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3
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Moon near Spica at 11h UT (evening sky).
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5
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Venus at greatest elongation, 46° west from Sun, at 21h UT (morning sky). Mag. -4.3.
• Elongation (Wikipedia)
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7
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Moon very near Antares at 3h UT (midnight sky). Occultation visible from southern and eastern North America, northern South America, and NW Africa.
• Occultation of Antares (IOTA)
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7
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Full Moon at 18:12 UT. The full Moon of June is called the Rose Moon, Flower Moon or Strawberry Moon.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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10
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 16h UT (distance 405,787 km; angular size 29.5').
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13
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 24° west from Sun (morning sky) at 12h UT. Mag. +0.6, low in the NNE before sunrise. Venus and the Pleiades nearby.
• Elongation (Wikipedia)
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13
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Moon near Jupiter at 15h UT (morning sky).
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15
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Last Quarter Moon at 22:14 UT.
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19
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Moon near Venus at 13h UT (morning sky). Mag -4.2.
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20
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Moon near the Pleaides at 18h UT (29° from Sun, morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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21
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June solstice at 5:45 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)
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21
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Venus 2.0° SSE of Mars at 6h UT (45° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. -4.2 and +1.1.
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22
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Mercury 3.2° NNW of Aldebaran at 0h UT (21° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. -0.2 and +0.9.
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22
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New Moon at 19:35 UT. Start of lunation 1070.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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23
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11h UT (358,014 km; 33.4'). Only 15 hours after New Moon. High tides expected.
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25
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Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) at 4h UT (evening sky).
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26
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Moon near Regulus at 18h UT (evening sky).
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27
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Moon near Saturn at 21h UT (evening sky). Mag. +1.0.
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29
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First Quarter Moon at 11:28 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
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