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Moon near Jupiter (40° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -1.9.
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Mercury 0.15° from M35 cluster (20° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. +1.5.
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Moon near Beehive cluster (evening sky) at 17h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 4h UT (distance 404,954 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 15h UT.
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First Quarter Moon at 20:40 UT.
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Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 0h UT. Mag. -0.4.
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 23h UT.
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Moon very near Saturn (148° from Sun, evening sky) at 19h UT. Mag. +0.2. Occultation visible from southern Africa.
• Occultation of Saturn (IOTA)
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 7h UT.
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Full Moon at 4:13 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 3h UT (367,102 km; angular size 33.0').
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Jupiter 6.3° S of Pollux (28° from Sun, evening sky) at 4h UT. Mags. -1.8 and +1.2.
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Last Quarter Moon at 18:39 UT.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 23h UT. Not visible. Passes into the morning sky.
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June solstice at 10:51 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)
• Equinoxes and Solstices from Space (NASA)
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Venus 5.7° SSE from the Pleiades (32° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mag -3.9.
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 11h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. -3.9.
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Moon near Aldebaran (24° from Sun, morning sky) at 5h UT.
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New Moon at 8:09 UT. Start of lunation 1132.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter (19° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. -1.8.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 405,930 km; angular size 29.4').
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
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