Monday, May 16, 2022
Thursday May 19 to Thursday May 26
The Last Quarter Moon is Monday, May 23. Four bright planets are visible in a line in the morning sky. Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter. Jupiter is climbing higher in the sky leaving Venus behind and coming closer to Mars. On May 22-23 the Moon is close to Saturn, on May 25 the crescent Moon forms a triangle with Mars and Jupiter.
The Last Quarter Moon is Monday, May 23.
The insets show the telescopic appearance of the Saturn at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
The inset show the binocular appearance of the Mars, Jupiter and Venus at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is difficult to see low in the twilight glow.
Venus is lowering in the morning twilight.
Mars forms a line with Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. Mars draws closer to Jupiter. On May 25 the crescent Moon forms a triangle with Mars and Jupiter.
Jupiter climbs higher in the morning twilight below Saturn and Mars. Over the Week Jupiter leaves Venus behind and closes in on Mars. On May 25 the crescent Moon forms a triangle with Mars and Jupiter.
Saturn climbs away from Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. On May 22-23 the Moon is close to Saturn.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
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