect as a square to Jupiter. The shortest period starts on January 20 at 13:57 and lasts only 1m. The average void lasts 13h 25m.
Long voids happen when the Moon completes its last major aspect early in a sign: for the rest of its passage it forms no exact aspect with any classical planet. In electional astrology these stretches are considered unfavourable for new beginnings; when planning a signature, a proposal or a journey, checking the table and moving the hour outside the void is usually enough.
Calculated by the classical method: the five major aspects (conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition) that the Moon forms with the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn; outer planets are not counted. The void begins at the moment the last aspect becomes exact. Rows with a purple background mark periods longer than 24 hours. For live calculation and month-by-month browsing see the Void of Course Moon calendar.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Void of Course Moon mean?
The Moon is void of course from the moment it completes its last major aspect in a sign until it enters the next sign. During this interval the Moon forms no new exact aspect with a classical planet, and in traditional astrology its course is considered "empty".
How many Void of Course periods are there in 2024?
There are 161 void of course periods in 2024, covering roughly 25% of the year and about 2160h in total. The average length is 13h 25m, and the longest single period is 46h 25m.
What should you avoid during a Void of Course Moon?
In traditional electional astrology these periods are considered unfavourable for new beginnings: signing an important contract, making an offer, a major purchase, marriage or starting a journey. They are fine for routine tasks, rest, finishing pending work and review. If a critical action is needed, simply schedule it outside the void.
Which time zone are the times in, and can I see my local time?
All start and end times are given in UTC. Use the time zone selector above the tables to switch every time to your own zone, or choose your device time automatically.
How is the Void of Course Moon calculated?
By the classical method, only the Moon's five major aspects (conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition) to the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are considered; the outer planets (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) are excluded. The void begins the exact moment the last major aspect perfects and ends when the Moon enters the next sign.
Is the Void of Course Moon a bad thing?
No. Being "unfavourable" does not mean unlucky; it only means that new ventures expected to produce results tend to fizzle out during this interval. These periods are valuable for rest, meditation, art, reflection and continuing work already underway.