| June
22 |
New
Moon 12:35pm PDT (19:35 UT) |
| June
23 |
Pluto
is
at opposition 1:00am
PDT
(08:00
UT).
The
Moon is at perigee (closest to the Earth at 222,460 miles) 3:39am PDT (10:39
UT).
The
youngest Moon lies near Castor and Pollux completing its journey through
Gemini. Moonset:
9:45 Map/Text
Titan
takes 16 minutes to totally disappear into Saturn's shadow for North
Americans starting 11:45pm CDT (9:45pm PDT). Saturn has already set
for East Coasters. Seeking
Saturn’s Moons |
| June
24 |
A
young slim Crescent Moon lies near the Beehive
cluster (M44)
low on the WNW horizon, east of Castor and Pollux. Map View just
after sunset use binoculars to see the cluster. Moonset 10:30pm. |
| June
25-27 |
The waxing
Crescent Moon transits Leo
the Lion. First west of Regulus, then between Regulus and Saturn and
then near Saturn. 6/25-27
9:30 Map ~ 6/27
9:30pm Mao
6/27
The
Moon conjoins Saturn
2:33pm
PDT
(21:33 UT). |
| June
28 |
The
First Quarter Moon lies between Saturn and Spica in Virgo the
Virgin. Map/Text |
| June
29 |
First
Quarter Moon 4:28am PDT (11:28 UT)
The Moon lies west of
Spica. Map/Text |
| June
30 |
The
Moon lies east of Spica. Map/Text |
| July
1 |
Uranus is stationary
retrograde 12:37am
PDT (07:37 UT) |
| July
3/4 |
Aphelion
Day Earth is at aphelion (94.5 million miles from
the Sun) 7:00pm PDT (02:00 UT 7/4).
This
evening/morning the waxing
Gibbous Moon lies west
of Antares above the Scorpion's stinger. It occults the star for
observers in Japan and Hawaii. IOTA. Map/Text |
| July
4 |
Fourth
of July ~ Holiday and Holy Day Click
the link for all-day sky events.
The Gibbous
Moon lies east
of Antares above the Scorpion's stinger. Map/Text |
| July
5 |
The
Moon, above
the teapot
spout
of Sagittarius,
conjoins Pluto
10:28pm
PDT (05:28
UT 7/6). Map/Text |
| July
6 |
The
nearly
Full Moon,
in the
constellation
Sagittarius, lies
very
close
to Nunki,
the
vane
of
the
cosmic
Archer's
arrow. Map/Text |
| July
7 |
Full
Moon Global Meditation
Full
Moon 2:21am PDT (09:21 UT) Penumbral Lunar Eclipse ~
Map/Text
The
Moon is at apogee (farthest from the Earth at 252,421 miles) 2:39pm
PDT (21:39) UT. |
| July
8-10 |
The
waning
Gibbous Moon transits dim Capricornus, as it approaches Jupiter
and telescopic Neptune. Map/Text
7/10 Jupiter conjoins Neptune
2:08am PDT (09:08 UT).
7/10
The Moon conjoins Jupiter
12:42pm PDT (19:42 UT).
7/10 The
Moon conjoins Neptune
12:45pm PDT (19:45 UT). |
| July
11-12 |
The
gibbous Moon lies
east of Jupiter, as it transits dim Aquarius,
above the Southern Royal Star Fomalhaut. Map/Text |
| July
11-15 |
Morning Mars
rides the Bull and Venus "eyes" the Bull. View 3:30am to sunrise. Map/Text |
| July
13 |
The
Moon conjoins Uranus
1:03am
PDT
(08:03 UT). Map/Text
The
Sun conjoins Pluto
7:17pm
PDT (02:17
UT 7/14). |
| July
15 |
Last
Quarter Moon 2:53am PDT (09:53 UT) conjoins the dwarf planet Eris.
Sky Chart exact LQM |
| July
17-19 |
Predawn's waning
Crescent Moon guides
us to the Pleiades, Mars, Aldebaran and
Venus. Map/Text
7/17
The Moon lies west of the Pleiades.
7/18 The
Moon passes east of the Pleiades and lies near Mars.
Moon conjoins Mars
3:05am
PDT
(10:05 UT).
The
Moon conjoins Venus
9:06pm PDT (04:06 UT 7/19).
7/19
The Moon passes east of Venus and lies near Elnath.
|
| July
21 |
The
Moon
is
at
perigee
(closest
to
the
Earth
at
222,117
miles)
1:14pm
PDT
(20:14
UT).
New
Moon Total
Solar Eclipse 7:35pm PDT (02:35 UT 7/22) Animation
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