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FULL moon occurs on May 8d. 07h. 28m. U.T., and new moon on May 22d. 06h. 12m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place: May 20d.13h., Mercury 2° N.; May 24d. 04h., Saturn 2° N.; May 27d. 01h., Mars 1° N.; May 28d. 10h., Jupiter 1° S. There is only one occultation during May, and that is of 56 Gemi. on May 25d. 21h. 00·1m. (D). Mercury is in inferior conjunction on May 2 and is stationary on May 14. The planet rises about the time of sunrise in the middle of the month and forty minutes before sunrise on May 31. Venus, rising shortly before the sun throughout May, is not very well placed for observation. Mars moves from the constellation of Gemini into Cancer about the middle of May and is visible during the early part of the night. On May 1 the planet sets at lh. and on May 31 at 23h. 48m. Jupiter is in the constellation of Leo and sets at 2h. 10m. and Oh. 19m. at the beginning and end of May. Saturn, in the constellation of Taurus, is drawing near the sun and sets at 23h. and 21h. 19m. at the beginning and end of the month. The η Aquarids are active during May 1–6 and can be seen in the early morning hours. The radiantis close to R.A. 22h. Dec. -2°
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The Night Sky in May. Nature 153, 522 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153522f0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153522f0