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The Full Moon is Sunday May 31. This is a “Blue” Moon, the second full Moon in a month. Difficult occultation of Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio, on the 31st. In the morning Saturn and Mars form a line. Venus now is seen when the sky is fully dark and is coming closer to Jupiter. The pair are attractive in the late twilight. On the 28th Venus is very close to Epsilon Geminorum. On the 4th Venus, Jupiter and the bright star Pollux form an attractive triangle.

The Full Moon is Sunday May 31.This is a “Blue” Moon, the second full Moon in a month. The Moon is at apogee when it is furthest from the Earth furthest from Earth, on the 1st.

Eastern horizon on the morning of Saturday, May 30 as seen from Adelaide at 6:14 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).

Saturn and Mars form a line in the twilight. Saturn is now high enough for telescopic observation, and its rings are widening.

The inset shows the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.

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

Western sky on the evening of Thursday, May 28 as seen from Adelaide at 18:12 ACST ( 60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).

Venus is very close to Epsilon Geminorum. Venus will continue to rise, coming closer to Jupiter.

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

Western sky on the evening of Thursday, June 4 as seen from Adelaide at 18:41 ACST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).

Venus, Jupiter and the bright star Pollux form an attractive triangle.

The inset shows the telescopic views of Jupiter and Venus at this time.

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

The eastern sky at 17:31 AEST Sunday, May 31, as seen from Sydney. The moon is about to occult the bright star Antares.

The Blue Moon of the 31st see a difficult twilight occultation of Antares, the brightest star in Scorpius. It starts low in the twilight and is mostly visible fro the east coast. See my Occultation of Antares page for major city times.

The inset shows the telescopic view at the time. (click to embiggen). Click to embiggen

The east coast of Australia Australia will see a similar view at roughly the equivalent time (see link above for specific times).

Whole sky on Saturday, May 30 as seen from Adelaide at 18:42 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Jupiter and Venus are prominent low in the north-west.

Bright Canopus and Sirius are sinking from the Zenith. Orion is now low in the north-western horizon as Orion’s Nemesis, Scorpius, rises above the south-eastern horizon.

The Southern Cross is rising in the Southern sky. The moon waxing and the fainter clusters and nebula are becoming harder to see.

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

Mercury enters the evening twilight, but is not really visible until next wee.

Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight and is now visible when the sky is fully dark. Venus is coming closer to Jupiter. The pair are attractive in the late twilight. On the 28th Venus is very close to Epsilon Geminorum. On the 4th Venus, Jupiter and the bright star Pollux form an attractive triangle.

Mars is climbing in the twilight.

Jupiter is low above the horizon, setting in the early evening. Jupiter forms a broad triangle with the bright stars Betelgeuse and Procyon, and a narrower triangle with the stars Castor and Pollux. On the 4th Venus, Jupiter and the bright star Pollux form an attractive triangle.

Saturn is climbing in the twilight above Mars.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm ACST, Western sky at 10 pm ACST. 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/

Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2026/05/thursday-may-28-to-thursday-june-4.html

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