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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.
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