{"id":794,"date":"2022-05-01T03:07:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T03:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/?p=794"},"modified":"2022-05-01T03:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T03:07:05","slug":"may-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/may-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nmorning \u201cparade of planets\u201d finishes April with Jupiter and\nSaturn very close. They&#8217;re as close as 0.2\u00b0 at about 21 hours UT on\nthe 30<sup>th<\/sup>.\nThe best views are from about 105\u00b0 east longitude. Too far east of\nthere, and the closest conjunction hasn&#8217;t happened yet before the sun\nrises. Too far west of there, and it has already happened with Venus\npassing Jupiter. Don&#8217;t let being at other longitudes bother you. The\nview is still splendid. The pair are near one of the Pisces fish\nheads. Mars is west of them in Aquarius. Saturn is farther west at\nthe edge of Capricornus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morning-planet-lineup-May-2022-1024x570.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morning-planet-lineup-May-2022-1024x570.gif 1024w, https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morning-planet-lineup-May-2022-300x167.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The view of Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn in the morning sky in May 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venus\nspeeds toward the sun morning to morning. Jupiter and Mars are also\nmoving eastward. The red planet is faster and will catch up to\nJupiter on the 29<sup>th<\/sup>.\nThey&#8217;ll be 0.6\u00b0 apart at 10:27UT. The best views will be from about\n100\u00b0 to 130\u00b0 west longitude. By this late in May, Venus and Saturn\nwill be much farther from Venus and Saturn. Venus will be on the\nother side of Pisces. Saturn will remain at the edge of Capricornus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"698\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1252 \/ 698;\" width=\"1252\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morning_planet_lineup_May_2022.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Video of Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn in the morning sky, May 2022, simulation with Stellarium images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A\nlast quarter moon passes by Saturn on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup>.\nIt&#8217;s a waning crescent when it passes by Mars and Jupter on the 24<sup>th<\/sup>\nand 25<sup>th<\/sup>.\nThe next two mornings, the moon goes from one side of Venus to the\nother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a\nmorning bonus, use binoculars to find the asteroid Vesta moving near\nSaturn. They&#8217;re closest on the 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercury-May-2022.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-804\"\/><figcaption>Mercury in the evening, May 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\nthe evening sky, May starts with Mercury between the Pleiades and the\nHyades. It&#8217;s closer to the Pleiades. The waxing crescent moon is in\nthe neighborhood on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.\nThat&#8217;s an important cue for southern hemisphere observers to find the\nplanet in the sunset&#8217;s afterglow. The planet&#8217;s disappearing fast. The\nmessenger planet keeps moving eastward, but that part of the sky is\nsunset-bound. So Mercury is setting sooner after sunset. About a\nthird of the way into the month, Mercury&#8217;s not seen in the northern\nhemisphere either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercury\ngoes through inferior conjunction on the 21<sup>st<\/sup>.\nIn a few weeks, it will emerge into the morning sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nmoon passes by Aldebaran on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>,\nPollux on the 6<sup>th<\/sup>,\nRegulus on the 9<sup>th<\/sup>,\nSpica on the 14<sup>th<\/sup>,\nand Antares on the 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/May_16_2022_total_lunar_eclipse_visibility_map-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/May_16_2022_total_lunar_eclipse_visibility_map-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/May_16_2022_total_lunar_eclipse_visibility_map-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/May_16_2022_total_lunar_eclipse_visibility_map.jpg 1386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Visibility map for the total lunar eclipse of May 16, 2022. The event will begin on May 15 local time at some locations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most noteworthy events of this month is the total lunar eclipse on the 16<sup>th<\/sup>. Most of Africa gets a view of the total phase&#8217;s start. Maximum eclipse is visible from northwest Africa, the Atlantic, and most of the Americas. As the earth turns, more of the Pacific gets to see the total phase as it approaches its end. Most of the Americas, the Atlantic, and a the west coast of northern Africa get to see the end. This eclipse will begin on the evening of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> in some of the western time zones. In Universal Time, penumbral phase starts at 01:32, partial at 02:28, and total at 03:29. Maximum eclipse is at 04:13. Totality ends at 04:54, partial phase at 05:55, and penumbral phase at 06:51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Eta Aquiariids meteor shower peaks on Thursday and Friday the 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup>. You might see 50 to 60 meteors per hour. Best viewing is in the morning darkness. They move fast and often leave trails that glow for a few seconds. The dust that produces them comes from Comet Halley. The comet goes through aphelion, its farthest distance from the sun, next year. But that doesn&#8217;t mean the meteor shower will be a washout. If Earth passes through a dense part of an old comet trail, we could be in for a good show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The morning \u201cparade of planets\u201d finishes April with Jupiter and Saturn very close. They&#8217;re as close as 0.2\u00b0 at about 21 hours UT on the 30th. The best views are from about 105\u00b0 east longitude. Too far east of there, and the closest conjunction hasn&#8217;t happened yet before the sun rises. Too far west of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-61"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794","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=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}