May 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On May 17, 2025
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  • Antares, Asteroid 3 Juno, Asteroid 4 Vesta, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Eta Aquarid meteor shower, Jupiter, M35, Mercury, Pollux, Saturn, Spica, Venus

May 2025 Sky

1 Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition at 12h UT. Mag. 5.7.
1 Moon near M35 Cluster at 12h UT (51° from Sun, evening sky).
2 Moon near Castor at 19h UT (evening sky).
3 Moon near Pollux at 1h UT (evening sky).
4 Moon, Mars and Beehive Cluster (M44) within circle 2.6° diameter at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.0.
4 First Quarter Moon at 13:52 UT.
5 Mars 0.6° NNE of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 14h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.0.
5 Moon near Regulus at 21h UT (evening sky).
5 Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with Comet Halley. Very fast, bright meteors, up to 50 per hour. Best seen from the tropics and southern hemisphere a few hours before dawn. Viewing conditions are ideal in 2025 for this major meteor shower.
• Eta Aquariids (Wikipedia)
• AMS Meteor Shower Calendar 2024-2025 (IMO)
10 Moon near Spica at 6h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from southern Pacific Ocean.
• Lunar occultation of Spica (In-The-Sky)
11 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 406,244km; angular size 29.4′).
12 Full Moon at 16:57 UT.
14 Moon near Antares at 2h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands.
• Lunar occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky)
14 Asteroid 3 Juno at opposition at 6h UT. Mag. 10.1.
20 Last Quarter Moon at 11:59 UT.
22 Moon near Saturn at 16h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.1.
23 Moon near Venus at 19h UT (morning sky). Mag. −4.4.
26 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 1:32 UT (distance 359,022km; angular size 33.3′).
27 New Moon at 3:03 UT. Start of lunation 1267.
28 Moon near Jupiter at 14h UT (20° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −1.9.
28 Moon near M35 Cluster at 22h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky).
30 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 4h UT (not visible). The innermost planet passes into the evening sky.
30 Moon near Castor at 4h UT (evening sky).
30 Moon near Pollux at 10h UT (evening sky).
31 Moon near Beehive Cluster (M44) at 11h UT (evening sky).
May 2025 Sky All times Universal Time (UT).

  • US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
  • US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
  • Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
  • Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.