{"id":422,"date":"2019-05-26T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/?p=422"},"modified":"2020-10-01T03:44:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T03:44:09","slug":"june-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/june-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mercury is nicely situated for evening viewing for northern hemisphere sky watchers as June starts. It’s quickly moving from next to Auriga into Gemini. A thin, crescent moon passes by on the 4th<\/sup>. The moon is passing Mars in the middle of Gemini the next evening. Mars seems to be moving away from Mercury, going east, but the messenger planet is fast catching up. Watch the two planets for several evenings before and after the 18th<\/sup> when they’re closest. For the rest of the month, Mercury slows down and begins to recede back into the sunset’s glow. At the end of June, both planets are between Gemini and Cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercury is dim and often a challenge to\nidentify. Its quick movement among the bright stars of Gemini and\nclose call with Mars will be a big aid this month. Even with Mercury\nat its greatest elongation from the sun, you won’t get a lot of dark\nsky time to observe it in. So find a horizon as free of trees, hills,\nbuildings, and other obstructions as you can. Observe every evening\nthat you can and learn the stars around the planet. You don’t have to\nknow their names, but knowing where they are helps you see right away\nwhich object is Mercury. It’s the object that’s moving among the\nother ones that are keeping the same relative positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jupiter is a mid-evening riser somewhat close to Antares. Saturn rises in the middle of the night. Both planets are retrograde on opposite sides of Sagittarius. The moon is close to Jupiter on the 15th<\/sup> and 16th<\/sup>. It’s close to Saturn on the 18th<\/sup> and 19th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A thin, waning, crescent moon passes by Venus on the morning of the 1st<\/sup>. Venus stays close to the horizon just before sunrise all month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earth is at northern solstice on June\n21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moon’s conjunctions this month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.1\u00b0 from Venus on the 1st<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.6\u00b0 from Mercury on the 4th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.6\u00b0 from Mars on the 5th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.1\u00b0 from Pollux on the 6th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.0\u00b0 from Regulus on the 8th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.2\u00b0 from Spica on the 12th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0.9\u00b0 from Ceres on the 15th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.7\u00b0 from Antares on the 16th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.0\u00b0 from Jupiter on the 16th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0.4\u00b0 from Saturn on the 19th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.6\u00b0 from Neptune on the 24th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.5\u00b0 from Uranus on the 28th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.2\u00b0 from Aldebaran on the 30th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other conjunctions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venus 4.7\u00b0 from Aldebaran on the 17th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercury 0.2\u00b0 from Mars on the 18th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercury 5.5\u00b0 from Pollux on the 19th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mars 5.5\u00b0 from Pollux on the 21st<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A swath of Earth from the southeast Pacific Ocean, across the southern tip of South America, and over the far southern Atlantic Ocean will be in the path of an occultation of Saturn on the 19th<\/sup>. The moon will pass in front of the ringed planet at different times for different locations. The central conjunction time is 03:46 UT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June is the month with the shortest\nnights in the northern hemisphere. And the mosquitoes are very\nactive. So enjoy what you can and use insect repellant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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