| 7 |
Moon
near the Pleiades
(17° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT.
• The Pleiades
(Wikipedia) |
| 7 |
Moon
near Mars
(12° from Sun, morning sky) at 14h UT. Mag. +1.4. |
| 8 |
New
Moon
at 15:58 UT. Start of lunation 1119.
• Lunation
Number (Wikipedia) |
| 9 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 22h UT (distance 406,486 km; angular
size 29.4'). |
| 10 |
Moon
near Venus
(19° from Sun, evening sky) at 9h UT. Mag. -3.9. |
| 11 |
Moon
near Pollux
(evening sky) at 15h UT. |
| 12 |
Mercury
at greatest elongation,
24° east of Sun (evening sky) at 17h UT. Mag. +0.5. |
| 12 |
Moon
near Beehive cluster
(46° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT.
• Beehive
Cluster (Wikipedia) |
| 14 |
Moon
near Regulus
(evening sky) at 18h UT. |
| 16 |
First
Quarter Moon
at 17:24 UT. |
| 18 |
Moon
very near Spica
(116° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h UT. Occultation visible
from southern Africa and Madagascar.
• Occultation
of Spica (US Naval Observatory)
• Occultation
of Spica (IOTA) |
| 19 |
Jupiter
at conjunction
with the Sun at 16h UT. Passes into the morning sky (not
visible). |
| 19 |
Moon
near Saturn
(127° from Sun, evening sky) at 17h UT. Mag. +0.5. |
| 20 |
Mercury
1.9° S of Venus
(22° from Sun, evening sky) at 7h UT. Mags. +1.3 and -3.9. An
excellent opportuntiy to find elusive Mercury. |
| 21 |
June
solstice
at 5:04 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point farthest
north of the celestial equator marking the start of summer in
the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
• June
Solstice (Wikipedia) |
| 22 |
Moon
near Antares
(evening sky) at 0h UT. |
| 22 |
Venus
5.2° S of Pollux
(22° from Sun, evening sky) at 8h UT. Mags. -3.9 and +1.2. |
| 23 |
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 11h UT (356,911 km; 33.5'). Nearest in
2013. Occurs about half an hour before Full Moon so very high
tides expected! |
| 23 |
Full
Moon
at 11:33 UT.
• Full
Moon Names (Wikipedia)
|
| 30 |
Last
Quarter Moon
at 4:54 UT. |
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