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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, 01 Jun 2019 at 16:56 EDT (1,781 days ago) in Aries

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The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules is well placed The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13, NGC 6205; mag 5.8) culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 02 Jun 2019 (1,780 days ago) in Hercules

143.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Mon, 03 Jun 2019 at 06:03 EDT (1,779 days ago) in Taurus

144.

Messier 12 is well placed The globular cluster M12 (NGC 6218; mag 6.1) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 03 Jun 2019 (1,779 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°39'. Tue, 04 Jun 2019 at 11:40 EDT (1,778 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Wed, 05 Jun 2019 at 11:04 EDT (1,777 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 1°35'. Wed, 05 Jun 2019 at 11:04 EDT (1,777 days ago) in Gemini

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Messier 10 is well placed The globular cluster M10 (NGC 6254; mag 6.6) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 06 Jun 2019 (1,776 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Close approach of the Moon and M44 The Moon and M44 pass close to each other. Fri, 07 Jun 2019 at 04:01 EDT (1,775 days ago) in Cancer

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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. Fri, 07 Jun 2019 at 19:15 EDT (1,775 days ago) in Cancer

151.

Messier 62 is well placed The globular cluster M62 (NGC 6266; mag 6.4) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 07 Jun 2019 (1,775 days ago) in Ophiuchus

152.

Comet C/2018 R3 (Lemmon) passes perihelion Comet C/2018 R3 (Lemmon) makes its closest approach to the Sun. Sat, 08 Jun 2019 (1,774 days ago) in Camelopardalis

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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. Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 01:59 EDT (1,772 days ago) in Leo

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Jupiter at opposition Jupiter lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it slightly closer, brighter and larger than at other times. It is also optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 11:20 EDT (1,772 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Daytime Arietid meteor shower 2019 The Daytime Arietid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 10 Jun 2019 (1,771 days ago) in Aries

156.

Messier 92 is well placed The globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341; mag 6.5) in Hercules culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 11 Jun 2019 (1,771 days ago) in Hercules

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Jupiter at perigee Jupiter reaches its closest point to the Earth – marking the best time to observe it in 1970. Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 23:03 EDT (1,771 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°59'. Sun, 16 Jun 2019 at 14:48 EDT (1,766 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Sun, 16 Jun 2019 at 15:24 EDT (1,766 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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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. Sun, 16 Jun 2019 (1,766 days ago) in Scorpius