June 2016 Sky
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- On June 1, 2016
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- Beehive cluster, June solstice, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Pleiades, Regulus, Saturn, Saturn at opposition, Spica
June 2016 Sky
| 3 | 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) |
| 3 | Moon very near Mercury (24° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mag +0.7. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 3 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11h UT (361,140 km; angular size 33.1′). |
| 4 | Moon near the Pleiades (14° from Sun) at 3h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 5 | New Moon at 3:00 UT. Start of lunation 1156. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 5 | Mercury at greatest elongation, 24° west of Sun (morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag +0.6. |
| 8 | Moon near Beehive cluster (evening sky) at 21h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 10 | Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 14h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 11 | Moon near Jupiter (84° from Sun, evening sky) at 19h UT. Mag. -2.0. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | First Quarter Moon at 8:10 UT. |
| 13 | Mercury 6.7° SSE of the Pleiades (22° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. +0.0. |
| 15 | Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 1h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 15 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 405,024 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 17 | Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. -1.7. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 18 | Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 21h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. +0.1. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Mercury 3.8° NNW of Aldebaran (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. Mags. -0.5 and +0.9. |
| 20 | Full Moon at 11:02 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | 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) |
| 27 | Last Quarter Moon at 18:19 UT. |
| June 2016 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT – 4 hours. | |
