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A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for June 2014:

Phenomena June

DayEvent
1Vesta mag +6.6 is stationary in Virgo, afterwards resumes direct motion (7 UT)
1Moon passes 5.5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.9 (8 UT)
1Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (17 UT)
3Moon is at apogee 404,957 km or 251,629 miles from Earth (4:30 UT)
4Moon passes 5 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (18 UT)
5First quarter Moon (20:39 UT)
7Mercury mag +2.5 is stationary in Gemini, afterwards begins retrograde motion (10 UT)
7Ceres mag +8.0 is stationary in Virgo, afterwards resumes direct motion (22 UT)
8Moon passes 2 degrees south of Mars mag -0.3 (1 UT)
8Moon passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (22 UT)
10Neptune mag 7.9 is stationary in Aquarius, afterwards begins retrograde motion (0 UT)
10Moon passes 0.6 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.2, occultation is visible from southern South Africa or Antarctica (18:48 UT)
12Asteroid (22) Kalliope mag +10.8 is at opposition in Ophiuchus
12Moon passes 8 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (6 UT)
13Full Moon (4:12 UT)
15Moon is at perigee 362,062 km or 224,975 miles from Earth (3:36 UT)
15Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million kms or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (22 UT)
18Asteroid (471) Papagena mag +11.1 is at opposition in Sagittarius
18Moon passes 5 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (10 UT)
19Last quarter Moon (18:39 UT)
19Mercury is at inferior conjunction (23 UT)
21Moon passes 2 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9 (3 UT)
21NH Summer Solstice, SH Winter Solstice (10:52 UT)
21Jupiter mag -1.8 passes 6 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (11 UT)
24Moon passes 1.3 degrees south of Venus mag -3.9 (13 UT)
25Moon passes 2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (7 UT)
26Moon passes 0.3 degrees north of Mercury mag +3.9 (12 UT)
27New Moon (8:09 UT)
29Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (0 UT)
29Moon passes 5.5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8 (3 UT)
30Asteroid (39) Laetitia mag +9.8 is at opposition in Scutum
30Moon is at apogee 405,930 km or 251,612 miles from Earth (19:19 UT)