The Solar Almanac

This month's events in astronomy.

 

 31 days hath May 2008. 

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 All times are +0900. 

Thursday
1
May 2008
01:37:23  Moonrise.
06:22:14  Sunrise.
14:25:47  Moonset.
17:03:32  Uranus 8.1°E of Moon.
17:31:44  Sunset.
Friday
2
May 2008
02:36:18  Moonrise.
03:06:29  Uranus Least Elongation from Moon, 02°58'36".
06:22:43  Sunrise.
06:39:02  Uranus 3.6°S of Moon.
14:59:52  Moonset.
17:31:02  Sunset.
Saturday
3
May 2008
03:37:15  Moonrise.
06:23:13  Sunrise.
15:35:39  Moonset.
17:30:20  Sunset.
20:42:12  Saturn Stationary in Right Ascension, 10h17m23s.
Sunday
4
May 2008
04:41:22  Moonrise.
06:23:42  Sunrise.
16:14:55  Moonset.
17:29:40  Sunset.
Monday
5
May 2008
05:49:19  Moonrise.
06:24:12  Sunrise.
15:37:10  Jupiter Northernmost Declination, -21°37'22".
16:59:34  Moonset.
17:29:00  Sunset.
21:19:25  Moon in Conjunction with Sun.
21:19:25  Moon at New Moon.
22:40:22  Sun Least Elongation from Moon, 05°09'00".
Tuesday
6
May 2008
03:07:39  Pluto Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 82°01'14".
06:24:41  Sunrise.
07:00:42  Moonrise.
12:15:20  Moon at Perigee, 222 321 miles.
12:33:45  Moon 3.2°W of 433-Eros.
17:28:22  Sunset.
17:51:15  Moonset.
19:00:17  Moon Least Elongation from 433-Eros, 00°29'30".
19:02:57  Moon 0.5°N of 433-Eros.
Wednesday
7
May 2008
04:53:44  Mercury Least Elongation from Moon, 02°31'59".
05:47:19  Mercury 2.6°S of Moon.
06:25:11  Sunrise.
08:13:12  Moonrise.
17:27:44  Sunset.
18:50:36  Moonset.
22:15:04  Moon 4.2°N of 1-Ceres.
22:32:25  Moon Least Elongation from 1-Ceres, 04°09'42".
Thursday
8
May 2008
06:25:41  Sunrise.
09:22:44  Moonrise.
10:49:27  Moon Northernmost Declination, 27°37'25".
14:39:32  Moon Lowest Upper Culmination, 37°24'07" high.
17:27:08  Sunset.
19:56:07  Moonset.
Friday
9
May 2008
06:26:11  Sunrise.
10:25:24  Moonrise.
17:26:32  Sunset.
21:04:18  Moonset.
23:05:38  Jupiter Stationary in Right Ascension, 19h36m39s.

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Saturday
10
May 2008
06:26:41  Sunrise.
11:19:15  Moonrise.
13:12:54  Mercury Dims to Magnitude +0.00.
17:25:58  Sunset.
22:11:21  Moonset.
Sunday
11
May 2008
00:19:25  Mars 0.3°S of Moon.
00:27:52  Mars Least Elongation from Moon, 00°14'05".
00:27:52  Moon Occultation of Mars, 1517 to 1540 UT.
01:22:25  Mars 0.7°W of Moon.
06:27:11  Sunrise.
12:04:45  Moonrise.
16:22:46  Sun Total Darkness Begins at South Pole.
17:25:25  Sunset.
23:14:55  Moonset.
Monday
12
May 2008
06:26:20  Neptune Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 78°45'15".
06:27:41  Sunrise.
12:43:39  Moonrise.
12:48:10  Moon at Eastern Quadrature.
12:48:10  Moon at First Quarter.
17:24:52  Sunset.
23:01:35  Saturn 5.8°E of Moon.
Tuesday
13
May 2008
00:14:25  Moonset.
06:28:11  Sunrise.
07:17:14  Saturn Least Elongation from Moon, 02°15'56".
08:18:29  Saturn 2.4°N of Moon.
10:57:40  Mars at Aphelion, 154 858 657 miles.
13:17:55  Moonrise.
17:24:21  Sunset.
Wednesday
14
May 2008
01:10:29  Moonset.
06:28:41  Sunrise.
12:12:34  Sun Greatest Elongation from Mercury, 21°47'34".
13:49:20  Moonrise.
17:23:51  Sunset.
Thursday
15
May 2008
00:50:50  Neptune at Western Quadrature.
02:04:11  Moonset.
06:29:11  Sunrise.
14:19:25  Moonrise.
17:23:22  Sunset.
18:39:01  Mercury Latest Setting.

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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