Here you will find useful observing information about the visible planets,
our Moon and other moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout.
Animated images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects,
or apparent and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular features include plotting the monthly positions of the
visible planets using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's apparent motion and the Earth's real
motion along the ecliptic.
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June Sky Calendar | ||||
01. Waning Crescent Moon Near Venus 03. New Moon 04. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Mercury 05. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Mars Moon at Ascending Node 06. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Beehive Cluster (M-44) 07. Moon at Perigee: 228,977 miles (368,504 km) 08. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Regulus 09. Venus Near the Pleiades |
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10. First Quarter Moon  Jupiter at Opposition 14. Waxing Gibbous Moon West of Ceres 15. Waxing Gibbous Moon East of Ceres 16. Waxing Gibbous Moon Near Jupiter 17. Full Moon Mercury - Mars Close Conjunction 18.Waning Gibbous Moon Near Saturn 19. Moon at Descending Node |
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21. The Sun does not enter Cancer the Crab June Solstice 22. The Sun enters Gemini the Twins 23. Moon at Apogee: miles 251,374 miles (404,548 km) Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.2°E 25. Last Quarter Moon 27. Waning Crescent Moon Near Uranus 28. Waning Crescent Moon Near Aldebaran 30. Thin waning Crescent Moon Near Pleides and Hyades |
Planet cordinate data for the visible planets and the Sun at 10-day intervals for this month.
Click here to see the
web page showing this information, and also for a larger and easier to read version of the above graphic.