Here you will find useful observing information about the visible planets,
our Moon and other moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout.
Animated images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects,
or apparent and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular features include plotting the monthly positions of the
visible planets using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's apparent motion and the Earth's real
motion along the ecliptic.
Scroll down for more web site information, resources, and a link to the previous month issue.
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May Sky Calendar | ||||
01-02. Thin Waning Crescent Moon Near Venus 03. Mars and Saturn at Heliocentric Opposition 04. New Moon 05. Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Aldebaran 07. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Mars 09. Moon at Ascending Node Waxing Crescent Moon Near Pollux 10. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Beehive Open Star Cluster |
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11. Waxing Gibbous Moon West of Regulus 12. First Quarter Moon Waxing Gibbous East of Regulus 13. Moon at Perigee: 229,296 miles (369,017 km) 14. Sun enters the Astronomical constellation Taurus the Bull 18. Full Moon 19. Mars very near M35: telescope - binoculars Waning Gibbous Moon near Ceres 20. Waning Gibbous Moon Near Jupiter |
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21. Mercury at Superior Conjunction Sun does not enter the astrological constellation Gemini the Twins 22. Moon at Descending Node Waning Gibbous Moon West of Saturn 23. Waning Gibbous Moon East of Saturn 24. Mercury at Perihelion 26. Moon at Apogee: 251,117 miles (404,134 km) Last Quarter Moon 28. Ceres at Opposition 31. Waning Crescent Moon near Uranus |
Planet cordinate data for the visible planets and the Sun at 10-day intervals for this month.
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web page showing this information, and also for a larger and easier to read version of the above graphic.