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Mercury
The Moon passes 3° north
of Venus on June 26
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29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 1
Mercury Mars
Venus
Ceres
Ceres
Uranus
Saturn
Pluto
Neptune
Venus
Jupiter
Jupiter
Earth
Summer solstice
is June 21
Mercury
Greatest western
elongation is June 16
Mars
Perihelion
is June 21
36 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2022
THE PLANETS
IN THEIR ORBITS
Arrows show the inner
planets’ monthly motions
and dots depict the
outer planets’ positions
at midmonth from high
above their orbits.
To locate the Moon in the sky, draw a line from the phase shown for the day
straight up to the curved blue line.
Date
Magnitude
Angular size
Illumination
Distance (AU) from Earth
Distance (AU) from Sun
Right ascension (2000.0)
Declination (2000.0)
PLANETS
June 15
0.6
8.5"
33%
0.794
0.423
3h57.7m
16°42'
June 15
–3.9
12.7"
82%
1.310
0.727
3h12.9m
16°01'
MERCURY VENUS
PATHS OF THE PLANETS
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.