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Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 6h UT. The ringed planet is at its brightest (mag. +0.0) and closest in 25 years (globe diameter 18.5", rings span 42"). Saturn's rings are spectacular even in a small telescope.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
• Opposition (Wikipedia)
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Moon very near Mercury (24° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mag +0.7.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11h UT (361,140 km; angular size 33.1').
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Moon near the Pleiades (14° from Sun) at 3h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 3:00 UT. Start of lunation 1156.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 24° west of Sun (morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag +0.6.
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Moon near Beehive cluster (evening sky) at 21h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 14h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter (84° from Sun, evening sky) at 19h UT. Mag. -2.0.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 8:10 UT.
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Mercury 6.7° SSE of the Pleiades at 16h UT (22° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. +0.0.
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 1h UT.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 405,024 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. -1.7.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 21h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. +0.1.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Mercury 3.8° NNW of Aldebaran (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. Mags. -0.5 and +0.9.
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Full Moon at 11:02 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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June solstice at 22:34 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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Last Quarter Moon at 18:19 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
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