All times are in UT (GMT) 

SUMMARY

The phenomena of the month : MAY, 2020

Times are given in UT for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 0" W, 54° 16' 3" N, zone 0 = UT).

Date        Hour    Description of the phenomenon

yyyy mm dd  hh:mm

2020 05 01  10:57   Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae

2020 05 02  04:10   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 03  18:45   Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei

2020 05 03  21:26   Beginning of occultation of 3-nu Vir (magn. = 4.04)

2020 05 03  22:10   End of occultation of 3-nu Vir (magn. = 4.04)

2020 05 04  21:41   SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION of Mercury with the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 0.1°)

2020 05 05  00:59   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 05  14:56   Meteor shower : Eta Aquarids (50 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 38.0 days)

2020 05 05  22:49   Close encounter between the Moon and Spica (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 6.0°)

2020 05 05  23:16   Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS at its perihelion (dist. to the Sun = 1.615 AU; magn. = 8.2)

2020 05 06  03:03   Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 359654 km)

2020 05 07  10:45   FULL MOON

2020 05 07  21:48   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 08  05:10   Meteor shower : Eta Lyrids (3 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 11.0 days)

2020 05 08  15:11   Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae

2020 05 08  23:59   Close encounter between the Moon and Antares (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 5.4°)

2020 05 09  03:32   Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei

2020 05 10  04:00   Mercury at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.30750 AU)

2020 05 10  09:14   Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini

2020 05 10  18:37   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 11  00:34   Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae

2020 05 11  22:24   Opposition of the asteroid 349 Dembowska with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 3.140 AU; magn. = 10.2)

2020 05 13  15:26   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 14  12:20   Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei

2020 05 14  14:03   LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON

2020 05 15  03:44   Close encounter between the Moon and Mars (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.5°)

2020 05 15  19:25   Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae

2020 05 16  12:15   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 18  07:45   Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 405583 km)

2020 05 19  09:04   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 19  21:07   Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei

2020 05 20  12:51   Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini

2020 05 22  05:53   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 22  09:42   Close encounter between Mercury and Venus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.9°)

2020 05 22  17:39   NEW MOON

2020 05 22  23:38   Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae

2020 05 23  04:47   Opposition of the asteroid 42 Isis with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.232 AU; magn. = 10.0)

2020 05 23  23:07   Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae

2020 05 25  02:42   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 25  05:54   Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei

2020 05 27  20:38   Close encounter between the Moon and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.0°)

2020 05 27  23:31   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

2020 05 30  03:30   FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON

2020 05 30  03:52   Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae

2020 05 30  11:59   Close encounter between Mercury and M 35 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.2°)

2020 05 30  14:41   Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei

2020 05 30  16:28   Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini

2020 05 30  20:20   Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei) 

Calculations courtesy of: CoelixApex software.