261.

The Lagoon Nebula is well placed The Lagoon Nebula (M8; mag 5.8) in Sagittarius culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 23 Jun 2018 (2,569 days ago) in Sagittarius

262.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Sat, 23 Jun 2018 at 14:15 PDT (2,569 days ago) in Libra

263.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°13'. Sat, 23 Jun 2018 at 11:46 PDT (2,569 days ago) in Libra

264.

June solstice 21 June will be the longest day of 2018 in the northern hemisphere. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 at 03:01 PDT (2,571 days ago) in Taurus

265.

The Ptolemy cluster is well placed The Ptolemy Cluster (M7, NGC 6475; mag 3.3) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 20 Jun 2018 (2,572 days ago) in Scorpius

266.

Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and setting in the west at around midnight. Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 03:51 PDT (2,572 days ago) in Virgo

267.

Close approach of Venus and M44 Venus and M44 pass close to each other. Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 03:49 PDT (2,572 days ago) in Cancer

268.

Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition Asteroid 4 Vesta makes closest approach to the Earth. Tue, 19 Jun 2018 at 00:10 PDT (2,573 days ago) in Sagittarius

269.

The cluster IC 4665 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4665 (mag 4.2) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 18 Jun 2018 (2,574 days ago) in Ophiuchus

270.

Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 16:45 PDT (2,574 days ago) in Aquarius

271.

NGC 6397 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6397 (mag 5.6) in Ara culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 17 Jun 2018 (2,575 days ago) in Ara

272.

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. Sun, 17 Jun 2018 (2,575 days ago) in Scorpius

273.

NGC 6388 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6388 (mag 6.8) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 16 Jun 2018 (2,576 days ago) in Scorpius

274.

Close approach of the Moon and M44 The Moon and M44 pass close to each other. Sat, 16 Jun 2018 at 12:49 PDT (2,576 days ago) in Cancer

275.

Asteroid 9 Metis at opposition Asteroid 9 Metis makes closest approach to the Earth. Sat, 16 Jun 2018 at 09:46 PDT (2,576 days ago) in Ophiuchus

276.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°20'. Sat, 16 Jun 2018 at 06:11 PDT (2,576 days ago) in Cancer

277.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Sat, 16 Jun 2018 at 05:38 PDT (2,576 days ago) in Cancer

278.

Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at opposition Asteroid 29 Amphitrite makes closest approach to the Earth. Thu, 14 Jun 2018 at 16:58 PDT (2,578 days ago) in Scorpius

279.

The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month. Thu, 14 Jun 2018 at 16:52 PDT (2,578 days ago) in Gemini

280.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Wed, 13 Jun 2018 at 12:44 PDT (2,579 days ago) in Taurus