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JUNE 2026 (Northern Hemisphere)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/td>Moon at apogee<\/strong> (farthest from Earth) at 5h UT (distance 406,366km; angular size 29.4′).<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Mercury at northernmost declination<\/strong> (25.6\u00b0) at 19h UT.<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Venus 4.7\u00b0 S of Pollux<\/strong> at 0h UT (36\u00b0 from Sun, evening sky). Mags. \u22124.0 and 1.2.<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Last Quarter Moon<\/strong> at 10:02 UT.<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Venus 1.6\u00b0 NNE of Jupiter<\/strong> at 21h UT (37\u00b0 from Sun, evening sky). Mags. \u22124.0 and \u22121.9.<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Moon near Saturn<\/strong> at 8h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9.<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Moon near Mars<\/strong> at 19h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.3.<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Moon near the Pleiades<\/strong> at 14h UT (evening sky).<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Moon at perigee<\/strong> (closest to Earth) at 23:20 UT (distance 357,197km; angular size 33.5′).<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>New Moon<\/strong> at 2:55 UT. Start of lunation 1280.<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Mercury at easternmost elongation<\/strong> at 20h UT (24.5\u00b0 from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.6.<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Moon near Mercury<\/strong> at 21h UT (25\u00b0 from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.7.<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Moon near Castor<\/strong> at 21h UT (evening sky).<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Moon near Pollux<\/strong> at 2h UT (evening sky).<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Moon near Jupiter<\/strong> at 9h UT (evening sky). Mag. \u22121.8.<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Moon near Venus<\/strong> at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. \u22124.0. Occultation visible from the contiguous United States, Canada, Brazil and Venezuela.
\u2022 Lunar occultation of Venus<\/a> (In-the-Sky)<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Moon near Beehive Cluster (M44)<\/strong> at 2h UT (evening sky). Venus nearby.<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Moon near Regulus<\/strong> at 13h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar and Zimbabwe.
\u2022 Lunar occultation of Regulus<\/a> (In-the-Sky)<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Venus 0.70\u00b0 NNE of Beehive Cluster (M44)<\/strong> at 3h UT (39\u00b0 from Sun, evening sky).<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>June solstice<\/strong> at 8:23 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point farthest north of the celestial equator marking the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
\u2022 June Solstice<\/a> (Wikipedia)<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>First Quarter Moon<\/strong> at 21:55 UT.<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Moon near Spica<\/strong> at 20h UT (evening sky).<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Mercury 3.7\u00b0 WSW of Jupiter<\/strong> at 13h UT (22\u00b0 from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.5 and \u22121.8.<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Moon near Antares<\/strong> at 13h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica, south-eastern Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania.
\u2022 Lunar occultation of Antares<\/a> (In-the-Sky)<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Moon at apogee<\/strong> (farthest from Earth) at 7h UT (distance 406,265km; angular size 29.4′).<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Full Moon<\/strong> at 23:57 UT.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n