A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for May 2014:
Phenomena May
Day | Event |
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1 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (16 UT) |
2 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kms or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun (23 UT) |
4 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.0 (14 UT) |
5 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (9 UT) |
6 | Moon is at apogee 404,319 km or 251,233 miles from Earth (10:24 UT) |
7 | First quarter Moon (3:15 UT) |
8 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (10 UT) |
10 | Saturn mag +0.1 is at opposition 8.900 AU (approx. 1331 million kms or 827.3 million miles) from the Earth (18 UT) |
11 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Mars mag -1.0 (14 UT) |
12 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (13 UT) |
13 | Mercury mag -0.7 passes 8 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (16 UT) |
14 | Moon passes 0.6 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.1, occultation is visible from Australia and New Zealand (12:18 UT) |
14 | Full Moon (19:16 UT) |
14 | Asteroid (65) Cybele mag +10.9 is at opposition in Libra |
15 | Venus mag -4.1 passes 1.3 degrees south of Uranus mag 5.9 (13 UT) |
15 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (21 UT) |
15 | Asteroid (9) Metis mag +9.6 is at opposition in Libra |
16 | Venus is at aphelion 0.728 AU (approx. 109 million kms or 67.7 million miles) from the Sun (8 UT) |
18 | Moon is at perigee 367,102 km or 228,107 miles from Earth (12:05 UT) |
19 | Asteroid (45) Eugenia mag +10.8 is at opposition in Libra |
21 | Mars mag -0.7 is stationary in Virgo, afterwards resumes direct motion (9 UT) |
21 | Last quarter Moon (12:59 UT) |
22 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (4 UT) |
24 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9 (20 UT) |
25 | Mercury mag +0.3 is at greatest elongation east 23 degrees (7 UT) |
25 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Venus mag -4.0 (16 UT) |
28 | New Moon (18:40 UT) |
29 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (0 UT) |
30 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Mercury mag +0.9 (16 UT) |