The phenomena of the month : May 2019
Times are given in UT for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 0" W, 54° 16' 3" N, zone 0 UNIVERSAL TIME).

Date Hour Description of the phenomenon
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2019 05 01 03:48 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 01 10:45 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 05 01 17:53 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2019 05 04 00:37 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 04 20:59 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 05 04 22:45 NEW MOON
2019 05 06 09:07 Meteor shower : Eta Aquarids (50 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 38.0 days)
2019 05 06 21:26 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 08 14:59 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 05 08 15:32 Close encounter between Mercury and Uranus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.3°)
2019 05 08 23:17 Meteor shower : Eta Lyrids (3 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 11.0 days)
2019 05 09 18:15 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 09 21:27 Beginning of occultation of 63 Gem (magn. = 5.24)
2019 05 09 22:10 End of occultation of 63 Gem (magn. = 5.24)
2019 05 10 05:47 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 05 10 23:48 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 05 11 21:32 Opposition of the asteroid 8 Flora with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.532 AU; magn. = 9.7)
2019 05 12 01:12 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2019 05 12 15:04 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 13 21:53 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 369009 km)
2019 05 14 09:21 Opposition of the asteroid 11 Parthenope with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.421 AU; magn. = 9.5)
2019 05 14 16:28 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2019 05 15 11:53 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 15 14:35 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 05 15 19:12 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 05 18 08:42 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 18 16:35 Close encounter between Venus and Uranus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.1°)
2019 05 18 21:11 FULL MOON
2019 05 19 15:23 Close encounter between Mars and M 35 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.2°)
2019 05 20 12:11 Opposition of the asteroid 20 Massalia with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.631 AU; magn. = 9.7)
2019 05 20 23:22 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 05 21 03:25 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 05 21 05:31 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 21 13:06 SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION of Mercury with the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to cenrer = 0.3°)
2019 05 21 23:50 Close encounter between the Moon and M 22 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.8°)
2019 05 22 23:26 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 05 24 02:20 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 24 07:00 Mercury at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.30750 AU)
2019 05 26 08:09 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 05 26 13:27 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 404138 km)
2019 05 26 16:33 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2019 05 26 23:09 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 26 23:51 Opposition of the asteroid 32 Pomona with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.434 AU; magn. = 10.5)
2019 05 27 15:01 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2019 05 28 21:30 Opposition of the asteroid 1 Ceres with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.764 AU; magn. = 7.0)
2019 05 28 22:55 Simultaneous transits on Jupiter: two satellites and shadow of one satellite.
2019 05 29 19:58 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 05 30 03:39 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 05 31 07:02 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 05 31 16:56 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei