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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. 0.2.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 405,317 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. −1.3.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at superior conjunction with Sun at 2h UT. The elusive planet passes into the evening sky.
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Last Quarter Moon at 18:33 UT.
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New Moon at 19:44 UT. Start of lunation 1181.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23:53 UT (359,503 km; angular size 33.2').
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Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 22h UT.
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Moon near Venus (38° from Sun, evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. −4.0.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 20h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 9h UT.
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Venus 0.7° NNE of Beehive cluster (39° from Sun, evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. −4.0.
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First Quarter Moon at 10:51 UT.
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June solstice at 10:07 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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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 8h UT.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −2.4.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 1h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 13h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at Mag. +0.0. Saturn's rings are spectacular even in a small telescope.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
• Opposition (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Saturn (midnight sky) at 4h UT. Mag. 0.0.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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28
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Full Moon at 4:53 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (distance 406,061 km; angular size 29.4').
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- USA Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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