The Solar Almanac

This month's events in astronomy.

 

 31 days hath May 2008. 

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Thursday
1
May 2008
03:40:12  Moonrise.
05:36:02  Sunrise.
14:38:16  Uranus 5.7°E of Moon.
15:15:17  Moonset.
20:19:09  Sunset.
22:37:52  Uranus Least Elongation from Moon, 02°19'24".
23:56:01  Uranus 2.5°S of Moon.
Friday
2
May 2008
03:54:59  Moonrise.
05:34:17  Sunrise.
16:36:33  Moonset.
20:20:41  Sunset.
Saturday
3
May 2008
04:10:33  Moonrise.
05:32:33  Sunrise.
13:42:12  Saturn Stationary in Right Ascension, 10h17m23s.
18:01:39  Moonset.
20:22:13  Sunset.
Sunday
4
May 2008
04:28:30  Moonrise.
05:30:50  Sunrise.
19:31:11  Moonset.
20:23:44  Sunset.
Monday
5
May 2008
04:51:08  Moonrise.
05:29:09  Sunrise.
08:37:10  Jupiter Northernmost Declination, -21°37'22".
14:19:25  Moon in Conjunction with Sun.
14:19:25  Moon at New Moon.
14:29:28  Sun Least Elongation from Moon, 04°32'59".
17:59:12  Sun 4.7°S of Moon.
20:25:15  Sunset.
21:03:35  Moonset.
Tuesday
6
May 2008
05:15:20  Moon at Perigee, 222 321 miles.
05:21:52  Moonrise.
05:27:30  Sunrise.
07:51:57  Mercury 9.5°E of Moon.
09:28:05  Moon 0.8°S of 433-Eros.
10:01:19  Moon Least Elongation from 433-Eros, 00°44'54".
14:24:47  Moon 2.4°E of 433-Eros.
20:26:45  Sunset.
22:33:17  Moonset.
Wednesday
7
May 2008
00:35:10  Mercury Least Elongation from Moon, 01°35'14".
00:44:53  Mercury 1.6°S of Moon.
05:25:52  Sunrise.
06:05:15  Moonrise.
12:13:04  Moon Least Elongation from 1-Ceres, 03°29'37".
13:41:48  Moon 3.6°N of 1-Ceres.
20:28:15  Sunset.
23:51:16  Moonset.
Thursday
8
May 2008
03:49:27  Moon Northernmost Declination, 27°37'25".
05:24:16  Sunrise.
07:05:07  Moonrise.
16:00:40  Moon Highest Culmination, 67°21'53" high.
20:29:44  Sunset.
Friday
9
May 2008
00:50:55  Moonset.
05:22:41  Sunrise.
08:20:08  Moonrise.
16:05:38  Jupiter Stationary in Right Ascension, 19h36m39s.
20:31:13  Sunset.

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Saturday
10
May 2008
01:32:55  Moonset.
05:21:08  Sunrise.
05:21:08  Jupiter Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 18°22'07".
06:12:54  Mercury Dims to Magnitude +0.00.
09:43:01  Moonrise.
13:37:36  Mars 0.6°E of Moon.
14:49:50  Mars Least Elongation from Moon, 00°08'40".
14:49:50  Moon Occultation of Mars, 1219 to 1321 UT.
14:55:30  Mars 0.2°N of Moon.
20:32:41  Sunset.
Sunday
11
May 2008
02:02:09  Moonset.
05:19:37  Sunrise.
09:22:46  Sun Total Darkness Begins at South Pole.
11:06:14  Moonrise.
20:34:08  Sunset.
20:34:08  Moon Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 51°10'17".
Monday
12
May 2008
02:23:25  Moonset.
05:18:08  Sunrise.
05:48:10  Moon at Eastern Quadrature.
05:48:10  Moon at First Quarter.
10:28:40  Saturn 7.3°E of Moon.
12:26:00  Moonrise.
20:35:35  Sunset.
20:35:35  Mercury Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 17°18'51".
23:06:53  Saturn Least Elongation from Moon, 03°19'20".
Tuesday
13
May 2008
02:40:00  Moonset.
03:08:11  Saturn 3.8°N of Moon.
03:57:40  Mars at Aphelion, 154 858 657 miles.
05:16:40  Sunrise.
13:41:39  Moonrise.
20:37:01  Sunset.
Wednesday
14
May 2008
02:54:03  Moonset.
05:15:14  Sunrise.
07:13:54  Sun Greatest Elongation from Mercury, 21°47'32".
14:54:09  Moonrise.
17:50:50  Neptune at Western Quadrature.
20:38:26  Sunset.
Thursday
15
May 2008
03:07:00  Moonset.
05:13:50  Sunrise.
16:04:50  Moonrise.
20:39:50  Sunset.
22:28:55  Mercury Northernmost Declination, 25°04'14".
22:46:47  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