June 2019 Sky
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- On June 2, 2019
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Beehive cluster M44, June solstice, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Venus
June 2019 Sky
| 1 | Moon near Venus (20° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −3.9. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 3 | New Moon at 10:02 UT. Start of lunation 1193. |
| 4 | Moon near Mercury (17° from Sun, evening sky) at 17h UT. Mag. −0.8. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 5 | Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 1.8. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 6 | Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 10h UT. |
| 7 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 9h UT. |
| 7 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23:16 UT (368,504 km; angular size 32.4′). |
| 8 | Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 22h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 9 | Venus 5.1° SSE of the Pleiades (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 5h UT. Mags. −3.9. |
| 10 | First Quarter Moon at 5:59 UT. |
| 10 | Jupiter at opposition at 15h UT. Best time to observe the largest planet in the solar system. Mag. −2.6. • Opposition (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 18h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 5h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Moon near Jupiter (midnight sky) at 20h UT. Mag. −2.6. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 17 | Venus 4.7° N of the Aldebaran (17° from Sun, morning sky) at 0h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 0.9. |
| 17 | Full Moon at 8:30 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 18 | Mercury 0.2° NNE of Mars (24° from Sun, evening sky) at 19h UT. Mags. 0.2 and 1.8. |
| 19 | Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. 0.2. Occultation visible from southern South America and southern South Africa. • Occultation of Saturn (IOTA) • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 21 | June solstice at 15:56 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) |
| 23 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT (distance 404,548 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 23 | Mercury at greatest elongation east (25° from Sun, evening sky) at 23h UT. Mag. 0.5. |
| 25 | Last Quarter Moon at 9:47 UT. |
| 30 | Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 15h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| June 2019 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
