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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 404,266 km; angular size 29.4').
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Last Quarter Moon at 22:13 UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. -2.3.
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Mars 0.8° NNE from Regulus (74° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. +1.2 and +1.3.
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Jupiter 0.44° SSE from Uranus (77° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mags. -2.3 and +5.9.
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Mercury 5.9° SSE of the Pleiades (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag. -0.4.
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Moon near Pleiades (morning sky) at 23h UT.
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Moon near Mercury (morning sky) at 1h UT.
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New Moon at 11:15 UT. Start of lunation 1082.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus (evening sky) at 4h UT. Mag. -4.0.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 15h UT (365,931 km; 32.7').
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Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) (evening sky) at 17h UT.
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 4h UT.
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Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 15h UT. Mag. +1.3.
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First Quarter Moon at 4:29 UT.
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Venus 0.7° from Beehive cluster (M44) (evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -4.0.
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 1h UT.
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June solstice at 11:29 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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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 12h UT.
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Full Moon at 11:30 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Partial Eclipse of the Moon from 10:17 to 13:00 UT, mid-eclipse at 11:38 UT. Visible from the Americas, the Pacific and eastern Asia.
• Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2010 Jun 26 (PDF) (NASA)
• Eclipses During 2010 (NASA)
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 12h UT. The planet passes into the evening sky.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
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