These next several evenings - June 14, 15 and 16, 2019 - watch for the moon to sweep to the north of the red supergiant star Antares and then the king planet Jupiter.

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this is a good time of year to for the Southern Cross in your southern sky, as soon as darkness falls.

These next several days - on June 4, 5 and 6, 2019 - use the young moon to find the planets Mercury and Mars. Then watch for the Mercury-Mars conjunction around June 17 and 18.

Good luck on catching the early morning spectacle on May 30, 31 and June 1, 2019. Two beautiful heavenly bodies - the moon and Venus - will be near the sunrise point, basking in the sweet glow of dawn.

The moon is at last quarter on May 26. And the moon is also at apogee - farthest from Earth for the month - on May 26. The close alignment the 2 events gives us the closest lunar apogee - the closest far-moon - of 2019.

On May 21, 2019, the moon rises in between the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Saturn doesn't rise until the middle of the night; if you're not a night owl, watch for them before sunup on the morning of May 22.

On May 19 and 20, 2019, watch for the moon and Jupiter to rise into your eastern sky roughly two hours after sunset.

In North America, the May full moon carries the name Flower Moon. 2019's May full moon on the 18th is a Blue Moon, the 3rd of 4 moons in a season. This Blue Moon will be near bright Antares and brighter Jupiter. It'll be poised to occult dwarf planet Ceres.

Meet Spica in the constellation Virgo, one of our sky's most fascinating stars. On May 15 and 16, 2019, the moon is near Spica, which the only bright star in the large, rambling constellation Virgo the Maiden.

From the Northern Hemisphere now, the plane of the Milky Way is as parallel to your horizon as it can be, in early evening. Just wait. Around midnight, the starry band of the Milky Way will begin ascending in your eastern sky.