The Solar Almanac

This month's events in astronomy.

 

 31 days hath May 2008. 

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 All times are -0400. 

Thursday
1
May 2008
02:15:09  Moonrise.
05:18:54  Uranus 6.1°E of Moon.
06:04:38  Sunrise.
14:42:10  Moonset.
17:26:04  Uranus Least Elongation from Moon, 03°32'21".
17:49:24  Sunset.
19:18:08  Uranus 3.8°S of Moon.
Friday
2
May 2008
03:06:57  Moonrise.
06:04:44  Sunrise.
15:25:01  Moonset.
17:49:04  Sunset.
Saturday
3
May 2008
04:01:08  Moonrise.
06:04:51  Sunrise.
07:42:12  Saturn Stationary in Right Ascension, 10h17m23s.
16:10:40  Moonset.
17:48:46  Sunset.
Sunday
4
May 2008
04:46:05  Jupiter Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 78°22'31".
04:58:54  Moonrise.
06:04:59  Sunrise.
17:00:39  Moonset.
17:48:27  Sunset.
Monday
5
May 2008
02:37:10  Jupiter Northernmost Declination, -21°37'22".
05:30:13  Sun Least Elongation from Moon, 04°48'05".
06:01:00  Moonrise.
06:05:07  Sunrise.
08:19:25  Moon in Conjunction with Sun.
08:19:25  Moon at New Moon.
17:48:10  Sunset.
17:56:10  Moonset.
23:15:20  Moon at Perigee, 222 321 miles.
Tuesday
6
May 2008
03:21:31  Moon 0.4°S of 433-Eros.
03:28:55  Moon Least Elongation from 433-Eros, 00°22'00".
05:06:34  Moon 1.4°E of 433-Eros.
06:05:15  Sunrise.
07:07:03  Moonrise.
17:47:53  Sunset.
17:47:53  Mars Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 55°58'45".
18:57:19  Moonset.
20:02:04  Mercury 2.7°S of Moon.
20:14:38  Mercury Least Elongation from Moon, 02°43'41".
Wednesday
7
May 2008
05:30:35  Moon Least Elongation from 1-Ceres, 03°49'15".
06:05:23  Sunrise.
06:29:18  Moon 3.9°N of 1-Ceres.
08:14:56  Moonrise.
14:08:33  Moon Lowest Upper Culmination, 52°28'54" high.
17:47:37  Sunset.
20:02:33  Moonset.
21:49:27  Moon Northernmost Declination, 27°37'25".
Thursday
8
May 2008
02:57:32  Pluto Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 82°58'48".
06:05:32  Sunrise.
09:21:10  Moonrise.
17:47:22  Sunset.
21:08:35  Moonset.
Friday
9
May 2008
06:05:42  Sunrise.
10:05:38  Jupiter Stationary in Right Ascension, 19h36m39s.
10:22:27  Moonrise.
17:47:08  Sunset.
22:12:08  Moonset.

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Saturday
10
May 2008
00:12:54  Mercury Dims to Magnitude +0.00.
06:05:51  Sunrise.
08:21:30  Mars 0.4°S of Moon.
08:26:06  Mars Least Elongation from Moon, 00°24'12".
11:17:12  Moonrise.
13:16:39  Mars 2.9°W of Moon.
17:46:54  Sunset.
23:11:11  Moonset.
Sunday
11
May 2008
03:22:46  Sun Total Darkness Begins at South Pole.
06:06:02  Sunrise.
12:05:37  Moonrise.
17:46:41  Sunset.
23:48:10  Moon at Eastern Quadrature.
23:48:10  Moon at First Quarter.
Monday
12
May 2008
00:05:25  Moonset.
06:06:12  Sunrise.
07:52:50  Saturn 5.7°E of Moon.
12:48:54  Moonrise.
16:22:03  Saturn Least Elongation from Moon, 02°01'06".
17:46:29  Sunset.
20:55:47  Saturn 2.7°N of Moon.
21:57:40  Mars at Aphelion, 154 858 657 miles.
Tuesday
13
May 2008
00:55:35  Moonset.
06:06:23  Sunrise.
13:28:36  Moonrise.
17:46:18  Sunset.
Wednesday
14
May 2008
00:57:23  Sun Greatest Elongation from Mercury, 21°47'27".
01:42:55  Moonset.
06:06:34  Sunrise.
11:50:50  Neptune at Western Quadrature.
14:06:12  Moonrise.
17:46:07  Sunset.
19:10:12  Mercury Latest Setting.
Thursday
15
May 2008
02:28:41  Moonset.
06:06:45  Sunrise.
14:43:04  Moonrise.
16:28:55  Mercury Northernmost Declination, 25°04'14".
17:45:57  Sunset.
17:45:57  Mercury Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 17°47'03".
20:57:38  Moon Highest Culmination, 87°41'28" high.
20:57:38  Moon Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 87°41'28".

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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