August 2021 Sky 2 Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 6h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at mag. +0.2. Saturn's rings are spectacular even in a small telescope. • Opposition (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT (distance...

July 2021 Sky 1 Last Quarter Moon at 21:11 UT. 3 Venus 0.35° NNE of Beehive cluster M44 (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −3.9. 4 Mercury at greatest elongation west (22° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.5. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth)...

June 2021 Sky 1 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. −2.4. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 2 Last Quarter Moon at 7:25 UT. 8 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 406,228 km; angular size 29.4'). 8 Moon near the Pleiades (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 10 New...