June 2015 Sky
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June 2015 Sky
1 | Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +0.1. |
2 | Moon near Antares (midnight sky) at 12h UT. |
2 | Full Moon at 16:19 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
6 | Venus at greatest elongation, 45° east of Sun (evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -4.3. |
9 | Last Quarter Moon at 15:42 UT. |
10 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 5h UT (369,711 km; angular size 32.3′). |
13 | Venus 0.8° NNE of Beehive cluster (45° from Sun, evening sky) at 19h UT. Mag. -4.3. |
14 | Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 17h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
15 | Moon near Mercury (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT. Mag. +1.8. |
15 | Moon near Aldebaran (15° from Sun, morning sky) at 12h UT. |
16 | New Moon at 14:05 UT. Start of lunation 1144. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
19 | Moon near Beehive cluster (39° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) |
20 | Moon near Venus (evening sky) at 9h UT. Mag. -4.4. |
20 | Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. -1.8. |
21 | June solstice at 16:38 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) |
21 | Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 19h UT. |
23 | Mercury 2.0° NNW of Aldebaran (22° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. Mags. +0.7 and +0.8. |
23 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 404,132 km; angular size 29.6′). |
24 | First Quarter Moon at 11:03 UT. |
24 | Mercury at greatest elongation, 23° west of Sun (morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag +0.6. |
26 | Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 4h UT. |
29 | Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. +0.2. |
June 2015 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT – 5 hours. |