May 2024 Sky
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- On May 1, 2024
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- Antares, Aquarid meteor shower, Asteroid 2 Pallas, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Jupiter, M35 star cluster, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica
May 2024 Sky
| 1 | Last Quarter Moon at 11:27 UT. |
| 4 | Moon near Saturn at 0h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 4 | Moon, Mars and Neptune within circle 4.1° diameter at 19h UT (44° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.1 and 7.9. |
| 5 | Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with Comet Halley. Very fast, bright meteors, up to 40 per hour. Best seen from the tropics and southern hemisphere a few hours before dawn. • Eta Aquarids (Wikipedia) • AMS Meteor Shower Calendar 2024-2025 (IMO) |
| 5 | Moon near Mars at 3h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.1. Occultation visible from Madagascar. • Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA) • Lunar occultation of Mars (In-The-Sky) |
| 5 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:08 UT (distance 363,163km; angular size 32.9′). |
| 6 | Moon near Mercury at 6h UT (26° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.7. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 8 | New Moon at 3:23 UT. Start of lunation 1254. |
| 9 | Moon near the Pleiades at 1h UT (evening sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 9 | Mercury at greatest elongation west at 21h UT (26° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.5. |
| 11 | Moon near M35 star cluster at 8h UT (evening sky). • Messier 35 (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Moon near Castor at 17h UT (evening sky). |
| 12 | Moon near Pollux at 23h UT (evening sky). |
| 14 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 2h UT (evening sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 15 | First Quarter Moon at 11:48 UT. |
| 15 | Moon near Regulus at 23h UT (evening sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 17 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 404,640km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 18 | Jupiter at conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. The largest planet passes into the morning sky. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 18 | Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition at 23h UT. Mag. 9.0. • 2 Pallas (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon near Spica at 12h UT (evening sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 23 | Full Moon at 13:55 UT. |
| 24 | Moon near Antares at 4h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from SE USA, Caribbean, Central America, and West Africa. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA) • Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky) |
| 30 | Last Quarter Moon at 17:12 UT. |
| 31 | Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. Occultation visible from southern South America. • Saturn (Wikipedia) • Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA) • Occultation of Saturn (In-The-Sky) |
May 2024 Sky All times Universal Time (UT).
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