The Solar Almanac

This month's events in astronomy.

 

 31 days hath May 2008. 

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Guest Location of the Month: Bozeman, Montana

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45°40'00" N

Longitude:

111°00'00" W

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 All times are MT. 

Thursday
1
May 2008
04:06:33  Moonrise.
06:11:00  Sunrise.
06:31:49  Uranus 4.6°E of Moon.
15:12:54  Uranus Least Elongation from Moon, 02°42'33".
16:08:01  Moonset.
17:47:53  Uranus 3.0°S of Moon.
20:31:56  Sunset.
Friday
2
May 2008
04:25:55  Moonrise.
06:09:30  Sunrise.
17:25:30  Moonset.
20:33:13  Sunset.
Saturday
3
May 2008
04:46:47  Moonrise.
05:42:12  Saturn Stationary in Right Ascension, 10h17m23s.
06:08:02  Sunrise.
18:46:51  Moonset.
20:34:29  Sunset.
Sunday
4
May 2008
05:11:04  Moonrise.
06:06:35  Sunrise.
20:12:09  Moonset.
20:35:44  Sunset.
Monday
5
May 2008
00:37:10  Jupiter Northernmost Declination, -21°37'22".
05:21:58  Sun Least Elongation from Moon, 03°59'49".
05:41:20  Moonrise.
06:05:10  Sunrise.
06:05:10  Jupiter Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 22°42'37".
06:19:25  Moon in Conjunction with Sun.
06:19:25  Moon at New Moon.
07:36:49  Sun 4.3°S of Moon.
20:37:00  Sunset.
21:15:20  Moon at Perigee, 222 321 miles.
21:39:02  Moonset.
Tuesday
6
May 2008
02:22:33  Moon 1.0°S of 433-Eros.
02:37:37  Moon Least Elongation from 433-Eros, 01°01'20".
06:03:46  Sunrise.
06:20:59  Moonrise.
08:18:01  Moon 4.6°E of 433-Eros.
16:22:23  Mercury Least Elongation from Moon, 02°09'54".
17:01:23  Mercury 2.2°S of Moon.
20:38:15  Sunset.
23:01:41  Moonset.
Wednesday
7
May 2008
04:59:36  Moon Least Elongation from 1-Ceres, 03°00'45".
05:24:24  Moon 3.0°N of 1-Ceres.
06:02:23  Sunrise.
07:13:21  Moonrise.
15:42:28  Moon Highest Culmination, 71°55'33" high.
19:49:27  Moon Northernmost Declination, 27°37'25".
20:39:30  Sunset.
Thursday
8
May 2008
00:12:48  Moonset.
06:01:03  Sunrise.
08:19:20  Moonrise.
20:40:44  Sunset.
Friday
9
May 2008
01:08:20  Moonset.
05:59:43  Sunrise.
08:05:38  Jupiter Stationary in Right Ascension, 19h36m39s.
09:35:06  Moonrise.
20:41:58  Sunset.
22:12:54  Mercury Dims to Magnitude +0.00.

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Saturday
10
May 2008
01:49:32  Moonset.
03:56:43  Mars 2.6°E of Moon.
05:58:25  Sunrise.
07:14:36  Mars Least Elongation from Moon, 00°34'29".
07:24:47  Mars 0.6°N of Moon.
10:54:06  Moonrise.
20:43:11  Sunset.
Sunday
11
May 2008
01:22:46  Sun Total Darkness Begins at South Pole.
02:20:15  Moonset.
05:57:09  Sunrise.
12:11:18  Moonrise.
20:44:24  Sunset.
20:44:24  Moon Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 55°54'36".
21:48:10  Moon at Eastern Quadrature.
21:48:10  Moon at First Quarter.
Monday
12
May 2008
02:44:09  Moonset.
02:54:43  Saturn 8.2°E of Moon.
05:55:55  Sunrise.
13:24:46  Moonrise.
14:18:16  Saturn Least Elongation from Moon, 02°49'05".
16:53:27  Saturn 3.1°N of Moon.
19:57:40  Mars at Aphelion, 154 858 657 miles.
20:45:36  Sunset.
20:45:36  Mercury Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 18°16'47".
Tuesday
13
May 2008
03:03:57  Moonset.
05:54:42  Sunrise.
14:34:40  Moonrise.
20:29:55  Sun Greatest Elongation from Mercury, 21°47'30".
20:46:48  Sunset.
Wednesday
14
May 2008
03:21:33  Moonset.
05:53:31  Sunrise.
09:50:50  Neptune at Western Quadrature.
15:42:03  Moonrise.
20:47:59  Sunset.
22:49:05  Mercury Latest Setting.
Thursday
15
May 2008
03:38:22  Moonset.
05:52:22  Sunrise.
14:28:55  Mercury Northernmost Declination, 25°04'14".
16:48:13  Moonrise.
20:49:09  Sunset.

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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