Updated June 26, 2019 |
Infoplease Staff
Table of contents
May
For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms.
| Day | Phenomenon | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAST QUARTER | 0600 |
| 1 | Neptune is 5° north of the Moon. | 1500 |
| 2 | Mars is 3° north of the Moon. | 1500 |
| 3 | Uranus is 3° north of the Moon. | 0600 |
| 5 | The asteroid Juno is 0° 08' north of the Moon. Occultation of Juno by the Moon. | 1400 |
| 6 | Mercury is 3° south of the Moon. | 1000 |
| 7 | Pallas, the second-largest asteroid, appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from retrograde to direct motion. | 0100 |
| 8 | NEW MOON | 0900 |
| 8 | Ceres, the largest asteroid, is at opposition. | 1800 |
| 11 | Vesta, the third-largest asteroid, is in conjunction with the Sun. | 0300 |
| 13 | Saturn is 5° south of the Moon. | 1300 |
| 14 | The Moon is at apogee. | 1400 |
| 14 | Mars is 1° 2' south of Uranus. | 2000 |
| 16 | FIRST QUARTER | 0900 |
| 18 | Venus is 6° north of Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus. | 2100 |
| 19 | Jupiter is 0° 4' north of the Moon. Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon. | 2200 |
| 20 | Neptune appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from direct motion to retrograde motion. | 0300 |
| 23 | FULL MOON | 2000 |
| 24 | Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is 0° 8' south of the Moon. Occultation of Antares by the Moon. | 0800 |
| 26 | The Moon is at perigee. | 1100 |
| 28 | Neptune is 5° north of the Moon. | 2100 |
| 30 | LAST QUARTER | 1200 |
| 30 | Uranus is 3° north of the Moon. | 1200 |
| 31 | Saturn is 7° south of Pollux, the brightest star in the constellation Gemini. | 0500 |
| 31 | Mars is 0° 5' north of the Moon. Occultation of Mars by the Moon. | 0900 |
| April | Phenomena, 2005 | June |
