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SEXTANS

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MAP SYMBOLS

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary

in size due to the distance from Earth

MAY 2018 and are shown at 0h Universal Time.

Calendar of events

3 Venus passes 7° north of

Aldebaran, 1 P.M. EDT

4 The Moon passes 1.7° north of

Saturn, 4 P.M. EDT

5 The Moon is at apogee (251,318

miles from Earth), 8:35 P.M. EDT

6 The Moon passes 3° north of

Mars, 3 A.M. EDT

7 Last Quarter Moon

occurs at 10:09 P.M. EDT

8 Asteroid Vesta is stationary,

6 A.M. EDT

Jupiter is at opposition,

9 P.M. EDT

10 The Moon passes 2° south of

Neptune, 5 A.M. EDT

12 Mercury passes 2° south of

Uranus, 5 P.M. EDT

13 The Moon passes 5° south of

Uranus, 11 A.M. EDT

The Moon passes 2° south of

Mercury, 1 P.M. EDT

15 New Moon occurs at

7:48 A.M. EDT

16 The Moon passes 1.2° north of

Aldebaran, 9 A.M. EDT

17 The Moon passes 5° south of

Venus, 2 P.M. EDT

The Moon is at perigee

(226,040 miles from Earth),

5:05 P.M. EDT

21 First Quarter Moon

occurs at 11:49 P.M. EDT

27 The Moon passes 4° north of

Jupiter, 2 P.M. EDT

29 Full Moon occurs at

10:20 A.M. EDT

31 The Moon passes 1.6° north of

Saturn, 9 P.M. EDT

SPECIAL OBSERVING DATE

6 A waning gibbous Moon

shares the sky with the

Eta Aquariid meteor

shower at its peak

before dawn.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ASTRONOMY

: ROEN KELLY

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