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June

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Day	Phenomenon	Hour
1	Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is 0° 4' north of the Moon. Occultation of Antares by the Moon.	0100
1	FULL MOON	0100
1	Jupiter is 6° north of the Moon.	1200
2	Mercury is at its greatest elongation, at 23° east of the Sun.	1000
5	The asteroid Juno appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from retrograde motion to direct motion.	1200
5	Jupiter is at opposition.	2300
6	Neptune is 1° 5' north of the Moon.	1400
8	LAST QUARTER	1200
8	Uranus is 1° 6' south of the Moon.	1500
9	Venus is at its greatest elongation, at 45° east of the Sun.	0300
10	Mars is 5° south of the Moon.	2200
12	The Moon is at perigee.	1700
15	NEW MOON	0300
15	Mercury appears to be motionless in the sky as it moves from its greatest elongation east of the Sun back toward a position west of the Sun as viewed from Earth.	1600
16	Mercury is 6° south of the Moon.	0900
18	Venus is 0° 6' south of the Moon. Occultation of Venus by the Moon.	1500
19	Pluto is at opposition.	0700
19	Saturn is 0° 4' south of the Moon. Occultation of Saturn by the Moon.	0800
20	Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo, is 0° 4' south of the Moon. Occultation of Regulus by the Moon.	0000
21	Solstice	1800
22	FIRST QUARTER	1300
23	Uranus appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from direct motion to retrograde motion.	2300
24	The Moon is at apogee.	1400
28	Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is 0° 5' north of the Moon. Occultation of Antares by the Moon.	0800
28	Jupiter is 6° north of the Moon.	1400
28	Mercury is in inferior conjunction.	1900
30	FULL MOON	1400

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