The Solar Almanac

This month's events in astronomy.

 

 31 days hath May 2008. 

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20°00'00" E

Color Key:  event occurs in daylight   moonlit night   starry night 

 All times are +0100. 

Thursday
1
May 2008
01:53:14  Moonrise.
05:22:39  Sunrise.
11:34:35  Uranus 6.9°E of Moon.
14:08:13  Moonset.
17:51:39  Sunset.
21:19:02  Uranus Least Elongation from Moon, 02°49'04".
22:35:37  Uranus 3.0°S of Moon.
Friday
2
May 2008
02:35:05  Moonrise.
05:22:19  Sunrise.
15:00:27  Moonset.
17:51:46  Sunset.
Saturday
3
May 2008
03:18:39  Moonrise.
05:21:59  Sunrise.
09:35:46  Moon Highest Culmination, 88°36'26" high.
12:42:12  Saturn Stationary in Right Ascension, 10h17m23s.
15:55:24  Moonset.
17:51:54  Sunset.
Sunday
4
May 2008
04:05:28  Moonrise.
05:21:40  Sunrise.
16:54:13  Moonset.
17:52:02  Sunset.
Monday
5
May 2008
04:23:01  Jupiter Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 58°22'34".
04:57:01  Moonrise.
05:21:21  Sunrise.
07:37:10  Jupiter Northernmost Declination, -21°37'22".
10:01:37  Sun Least Elongation from Moon, 05°12'39".
13:19:25  Moon in Conjunction with Sun.
13:19:25  Moon at New Moon.
17:52:11  Sunset.
17:57:24  Moonset.
Tuesday
6
May 2008
04:15:20  Moon at Perigee, 222 321 miles.
05:21:03  Sunrise.
05:54:15  Moonrise.
07:53:13  Moon 0.3°S of 433-Eros.
08:07:48  Moon Least Elongation from 433-Eros, 00°15'27".
08:07:48  Moon Occultation of 433-Eros, 0656 to 0720 UT.
09:08:30  Moon 0.6°E of 433-Eros.
17:52:20  Sunset.
19:04:11  Moonset.
23:40:18  Mercury Least Elongation from Moon, 01°58'49".
23:48:49  Mercury 2.0°S of Moon.
Wednesday
7
May 2008
05:20:46  Sunrise.
06:56:49  Moonrise.
09:35:53  Moon Least Elongation from 1-Ceres, 04°05'19".
12:38:08  Moon 4.3°N of 1-Ceres.
17:52:29  Sunset.
20:11:59  Moonset.
Thursday
8
May 2008
02:49:27  Moon Northernmost Declination, 27°37'25".
05:20:30  Sunrise.
08:02:35  Moonrise.
14:40:30  Moon Lowest Upper Culmination, 72°37'11" high.
17:52:39  Sunset.
21:17:11  Moonset.
Friday
9
May 2008
05:20:14  Sunrise.
09:08:07  Moonrise.
15:05:38  Jupiter Stationary in Right Ascension, 19h36m39s.
17:52:49  Sunset.
22:16:51  Moonset.

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Saturday
10
May 2008
05:12:54  Mercury Dims to Magnitude +0.00.
05:19:59  Sunrise.
10:10:24  Moonrise.
13:25:22  Mars 0.6°S of Moon.
13:50:54  Mars Least Elongation from Moon, 00°32'06".
17:22:16  Mars 1.3°W of Moon.
17:52:59  Sunset.
23:09:54  Moonset.
Sunday
11
May 2008
05:19:45  Sunrise.
08:22:46  Sun Total Darkness Begins at South Pole.
11:07:57  Moonrise.
17:53:10  Sunset.
23:56:52  Moonset.
Monday
12
May 2008
04:48:10  Moon at Eastern Quadrature.
04:48:10  Moon at First Quarter.
05:19:32  Sunrise.
12:00:49  Moonrise.
12:20:06  Saturn 5.4°E of Moon.
17:53:21  Sunset.
18:21:16  Moon Highest Culmination, 88°42'29" high.
18:21:16  Moon Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 88°42'29".
23:20:11  Saturn Least Elongation from Moon, 03°01'21".
Tuesday
13
May 2008
00:39:09  Moonset.
02:36:00  Saturn 3.4°N of Moon.
02:57:40  Mars at Aphelion, 154 858 657 miles.
05:19:19  Sunrise.
12:49:59  Moonrise.
17:53:33  Sunset.
Wednesday
14
May 2008
01:18:14  Moonset.
05:19:08  Sunrise.
06:45:22  Sun Greatest Elongation from Mercury, 21°47'32".
13:36:40  Moonrise.
16:50:50  Neptune at Western Quadrature.
17:53:44  Sunset.
17:53:44  Mercury Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 20°37'23".
Thursday
15
May 2008
01:55:34  Moonset.
05:18:57  Sunrise.
14:22:09  Moonrise.
17:53:57  Sunset.
19:28:01  Mercury Latest Setting.
21:28:55  Mercury Northernmost Declination, 25°04'14".

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Concepts: Diary of Phenomena, Occultations, Planetary Phenomena, Phases of the Moon, Elongations, Magnitudes, Risings, Settings, Geocentric, Planets, Asteroids, Conjunctions, Oppositions, Stationary Points, Perihelion, Aphelion