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  Sky Calendar -- June 2026
1 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 5h UT (distance 406,366km; angular size 29.4').
1 Mercury at northernmost declination (25.6°) at 19h UT.
8 Venus 4.7° S of Pollux at 0h UT (36° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and 1.2.
8 Last Quarter Moon at 10:02 UT.
9 Venus 1.6° NNE of Jupiter at 21h UT (37° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and −1.9.
10 Moon near Saturn at 8h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9.
12 Moon near Mars at 19h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.3.
13 Moon near the Pleiades at 14h UT (evening sky).
14 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23:20 UT (distance 357,197km; angular size 33.5').
15 New Moon at 2:55 UT. Start of lunation 1280.
15 Mercury at easternmost elongation at 20h UT (24.5° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.6.
16 Moon near Mercury at 21h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.7.
16 Moon near Castor at 21h UT (evening sky).
17 Moon near Pollux at 2h UT (evening sky).
17 Moon near Jupiter at 9h UT (evening sky). Mag. −1.8.
17 Moon near Venus at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.0. Occultation visible from the contiguous United States, Canada, Brazil and Venezuela.
Lunar occultation of Venus (In-the-Sky)
18 Moon near Beehive Cluster (M44) at 2h UT (evening sky). Venus nearby.
19 Moon near Regulus at 13h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar and Zimbabwe.
Lunar occultation of Regulus (In-the-Sky)
20 Venus 0.70° NNE of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 3h UT (39° from Sun, evening sky).
21 June solstice at 8:23 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)
21 First Quarter Moon at 21:55 UT.
23 Moon near Spica at 20h UT (evening sky).
25 Mercury 3.7° WSW of Jupiter at 13h UT (22° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.5 and −1.8.
27 Moon near Antares at 13h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica, south-eastern Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania.
Lunar occultation of Antares (In-the-Sky)
28 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 7h UT (distance 406,265km; angular size 29.4').
29 Full Moon at 23:57 UT.
All times Universal Time (UT).
  • US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
  • US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
  • Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
  • Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.

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