Astronomy - USA (2020-06)

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Moon phases Dawn Midnight Early^ evening

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Dawn Midnight Early evening
Celestial equator
Sun Sun
Uranus
Pluto
Saturn
Neptune
Ceres
Jupiter
Mars
An annular solar eclipse
occurs June 21 across parts
of Africa and Asia
Mars passes 1. 7 ° south
of Neptune on June 12
Asteroid Iris reaches
opposition June 27
Mercury appears bright in
the evening sky in early June
Comet PanSTARRS
Pallas
Herculina
Ven
us
22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20
Callisto
Europa
Ganymede
Jupiter
Io
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Europa
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This map unfolds the entire night sky from sunset (at right) until sunrise (at left). Arrows
and colored dots show motions and locations of solar system objects during the month.
JUPITER’S
MOONS
Dots display
positions of
Galilean satellites
at 4 a.m. EDT on
the date shown.
South is at the
top to match the
view through a
telescope.
JUNE 2020
June 15
–0.2
10.2"
84%
0.918
1.399
23h33.3m
–5°51'
June 15
8.8
0.5"
97%
2.584
2.977
23h07.5m
–17°17'
June 15
–2.7
46.1"
100%
4.272
5.167
19h49.9m
–21°18'
June 15
0.3
18.1"
100%
9.182
10.015
20h11.9m
–20°10'
June 15
5.9
3.4"
100%
20.501
19.798
2h26.8m
14°03'
June 15

7. 9
   2.3"
   100%
   29.852
   29.930
   23h27.4m
   –4°41'

June 15

14.7

0.1"

100%

33.177

34.060

19h44.9m

–22°13'

MARS CERES JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO

THE PLANETS IN THE SKY

These illustrations show the size, phase,

and orientation of each planet and the two

brightest dwarf planets at 0h UT for the dates

in the data table at bottom. South is at the top

to match the view through a telescope.