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Monday, May 15, 2023

 

Thursday May 18 to Thursday May 25

The New Moon is Saturday, May 20. Saturn is now high in the morning sky above the pair of Jupiter and Mercury. The thin crescent Moon forms a triangle with Jupiter and Mercury in the morning sky on the 18th. Venus is prominent in the late evening twilight. On the 23rd Venus and the thin crescent Moon are close. Bright Mars forms a line with the bright stars Castor and Pollux at the beginning of the week. On the 24th Venus, the crescent Moon and Mars form a triangle. On the 25th Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon form a line.

The New Moon is Saturday, May 20.

Morning sky on Sunday, May 20 as seen from Adelaide at 05:38 ACST, (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Saturn is close to the waning Moon with Jupiter and Mercury just above the horizon.





   

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise).  


Morning sky on Thursday, May 18 as seen from Adelaide at 06:07 ACST, (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Jupiter, Mercury and the thin crescent Moon form a triangle.





   

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise). 

Evening sky on Tuesday, May 23 as seen from Adelaide at 18:14 ACST, (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Venus is close to the thin crescent Moon.  The telescopic view of Venus is shown in the inset.




   

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset). 

 

Evening sky on Wednesday, May 24 as seen from Adelaide at 18:44 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Venus, Mars  and the crescent Moon form a triangle.






Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).  

 
 
Whole sky on Saturday, May 20 as seen from Adelaide at 18:46 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen). Mars is visible above the north western horizon and Venus is setting in the west.


Orion the Hunter, is low above the north-western horizon while Sirius is still prominent low in the north-western sky. Scorpius is rising in the east

Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to discover.

   

 Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

 

Mercury returns to the morning twilight, The thin crescent Moon forms a triangle with Jupiter and Mercury in the morning sky on the 18th.  As the week goes on the pair climb higher in the morning twilight.

Venus climbs higher in the twilight.  On the 23rd Venus and the thin crescent Moon are close. On the 24th Venus, the crescent Moon and Mars form a triangle. On the 25th Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon form a line.

Mars  forms a line with the bright stars Castor and Pollux at the beginning of the week. On the 24th Venus, the crescent Moon and Mars form a triangle. On the 25th Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon form a line.

Jupiter returns to the morning twilight. The thin crescent Moon forms a triangle with Jupiter and Mercury in the morning sky on the 18th. As the week goes on the pair climb higher in the morning twilight.

Saturn climbs higher in the morning skies. 

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.


 

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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