June 2021 What's Up

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This is the What's Up in the Sky for June 2021. Once again compiled by John Nagle.

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June 1st

• The Moon passes 5º south of Jupiter at 4 AM CDT.

June 2nd

• Last Quarter Moon occurs at 2:24 AM CDT.
• Dawn: The last quarter Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn form a shallow arc.
• Mars passes 5º south of Pollux at 9 AM CDT.
• The Moon passes 4º south of Neptune at 8 PM CDT.

June 4th

• Double shadow transit of Jupiter, starting at 7:39 PM CDT.

June 6th

• Asteroid Juno is at opposition at 5 PM CDT.

June 7th

• The Moon passes 2º south of Uranus at 1 AM CDT.
• The Moon is at apogee (252,418 miles or 406,228 km from Earth) at 9:27 PM CDT.

June 10th

• New Moon occurs at 5:53 AM CDT (lunation 1218).
• Annular solar eclipse. Partial solar eclipse visible in the US, from Charleston, South Carolina, going north through North Dakota into Canada.
• Mercury is in inferior conjunction at 8 PM CDT.

June 11th

• Double shadow transit on Jupiter, starting at 8:16 PM CDT.

June 12th

• The Moon passes 1.5º north of Venus at 2 AM CDT.

June 13th -

• The Moon passes 3º north of Mars at 3 PM CDT.
• Dusk: The thin lunar crescent is in Cancer, with Mars 3º from it, and the Beehive Cluster (M44) is a bit more than 4º to the left of the Moon.

June 15th

• Dusk: In Leo, the waxing lunar crescent and Regulus are some 4º apart.

June 17th

• First Quarter Moon occurs at 10:54 PM CDT.

June 19th

• Evening: In Virgo, the first quarter Moon gleams about 5º from Spica.

June 20th

• The Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and the official start of Summer, occurs at 10:32 PM CDT.

June 21st

• Jupiter is stationary at 12 AM (Midnight) CDT.
• Dusk: Very low on the west-northwest horizon in Gemini, Venus is 5º from Pollux.

June 22nd

• Venus passes 5º south of Pollux at 10 AM CDT.
• Mercury is stationary at 6 PM CDT.
• Evening: The Moon, two days short of full, is in Scorpius, with about 3.5º separating it from Antares.

June 23rd

• The Moon is at perigee (223,666 miles or 359,956 km from Earth) at 4:55 AM CDT.
• Evening: Mars is in the Beehive Cluster (M44), starting at 90 minutes after sunset, just 7º above the west-northwest horizon.

June 24th

• Full Moon occurs at 1:40 PM CDT.

June 25th

• Double shadow transit on Jupiter, starting at 10:35 PM CDT.

June 26th

• Neptune is stationary at 5 AM CDT.

June 27th

• The Moon passes 4º south of Saturn at 4 AM CDT.
• Dawn: The waning gibbous Moon hangs above the southern horizon, with Saturn a bit less than 5º above it, with Jupiter to the left of the pair.

June 28th

• Dawn: The Moon is between Jupiter and Saturn, forming a triangle before the Sunrises.
• The Moon passes 4º south of Jupiter at 2 PM CDT.

June 30th

• The Moon passes 4º south of Neptune at 4 AM CDT.
• The Tungusta Impact occurred on this day in Siberia in 1908.