June 6 New Moon
June 7 Moon passes 3.1 degrees north of Mercury
June 8 Moon passes 4 degrees north of Venus
June 6 New Moon
June 7 Moon passes 3.1 degrees north of Mercury
June 8 Moon passes 4 degrees north of Venus
June 9 Moon passes 5 degrees north of Saturn
June 11 Moon is farthest from Earth (apogee-251,970 mi.)
June 14 First Quarter Moon
June 14 Earliest sunrise (4:30am)
June 16 Moon passes 0.4 degrees south of Jupiter
June 20 Moon passes 0.7 north of Antares
June 21 Summer solstice. Days are longest and nights are shortest. (Opposite in southern hemisphere.
June 22 Full Moon
June 23 Moon is closest to Earth (perigee-223,490 mi.)
June 23 Venus passes 5 degrees south of Pollux
June 24 St. John’s Eve, when midsummer used to be celebrated in England with a Great bonfire
June 24 Mercury passes 5 degrees south of Pollux
June 24 Moon passes 1.4 degrees north of Saturn
June 25 Venus passes 1.3 degrees north of Saturn
June 26 Mercury passes 1.4 degrees north of Saturn
June 26 Moon passes 3 degrees south of Uranus
June 26 Mercury, Venus and Saturn within circle of diameter 1.37 degrees
June 27 Mercury passes 0.08 degrees south of Venus (closest planet-planet this year.
June 27 Latest sunset. (7:33pm)
June 28 Last Quarter Moon
June 28 Moon passes 2 degrees north of Mars
