Monthly Calendar
May 2018

  • 02. Waning Gibbous Moon Near Antares
  • 04. National Space Day
  • Star Wars Day
  • Waning Gibbous Moon near Saturn
  • 05. Launch of InSight Lander Mission to Mars
  • National Astronaut Day
  • 06. Moon at Apogee: 251,344 miles (404,500 km)
  • Waning Gibbous Moon near Mars
  • 07. Moon at Descending Node
  • Last Quarter Moon
  • 08. Jupiter at Opposition
  • 10. Jupiter Closest to Earth 4.4 AU)
  • 13. Waning Crescent Moon near Mercury
  • 14. Sun Enters the Boundaries of the Constellation Taurus the Bull
  • 15. New Moon
  • 17. Waxing Crescent Moon near Venus
  • Moon at Perigee: 226,055 miles (363,800 km)
  • 19. Waxing Crescent Moon near Beehive Open Star Cluster
  • 20. Moon at Ascending Node
  • 21. Waxing Gibbous Moon near Regulus
  • The Sun Does Not Enter the Astrological Sign of Gemini
  • 22. First Quarter Moon
  • Mars Autumnal Equinox
  • 25. Towel Day
  • 27. Waxing Gibbous Moon near Jupiter
  • 29. Full Moon
  • 31. Waning Gibbous Moon near Saturn

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