| May 5 |
Cinco
de Mayo
The Eta
Aquarid Meteor Shower peaks. It is active
until 5/12. Begin looking E-SE 4:00am. Map
New Moon 5:18am PDT; 12:18 UT.
The "invisible" Moon is at perigee (closest to the Earth
at 222,309 miles) 8:18pm PDT; 03:18 UT 5/6. |
| May
6 |
The
Moon conjoins Mercury 2:31pm
PDT; 21:31 UT.
The
youngest Crescent Moon lies above Mercury. Use binoculars to
see Aldebaran to the left and the Pleiades to the right of the
planet. 5/6
Map Mercury
sets at 9:45pm; the Moon is below the horizon by 10:15pm. |
| May
7 |
The
2nd youngest Moon lies above and to the left of Elnath. Moonset:
11:15pm |
| May
8 |
Mebsuta
lies to the left of the waxing
Crescent Moon.
Look above for the bright Gemini Twin stars, Castor to north and
Pollux to the south. |
| May
9 |
Jupiter
is stationary
retrograde.
The waxing Crescent Moon lines up just below Mars near the Gemini
Twin Pollux. 9pm
Western View/Text ~ 5/9
Whole Sky |
| May
10 |
Astronomy
Day ~ Win
a Meade Telescope
The
Moon conjoins Mars
6:50am PDT; 13:50 UT and occults (hides) it for
viewers in Europe, N.Africa and SW Asia. IOTA.
Mercury
rises above (northeast of) Aldebaran and sets around 10:00pm.
The Moon passes Mars to the left and lies in the
Beehive of Cancer on its way to Regulus and Saturn. Map/Text
|
| May
11 |
Mother's
Day
Pentecost
Whit
Sunday
First
Quarter Moon 8:47pm PDT; 03:47 UT 5/12. The Moon enters Leo the
Lion west of Regulus and Saturn. |
| May
12 |
The
Moon conjoins Saturn
3:04pm PDT; 22:04 UT.
The waxing
Gibbous Moon forms
a triangle with Regulus and Saturn. Look for Mars, the Twins and
Procyon to the west. Map/Text
|
| May
13 |
Mercury
reaches
greatest
elongation on the Bull's northern horn.
The Moon lies in the vicinity of Leo the Lion's tail end!
Map/Text |
| May
14-16 |
The
Moon transits Virgo.
4/16 the Moon lies below Spica.
Map/Text |
| May
17-18 |
The
Moon transits the Zuben stars of Libra. |
| May
19 |
Wesak
2 Full Moon Global Meditation
Full
Moon 7:11pm PDT; 02:11 UT.
The Full Moon lies at the head of the Scorpion. |
| May
20 |
The
Moon is at apogee (farthest from the Earth at 252,527 miles)
7:27am PDT; 14:27 UT.
The evening's Moon lies east of Antares, the red heart star of Scorpius;
view until sunrise.
|
| May
21/22 |
The
waning
Gibbous Moon is
positioned above the stinger of the Scorpion, near the Heart
of our Milky Way Galaxy. It approaches the spout of the Sagittarian
teapot. |
| May
23 |
The
predawn Moon lies near Nunki to
the west. |
| May
24 |
The
morning Moon is in close proximity to Jupiter.
The Moon conjoins Jupiter
5:03am PDT; 12:03 UT. |
| May
25 |
The
Phoenix lands on Mars!
The
waning Moon lies east of Jupiter at the eastern border of the
constellation Capricornus. |
| May
26 |
Mercury
is stationary
retrograde 8:48am; 15:48 UT.
Neptune
is stationary
retrograde 9:15am; 16:15 UT.
The
predawn Moon lies to the west of telescopic Neptune.
The
Moon conjoins Neptune and occults the
planet for viewers in N half of Africa, SE Europe, W Asia 7:50pm
PDT; 02:50 UT 5/27.
|
| May
27 |
The
predawn Moon lies to the east of telescopic Neptune.
Last
Quarter Moon 7:57pm PDT; 14:57 UT 5/28.
|
| May
28 |
The
predawn Moon approaches telescopic Uranus.
The
Moon conjoins Uranus
11:22pm PDT; 06:22 UT 5/29. |
| May
29-30 |
The
Moon transits the constellation Pisces.
|
| June
1 |
The
waning
Crescent Moon lies in the constellation Aries. |
| June
2 |
The
Moon approaches the Pleiades. |
| June
3 |
The
Moon conjoins Venus
9:53am PDT; 16:53.
New
Moon 12:23pm PDT; 19:23 UT.
The
Moon conjoins Mercury
9:06pm PDT; 04:06 UT6/4.
The Moon is at perigee (closest to the Earth at 221,985 miles) 6:21pm PDT; 01:21
UT 6/4. |