Re: The May StarDial
Megera
megera@mindspring. com
Sun Jun  7 22:01:08 1998
*br*Jehana wrote,*br*: The May 1998 StarDial * Celestial Happenings *br*:*br*: *br*:*br*: May 01 - the Bootids meteor shower peaks. These are smaller *br*: than the Eta Aquarids, which peak a few days later. Look *br*: near the constellation Bootes, or high in the southern sky. *br*:*br*: May 02 - Astronomy Day *br*:*br*: May 03 - First Quarter Moon at 6:04 am, EDT. *br*:*br*: May 04 - Mercury at greatest western elongation (26.5 *br*: Degrees), 1 pm, EDT. *br*:*br*: May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower peak. Higher numbers of *br*: meteors should be viewable in the southern hemisphere; and *br*: for northerners, in the hours just before dawn. Look in the *br*: southern or south-eastern skies. *br*:*br*: May 08 - Moon at apogee, 4:56 am, EDT -- furtherest point *br*: from Earth. *br*:*br*: May 11 - Full Moon at 10:29 am, EDT. *br*:*br*: May 12 - Mercury passes 0.8 degrees south of Saturn, noon *br*: EDT. Your best bet to see these two planets near each other *br*: will be about 30 minutes before sunrise on the 13th, rising *br*: up in the eastern sky. *br*:*br*: May 12 - Mars conjuncts the Sun, 4 pm, EDT. *br*:*br*: May 19 - Final Quarter Moon at 12:35 am, EDT. *br*:*br*: May 20 - Moon passes 0.4 degrees south of Jupiter at 7 pm, *br*: EDT. *br*:*br*: May 21 - Space Day *br*:*br*: May 22 - Moon passes 1.7 degrees south of Venus at 6 pm, *br*: EDT. *br*:*br*: May 23 - Moon passes 1.7 degrees south of Saturn, at 4 am *br*: EDT. *br*:*br*: May 23 - Moon is at perigee (closest point to Earth) at 8:02 *br*: pm, EDT. *br*:*br*: May 24 - Moon passes 3 degrees south of Mercury at 7 am, *br*: EDT. *br*:*br*: May 25 - Dark Moon at 3:32 pm, EDT. *br*:*br*: May 28 - Venus passes 0.3 degrees north of Saturn at 10 pm, *br*: EDT. Your best bet to see them is about 30 minutes before *br*: sunrise on the 29th, when they will appear to be coming up *br*: over the eastern horizon. *p*Jehana :)*br*You seem to be as interested in what goes on in the night skys as I am... <ggg> got a ? for you. Are you into Astrology? and if so, how do you justify the antiquated possitioning of the contellations that make up the Zodiac with a "what you see is what you get" phylosophy? To put it in other words, I have sence childhood planted & harvested by moon phaces and signs. Trouble is, while I was out there singing to my plants, anckle/wrist deep in dew & dirt, what I read in the sky was not consistant with any published gardening guide or sane astrologicao forcasts <sss>.  Am interested in your take on this subject. &/or how unclear my quary was <ggg>
The May StarDial
Jehana
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Mon May 11 21:05:31 1998
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