Monday, May 03, 2021
Planet Dance with Moon, 3-5 May 2021
Morning sky on Monday, May 3 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 4:30 am ACST.
Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the morning sky with the waning Moon above. Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen. | Morning sky on Tuesday, May 4 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 4:30 am ACST.
Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the morning sky with the Last Quarter Moon being close to Saturn. Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen. |
Morning sky on Wednesday, May 5 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 4:30 am ACST.
Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the morning sky and the waning Moon is close to Jupiter. Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen. | Morning sky on Thursday, May 6 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 4:30 am ACST.
Saturn and Jupiter form a line in the morning sky with the waning Moon is close to Jupiter. Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen. |
If you are up early in the morning from the 3rd to the 6th you will see a beautiful dance between the planets Saturn and Jupiter and the waning Moon. On the 3rd the waning Moon forms a line with Saturn and Jupiter. On the
4th the last quarter Moon is close to Saturn. On the 5th the Moon is
between Saturn and Mars and on the 6th the crescent Moon forms a line
with Saturn and Jupiter again.You can see the three objects from 2 am (local time) on.
Labels: Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, unaided eye