Venus and Saturn are mighty close together in the morning sky this week, Venus being the obvious, brilliant object just above and to the right of the sunrise point
May 3
The first-quarter Moon passes just north of Mars in the evening sky
May 8-9
International Space Station (ISS) makes evening overpasses of New York City, in the west on May 8 at 10:15 pm and southwest on May 9 at 9:17-9:23 pm
May 12
Full Flower Moon
May 22
Saturn is the medium-bright object just south of the Moon, but its rings will be very thin and practically edge-on, causing them to nearly disappear when seen from Earth if viewed through a telescope
May 23-24
The waning crescent Moon passes close to Venus in the early-morning sky, for those with a clear eastern horizon
May 31
Venus reaches its greatest western elongation, rising three hours ahead of the Sun, and appearing well up in the east near dawn; Mars is the medium-bright reddish object close to the Moon
