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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260515
DTSTAMP:20260514T220759
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SUMMARY:Ascension
DESCRIPTION:The Ascension Day of Jesus Christ always falls on a Thursday – it is the day when Christians celebrate the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven as recorded in the Bible.
URL:https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/event/ascension/2026-05-14/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260519
DTSTAMP:20260514T220759
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SUMMARY:New Moon
DESCRIPTION:New Moon. By the modern definition\, New Moon occurs when the Moon and Sun are at the same geocentric ecliptic longitude. The part of the Moon facing us is completely in shadow then. Pictured here is the traditional New Moon\, the earliest visible waxing crescent\, which signals the start of a new month in many lunar and lunisolar calendars.
URL:https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/event/new-moon-2026/2026-05-18/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
DTSTAMP:20260514T220759
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SUMMARY:World Metrology Day.
DESCRIPTION:World Metrology Day is an annual celebration of the signature of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations. The Convention set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in its industrial\, commercial and societal applications. The original aim of the Metre Convention – the world-wide uniformity of measurement – remains as important today as it was in 1875. \nhttps://www.worldmetrologyday.org/index.html
URL:https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/event/world-metrology-day/2026-05-20/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260524
DTSTAMP:20260514T220759
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SUMMARY:First Quarter Moon 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
URL:https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/event/first-quarter-moon-2026/2026-05-23/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260526
DTSTAMP:20260514T220759
CREATED:20210513T175346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T142233Z
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SUMMARY:Towel Day
DESCRIPTION:Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May\, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day\, fans around the universe carry a towel in his honor.\nTowel Day 2021 marks the 43rd anniversary of the first BBC broadcast of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1978).
URL:https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/event/towel-day/2026-05-25/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260514T220759
CREATED:20251231T140110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251231T140110Z
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SUMMARY:Full Moon 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Full Moon rises at sunset\, is visible all night\, and is high in the sky around midnight. \nThis is also the date of the Vatican Observatory’s Full Moon Meetup for Sacred Space Astronomy subscribers at 10:00 AM Tucson time.
URL:https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/event/full-moon-2026/2026-05-31/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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