This map unfolds the entire night sky from sunset (at right) until sunrise (at left).
Arrows and colored dots show motions and locations of solar system objects during the month.
Jupiter’s moons
Objects visible in the evening
UM a
LYN
C Vn
LMi
es
Cer
PER
AU R
GEM
C OM
Dots display positions
of Galilean satellites at
11 P . M . EDT on the date
shown. South is at the
top to match
S
the view
E
through a W
N
telescope.
Venus
C NC
Sun
LEO
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
OR I
h o
Pat
C RV
f th
tic
clip
n (e
e Su
1
TAU
)
CMi
SEX
2
3
MON
4
CM a
C RT
Jupiter
5
LEP
HYA
ANT
ERI
FOR
PYX
6
7
C OL
PUP
CAE
8
Early evening
9
To locate the Moon in the sky, draw a line from the phase shown for the day straight up to the curved blue line.
Note: Moons vary in size due to the distance from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time.
10
Io
11
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
12
13
14
The planets
in their orbits
Venus
Ceres
Mercury
Earth
Arrows show the inner planets’
monthly motions and dots
depict the outer planets’ posi-
tions at midmonth from high
above their orbits.
Europa
15
16
17
18
Callisto
19
20
21
Mars
22
23
24
Jupiter
25
26
Uranus
27
Jupiter
Opposition is May 8
28
Neptune
25
Ganymede
29
Saturn
30
31
Pluto
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