A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for June 2013:
Phenomena June
Day | Event |
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1 | NEO Asteroid 285263 (1998 QE2) mag 10.6 visible in Libra following close approach to Earth of approx. 5.8 million km or 3.6 million miles |
1 | Asteroid (97) Klotho mag 12.5 is at opposition in Ophiuchus |
3 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Uranus mag 5.9 (8 UT) |
7 | Neptune mag 7.9 is stationary in Aquarius (18 UT) |
8 | New Moon (15:56 UT) |
9 | Moon is at apogee 406,485 km (21:54 UT) |
10 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Venus mag -3.8 (11 UT) |
10 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Mercury mag 0.2 (23 UT) |
12 | Mercury mag 0.4 is at greatest elongation east 24 degrees (17 UT) |
13 | Venus is at perihelion 0.718 AU (approx. 107 million km or 66.7 million miles) from the Sun (14 UT) |
16 | First quarter Moon (17:24 UT) |
18 | Moon passes 0.1 degrees north of Spica mag 1.0, occultation is visible from Caribbean, northern South America, southwest Africa (20 UT) |
19 | Jupiter is in conjunction with the Sun (16 UT) |
19 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Saturn mag 0.4 (17 UT) |
20 | Mercury mag 1.1 passes 2 degrees south of Venus mag. -3.8 (18 UT) |
21 | NH Summer Solstice, SH Winter Solstice (5 UT) |
21 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Antares mag 1.0 (23 UT) |
23 | Venus mag -3.8 passes 5 degrees south of Pollux mag 1.1 (1 UT) |
23 | Moon is at perigee 356,991 km (11:18 UT) |
23 | Full Moon (11:32 UT) |
25 | Mercury mag 1.9 is stationary (23 UT) |
25 | Asteroid (37) Fides mag 11.4 is at opposition in Sagittarius |
27 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Neptune mag 7.9 (21 UT) |
29 | Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million km or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (1 UT) |
30 | Last quarter Moon (4:54 UT) |
30 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Uranus mag 5.9 (15 UT) |