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New Moon (at 19:31 GMT)
New Moon (at 19:31 GMT)
The moon will reach its new phase on Sunday, April 27 at 3:31 p.m. EDT or 12:31 p.m. PDT or 19:31 GMT. At that time our natural satellite will be…
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Monthly Night Sky information provided by Chris Vaughan (@Astrogeoguy) at Starry Night Education (@StarryNightEdu).
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Venus Shines above Saturn (pre-dawn)
Venus Shines above Saturn (pre-dawn)
In the eastern sky before dawn in late April, the orbital motion of the brilliant planet Venus will be carrying it past 240 times fainter Saturn. On the mornings before…
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Crescent Moon Jumps Jupiter (evening)
Crescent Moon Jumps Jupiter (evening)
In the western sky after dusk on Tuesday, April 29, the waxing crescent moon will shine prettily a fist’s diameter to the lower right (or 11 degrees to the celestial…
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The Three Leaps of the Gazelle (all night)
The large and bright constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear is at the zenith after dusk in late April. Everyone is familiar with the Big Dipper asterism portion of…
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Minor Planet Vesta at Opposition (all night)
From time to time, the largest asteroids in our solar system become bright enough to be seen without special equipment by skywatchers. On Thursday, May 1, Earth’s orbital motion will…
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Neptune Lurks near Venus and Saturn (pre-dawn)
Neptune Lurks near Venus and Saturn (pre-dawn)
In the early days of May, the brilliant planet Venus will be gleaming in the pre-dawn eastern sky near two other planets. Medium-bright Saturn will be readily visible a few…
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Half-moon over Mars and the Beehive (evening)
Half-moon over Mars and the Beehive (evening)
In the western sky after dusk on Saturday, May 3, the reddish dot of Mars will be positioned just below the nearly half-illuminated moon. Binoculars (orange circle) will also reveal…
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First Quarter Moon (at 13:52 GMT)
First Quarter Moon (at 13:52 GMT)
When the moon completes the first quarter of its orbit around Earth at 11:52 a.m. EDT, 8:52 a.m. PDT, or 13:52 GMT on Sunday, May 4, the 90 degree angle…
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Mars Buzzes the Beehive (evening)
Mars Buzzes the Beehive (evening)
During the first week of May, the eastward orbital motion of the planet Mars will carry it through the northern edge of the large, bright open star cluster in Cancer…
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Moon near the Lion’s Heart (all night)
As the sky is darkening on Monday evening, May 5, Leo’s brightest star Regulus will appear just to the right of the waxing gibbous moon. That hot, white, B-class star,…
Eta-Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak (overnight)
The annual Eta-Aquariids Meteor Shower is produced when Earth’s orbit carries us through a cloud of particles left behind by repeated trips of Halley’s Comet along its own orbit around…
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Bright Moon Approaches Spica (all night)
When the sky darkens on Friday evening, May 9 in the Americas, Spica, the brightest star in Virgo, will appear a short distance to the moon’s lower left – close…
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Full Milk Moon (at 16:56 GMT)
Full Milk Moon (at 16:56 GMT)
The moon will reach its full phase on Monday, May 12 at 12:56 p.m. EDT, 9:56 a.m. PDT, or 16:56 GMT. In the Americas, the moon will appear to be…
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Bright Moon Covers Antares (overnight)
When the still very full moon rises over the southeastern horizon in mid-evening on Tuesday, May 13, it will be positioned very close to the very bright, reddish star Antares,…
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Catch the Colors of Stars (all night)
Stars shine with a color that is controlled by their surface (or photospheric) temperature, and this is captured in their spectral classification. In mid-May every year, the three bright stars…
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Third Quarter Moon (at 11:59 GMT)
Third Quarter Moon (at 11:59 GMT)
The moon will reach its third quarter phase on Tuesday, May 20 at 7:59 a.m. EDT, 4:59 a.m. PDT, and 11:59 GMT. Third quarter moons always rise around midnight in…
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Crescent Moon with Saturn and Neptune (pre-dawn)
Crescent Moon with Saturn and Neptune (pre-dawn)
On Thursday morning, May 22, the pretty, waning crescent moon will begin its monthly cruise past the planets gathered above the eastern horizon. The moon will rise in the east…
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Old Moon joins Venus and Saturn (pre-dawn)
Old Moon joins Venus and Saturn (pre-dawn)
After another 24 hours of easterly orbital motion, the old crescent moon will shine between Saturn and much brighter Venus on Friday morning, May 23. Their assemblage above the eastern…
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The New Moon (at 11:02 pm EDT)
The New Moon (at 11:02 pm EDT)
The moon will officially reach its new moon phase on Monday, May 26 at 11:02 p.m. EDT or 8:02 p.m. PDT, which converts to Tuesday, May 27 at 03:02 GMT.…
