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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°28'. Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 02:42 EST (1,618 days ago) in Gemini

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Venus at perihelion Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 17:18 EST (1,618 days ago) in Gemini

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°48'. Sun, 13 Jun 2021 at 15:52 EST (1,617 days ago) in Cancer

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Sun, 13 Jun 2021 at 16:47 EST (1,617 days ago) in Cancer

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NGC 6388 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6388 (mag 6.8) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 15 Jun 2021 (1,615 days ago) in Scorpius

186.

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. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 (1,614 days ago) in Scorpius

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NGC 6397 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6397 (mag 5.6) in Ara culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 (1,613 days ago) in Ara

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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. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 at 23:54 EST (1,613 days ago) in Virgo

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The cluster IC 4665 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4665 (mag 4.2) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 (1,612 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Jupiter enters retrograde motion Jupiter reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Sun, 20 Jun 2021 at 11:07 EST (1,610 days ago) in Aquarius

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The Ptolemy cluster is well placed The Ptolemy Cluster (M7, NGC 6475; mag 3.3) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 20 Jun 2021 (1,610 days ago) in Scorpius

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June solstice 21 June will be the longest day of 2021 in the northern hemisphere. Sun, 20 Jun 2021 at 23:25 EST (1,610 days ago) in Taurus

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Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii The Moon will pass in front of Beta1 Scorpii (Acrab), creating a lunar occultation visible from Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 14:28 EST (1,608 days ago) in Scorpius

194.

The Lagoon Nebula is well placed The Lagoon Nebula (M8; mag 5.8) in Sagittarius culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 22 Jun 2021 (1,608 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 05:54 EST (1,607 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Close approach of Mars and M44 Mars and M44 pass close to each other. Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 18:35 EST (1,607 days ago) in Cancer

197.

NGC 6541 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6541 (mag 6.6) in Corona Australis culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 23 Jun 2021 (1,607 days ago) in Corona Australis

198.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 14:39 EST (1,606 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Fri, 25 Jun 2021 at 01:47 EST (1,605 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including the Contiguous United States, Mexico, Hawaii and Kiribati amongst others. Fri, 25 Jun 2021 at 05:40 EST (1,605 days ago) in Sagittarius