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FULL moon is on April 30d. 21h. 59 m. U.T. and new moon on May 15d. 05h. 45m. Full moon occurs on May 30d. 05h. 29m. Lunar conjunctions with the planets occur as follows: Venus on May l1d. 07h., Venus 0-6°N.,· Mercury on May 17d. 04h., Mercury 7° N.; Jupiter on May 17d. 20h., Jupiter 5° N.; Mars on May 19d. 13h., Mars 6° N. Mercury, Mars and Jupiter are evening stars, and Saturn is also an evening star until May 23, then a morning star. Venus is a morning star and rises about 3h. in the middle of the month. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can be observed in the evening hours, but Saturn is too close to the sun to be observed well. Mercury is in conjunction with Saturn on May 5d. 10h., Mercury 3.8·N. The chief occultation occurs on May 16d. llh. 35-8m. when a Tauri disappears, reappearance taking place at 12h. 55·9m. The Aquarid meteor shower is active during May 4-11. The radiant is close to Aquarii about the middle of the period of activity of the shower, which is associated with the debris of Halley's Comet.
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Night Sky in May. Nature 149, 469 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149469e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149469e0