{"id":412,"date":"2019-04-27T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/?p=412"},"modified":"2019-04-06T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:42:02","slug":"may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"The
The path of Mars going from Aries to Gemini in May 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mars\nmarches from Aries to Gemini in the evening sky this month. For\nnorthern hemisphere observers, the red planet is trying to maintain\nits position against later sunsets. On the 1st<\/sup>,\nMars is high above the Hyades V. On the 6th<\/sup>,\nit crosses an imaginary line between Elnath and Tianguan. The moon\npasses by the planet on the 7th<\/sup>.\n The planet arrives at the feet of Gemini around the 16th<\/sup>.\nLook for Propus and Tejat near the planet around the 21st<\/sup>.\nOn the 31st<\/sup>,\nMars is next to Mebsuta. With a clear enough horizon and sky, you\nshould see that Mercury has become an evening object on that line\nbetween Elnath and Tianguan. Watch Mercury and Mars in June when\nthey’ll be close in Gemini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mars
Mars and Mercury on May 31, 2019. Mars is in Gemini and Mercury is in Aries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jupiter is a late\nevening riser at the bottom of Ophiuchus. Saturn rises a little after\nmidnight at the start of the month. It’s on the east side of the\nSagittarius teapot. The ringed planet rises before local midnight in\nthe second half of the month. Both Jupiter and Saturn are retrograde\nall month, but they don’t change much from their positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jupiter
Jupiter in Ophiuchus and Saturn in Sagittarius in May 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mercury and Venus\nare paired in the morning at the start of the month. Venus is always\neasy to spot, even when it’s close to the horizon before sunrise as\nit is all month. Mercury is harder to see. Look for it when the moon\nis near on the 3rd<\/sup>. That’ll be just one morning after the\nmoon being near Venus. Mercury is heading sunward and is at superior\nconjunction on the 21st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mercury
Mercury and Venus close together with the moon on the morning of May 2, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Moon phases: new\non the 4th<\/sup>, first quarter on the 12th<\/sup>, full on\nthe 18th<\/sup>, last quarter on the 26th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moon’s orbital\npositions: on the equator going north on the 2nd<\/sup>, northern\nlunistice on the 9th<\/sup>, on the equator going south on the\n15th<\/sup>, southern lunistice on the 22nd<\/sup>, and going\nnorth of the equator again on the 29th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moon is at\nperigee on the 13th<\/sup> 369,100 km from Earth\ncenter-to-center. Apogee is on the 26th<\/sup> 404,100 km\ndistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moon’s\nconjunctions this month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd<\/sup>:\nVesta, Venus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd<\/sup>:\nMercury<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th<\/sup>:\nUranus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th<\/sup>:\nAldebaran<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7th<\/sup>:\nMars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th<\/sup>:\nTejat. Viewers from the South Atlantic Ocean will see an occultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th<\/sup>:\nPollux<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12th<\/sup>:\nRegulus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16th<\/sup>:\nSpica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th<\/sup>:\nAntares<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20th<\/sup>:\nJupiter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22nd<\/sup>:\nSaturn. Viewers in South Africa and in the South Sea by the Indian\nOcean get an occultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27th<\/sup>:\nNeptune<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30th<\/sup>:\nVesta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31st<\/sup>:\nUranus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other conjunctions\nthis month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st<\/sup>:\nVesta 3.5\u00b0 south of Venus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18th<\/sup>:\nUranus 1.1\u00b0 north of Venus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mars marches from Aries to Gemini in the evening sky this month. For northern hemisphere observers, the red planet is trying to maintain its position against later sunsets. On the 1st, Mars is high above the Hyades V. On the 6th, it crosses an imaginary line between Elnath and Tianguan. The moon passes by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}