561.

Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Mon, 08 Jun 2020 at 22:53 EDT (1,477 days ago) in Capricornus

562.

Daytime Arietid meteor shower 2020 The Daytime Arietid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 10 Jun 2020 (1,475 days ago) in Aries

563.

Messier 92 is well placed The globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341; mag 6.5) in Hercules culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 10 Jun 2020 (1,475 days ago) in Hercules

564.

Conjunction of Mars and Neptune Mars and Neptune share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°44'. Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 08:24 EDT (1,473 days ago) in Aquarius

565.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'. Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 19:54 EDT (1,473 days ago) in Aquarius

566.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 22:08 EDT (1,473 days ago) in Aquarius

567.

Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Sat, 13 Jun 2020 at 02:24 EDT (1,472 days ago) in Aquarius

568.

The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 20:56 EDT (1,471 days ago) in Cetus

569.

NGC 6388 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6388 (mag 6.8) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 15 Jun 2020 (1,470 days ago) in Scorpius

570.

The Butterfly cluster is well placed The Butterfly open star cluster (M6, NGC 6405; mag 4.2) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 16 Jun 2020 (1,469 days ago) in Scorpius

571.

NGC 6397 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6397 (mag 5.6) in Ara culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 16 Jun 2020 (1,469 days ago) in Ara

572.

Comet C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) passes perihelion Comet C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) makes its closest approach to the Sun. Thu, 18 Jun 2020 (1,467 days ago) in Hydra

573.

The cluster IC 4665 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4665 (mag 4.2) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 18 Jun 2020 (1,467 days ago) in Ophiuchus

574.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 04:32 EDT (1,466 days ago) in Taurus

575.

Lunar occultation of Venus The Moon will pass in front of Venus, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, Greenland, Canada and Sweden amongst others. Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 04:32 EDT (1,466 days ago) in Taurus

576.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 44'. Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 04:54 EDT (1,466 days ago) in Taurus

577.

The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun, which happens each month around the time of new moon. Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 06:31 EDT (1,465 days ago) in Taurus

578.

June solstice 20 June will be the longest day of 2020 in the northern hemisphere. Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 17:36 EDT (1,465 days ago) in Taurus

579.

The Ptolemy cluster is well placed The Ptolemy Cluster (M7, NGC 6475; mag 3.3) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 20 Jun 2020 (1,465 days ago) in Scorpius

580.

Annular solar eclipse There will be an eclipse of the Sun, visible from Asia and Africa. Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 02:41 EDT (1,464 days ago) in Taurus