MAY 2013 Almanac  Tom Whitney  256-6234  E-MAIL    RED=Astro Event   BLUE=Program & Link   Print in Landscape 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
      1
May Day, Law Day
Beltane X1/4 Day
2
Commercial Jet
1953
Last Quarter
Moon
3
318 mph tornado
Teacher's Day
Freezing Nites End
Eta Aquarid
 Meteors
4
SOLAR
OBSERVATORY

Eta Aquarid
 Meteors
5
American in Space
1961
Cinco de Mayo
Trees Bud
SUNSET
Eta Aquarid  Meteors
6
Postage Stamp 1840
Freud 1856
Eta Aquarid
 Meteors
7
AMA 1847
8
V-E Day 1945
Coca-Cola 1886
9
FDA Birth Control
Pill 1960
Moon D. Node
10
Cranberry Bud
NEW MOON
#1,118
11
SOLAR
OBSERVATORY

MOON S. VENUS
N. Aldebaran
MERCURY S.
CONJUNCTION
12
Mother's Day 1868
2nd Sun in May 1914
AA 1935
SUNSET
MOON S. JUPITER
13
Mexican War 1846
Earthquake China
2008-90,000 Kill
Moon Apogee
Time Eq. S. Max
- 3 min. 40 sec.
14
Jamestown 1607
Fahrenheit 1686
US Space Station
1973
Time Eq. Shalo
Max  + 3.66 m
Sun in Taurus
15
Moon S. Pollux
16 17
1954 Segregation
 Unconstitutional
NY Stock
Exchange  1792
Butterflies Appear
Venus N.
Aldebaran
18
Armed Forces Day
Mt. St. Helens 1980
SOLAR
OBSERVATORY

First Quarter Moon
S. Regulus
Max Libration
19
Whitsun-Pentecost
SUNSET
20
Gemini Sign
Fountain Pen
Pat. 1830
Council Nicea 325
Mercury N.
Aldebaran
21 22
Maritime Day
Cranberries Bud
9.5 Earthquake
Chile 1060
Cancer Soc. 1918
Moon N. Spica
23
Adler Planetarium
1930
Moon A. Node
24
Telegram 1844
VENUS S.
MERCURY
25
SOLAR
OBSERVATORY

FULL MOON
Flower
Penumbral Eclipse
Moon N. Antares
26
Cellophane Tape 1930
Violets Disappear
SUNSET
Moon Perigee
27
MEMORIAL DAY
Last May Mon
1868 / 1971
Jupiter S. Mercury
28
VENUS
N. JUPITER
29 30 31
Last Quarter
Moon