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Last Quarter Moon at 6:24 UT.
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Moon near Mars at 17h UT (71° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. +0.6.
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 24h UT. Active from April 19 to May 28. Very fast, bright meteors, up to 30-50 per hour are forecast. Skywatchers in North America should look in the southeast 1 to 2 hours before dawn on 6 May.
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Moon near Mercury at 7h UT (25° from Sun, morning sky). Mercury at mag. +0.1.
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New Moon at 8:45 UT. Beginning of lunation 1019.
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Moon near Venus at 5h UT (10° from Sun, evening sky). Venus at mag. -3.8. Very low and difficult.
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Moon near Pollux at 16h UT (evening sky).
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First Quarter Moon at 8:57 UT.
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Moon near Regulus at 18h UT (evening sky).
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Moon at apogee (furthest from Earth) at 14h UT (distance 404,600 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon very near Jupiter at 22h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Brazil and South Africa. Jupiter at mag. -2.3.
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Moon near Spica at 1h UT (evening sky).
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Full Moon at 20:18 UT. The full Moon of May is called the "Planting Moon" or "Milk Moon".
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Moon very near Antares at 8h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from North and Central America.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11h UT (distance 364,241 km; size 32.8').
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Last Quarter Moon at 11:47 UT.
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Moon very near Mars at 9h UT (78° from Sun, morning sky). Occultation visible from southern regions of Chile and Argentina. Mars at mag. +0.3.
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MORNING PLANETS: Mercury (mag. +0.3 to -2.0) very low in the east. Mars (mag. +0.5) climbs higher each day in southeast.
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EVENING PLANETS: Saturn dims slightly (mag. +0.2) but remains well-placed in the evening sky. Jupiter visible most of the night and very bright (mag. -2.3). Venus (-3.8) very low in the west-northwest climbs higher but remains in bright twilight all month.
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All times Universal Time (UT). (USA Eastern Summer Time = UT 4 hours)
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