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2
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 8h UT.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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3
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 3:35 UT (distance 364,366 km; angular size 32.8').
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3
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Venus at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 18h UT. The brightest planet passes into the morning sky.
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4
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Mercury at greatest elongation east (24° from Sun, evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. 0.5.
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5
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Moon near Antares (midnight sky) at 12h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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5
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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse from 17:46 to 21:04 UT, mid-eclipse at 19:25 UT. Best seen at mid-eclipse. Visible worldwide except from most of the Americas.
• NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA)
• Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2020 June 05 (PDF) (NASA)
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5
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Full Moon at 19:12 UT.
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8
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 19h UT. Mag. −2.6.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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8
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Moon, Jupiter and Saturn within a circle of diam. 5.1° (morning sky) at 22h UT. Mags. −2.6 and 0.4.
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9
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. 0.4.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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13
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. −0.2.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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13
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Last Quarter Moon at 6:24 UT.
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15
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 404,595 km; angular size 29.5').
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18
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Moon near the Pleiades at 23h UT (morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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19
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Moon near Venus (23° from Sun, morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −4.3.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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19
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Moon, Venus and Aldebaran within a circle of diam. 4.9° (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mags. −4.3 and 0.9.
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19
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Moon near Aldebaran (20° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT.
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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20
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Venus 8.9° SE of the Pleiades (30° from Sun, morning sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −4.3.
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20
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June solstice at 21:45 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)
• Equinoxes and Solstices from Space (NASA)
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21
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Annular Solar Eclipse from 4:48 to 8:32 UT. Greatest eclipse at 6:40 UT. The narrow path of annularity extends from central Africa to south Asia, China and the Pacific. Partial eclipse from Africa, SE Europe and Asia.
• Annular Solar Eclipse of 2020 June 21 (GIF) (NASA)
• Solar Eclipses: 2011 - 2030 (Mr Eclipse)
• NASA Solar Eclipse Page (NASA)
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21
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New Moon at 6:41 UT. Start of lunation 1206.
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22
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Moon near Mercury (13° from Sun, evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. −4.3.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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22
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Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 22h UT.
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23
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Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 2h UT.
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24
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 3h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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25
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 18h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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28
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First Quarter Moon at 8:15 UT.
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29
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 14h UT.
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30
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 2:07 UT (distance 368,958 km; angular size 32.4').
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
- Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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