201.

Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Sat, 11 Jun 2016 at 06:07 EDT (2,883 days ago) in Taurus

202.

Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition Asteroid 8 Flora makes closest approach to the Earth. Sat, 11 Jun 2016 at 12:46 EDT (2,883 days ago) in Ophiuchus

203.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Sat, 11 Jun 2016 at 14:44 EDT (2,883 days ago) in Leo

204.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°29'. Sat, 11 Jun 2016 at 15:37 EDT (2,883 days ago) in Leo

205.

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. Sun, 12 Jun 2016 at 04:10 EDT (2,882 days ago) in Leo

206.

Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sun, 12 Jun 2016 (2,882 days ago) in Aries

207.

Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Mon, 13 Jun 2016 at 17:26 EDT (2,881 days ago) in Aquarius

208.

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. Wed, 15 Jun 2016 at 08:00 EDT (2,879 days ago) in Virgo

209.

NGC 6388 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6388 (mag 6.8) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 15 Jun 2016 (2,879 days ago) in Scorpius

210.

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. Thu, 16 Jun 2016 (2,878 days ago) in Scorpius

211.

NGC 6397 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6397 (mag 5.6) in Ara culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 16 Jun 2016 (2,878 days ago) in Ara

212.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 7°05'. Fri, 17 Jun 2016 at 06:21 EDT (2,877 days ago) in Libra

213.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Fri, 17 Jun 2016 at 09:22 EDT (2,877 days ago) in Libra

214.

The cluster IC 4665 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4665 (mag 4.2) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 18 Jun 2016 (2,876 days ago) in Ophiuchus

215.

Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°14'. Sat, 18 Jun 2016 at 20:15 EDT (2,876 days ago) in Ophiuchus

216.

Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Sat, 18 Jun 2016 at 21:03 EDT (2,876 days ago) in Ophiuchus

217.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 at 07:02 EDT (2,874 days ago) in Sagittarius

218.

The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 at 17:06 EDT (2,874 days ago) in Sagittarius

219.

June solstice 20 June will be the longest day of 2016 in the northern hemisphere. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 at 18:32 EDT (2,874 days ago) in Taurus

220.

The Ptolemy cluster is well placed The Ptolemy Cluster (M7, NGC 6475; mag 3.3) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 (2,874 days ago) in Scorpius