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MAP SYMBOLS

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary

in size due to the distance from Earth

JUNE 2019 and are shown at 0h Universal Time.

Calendar of events

1 The Moon passes 3° south of

Venus, 2 P.M. EDT

2 Asteroid Pallas is stationary,

10 P.M. EDT

3 New Moon occurs at

6:02 A.M. EDT

4 The Moon passes 4° south of

Mercury, noon EDT

5 The Moon passes 1.6° south of

Mars, 11 A.M. EDT

7 The Moon is at perigee

(228,978 miles from Earth),

7:15 P.M. EDT

10 First Quarter Moon

occurs at 1:59 A.M. EDT

Jupiter is at opposition,

11 A.M. EDT

15 The Moon passes 0.9° north of

dwarf planet Ceres, 11 A.M. EDT

16 The Moon passes 2° north of

Jupiter, 3 P.M. EDT

17 Full Moon occurs at

4:31 A.M. EDT

Venus passes 5° north of

Aldebaran, 5 P.M. EDT

18 The Moon passes 0.4° south of

Saturn, midnight EDT

19 The Moon passes 0.07° south

of Pluto, 7 A.M. EDT

21 Mercury passes 6° south of

Pollux, 1 A.M. EDT

Summer solstice occurs at

11: 5 4 A.M. EDT

Neptune is stationary,

midnight EDT

23 Mars passes 6° south of Pollux,

3 A.M. EDT

The Moon is at apogee (251,375

miles from Earth), 3:50 A.M. EDT

Mercury is at greatest eastern

elongation (25°), 7 P.M. EDT

The Moon passes 4° south of

Neptune, 9 P.M. EDT

25 Last Quarter Moon

occurs at 5:46 A.M. EDT

27 The Moon passes 5° south of

Uranus, 6 P.M. EDT

SPECIAL OBSERVING DATE

18 Mercury passes 0.2° north

of Mars in evening twilight.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ASTRONOMY

: ROEN KELLY

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