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A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for June 2018:

Day (UT)Time (UT)Event
101:04Saturn (mag. +0.2) 1.6 degrees south of Moon.
216:27Moon at apogee approx. 405,314 kilometres or 251,850 miles from the Earth.
312:01Mars (mag. -1.3) 3.2 degrees south of Moon.
603:38Mercury reaches superior conjunction.
610:25Mercury at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kilometres or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun.
617:34Neptune (mag. +7.9) 2.4 degrees north of Moon.
618:32Last quarter moon.
901:16Venus (mag. -4.0) 4.8 degrees south of Pollux (mag. +1.1).
1003:15Uranus (mag. +5.9) 4.9 degrees north of Moon.
1319:44New moon.
1423:46Moon at perigee approx. 359,506 kilometres or 223,386 miles from the Earth.
1613:12Venus (mag. -4.0) 2.3 degrees north of Moon.
1807:50Moon 1.7 degrees north of Regulus (mag. +1.4).
1906:56Neptune (mag. +7.9) begins retrograde motion.
2000:45Vesta (mag. +5.3) at opposition 1.142 AU (approx. 170.8 million kilometres or 106.2 million miles) from the Earth.
2010:51First quarter moon.
2110:08NH Summer Solstice, SH Winter Solstice.
2202:59Moon 7.6 degrees north of Spica (mag. +1.0).
2318:47Jupiter (mag. -2.4) 4.2 degrees south of Moon.
2515:54Mercury (mag. -0.4) 4.9 degrees south of Pollux (mag. +1.1).
2521:23Moon 9.1 degrees north of Antares (mag. +1.0).
2709:16Vesta (mag. +5.4) 0.3 degrees south of Moon.
2713:27Saturn (mag. 0.0) at opposition 9.049 AU (approx. 1,354 million kilometres or 841.2 million miles) from the Earth.
2803:43Saturn (mag. 0.0) 1.8 degrees south of Moon.
2804:53Full moon.
2813:35Mars (mag. -2.1) begins retrograde motion.
3002:30Moon at apogee approx. 406,059 kilometres or 252,313 miles from the Earth.