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Celestial Events 
by Thomas D. Nicholson 
The Moon Phases in June are new 
on the 2nd, first-quarter on the 9th, 
full on the 17th, and last-quarter on 
the 24th. The next new moon is on 
July 1, first-quarter on July 8, and 
full on July 16. 
The early crescent moon should ap- 
pear by the 4th or 5th below the twin 
stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux. 
By the evening of the 7th, the moon 
is entering Leo, and the bright star 
near it is Regulus. The first-quarter 
moon of June 9 is entering Virgo. The 
bright objects near it on the 9th and 
10th are Jupiter and Saturn and on 
the 1 1th, Spica, Virgo’s brightest star. 
The waxing gibbous moon passes 
above Antares, the bright red star of 
Scorpius, on June 15. Full moon of 
June 17 is very close to the winter 
solstice, in Sagittarius, and the waning 
gibbous moon moves through Capri- 
cornus on June 20 and 21. 
The first glimpse of the crescent 
moon in July should be on the 5th, 
with Regulus nearby. Entering Virgo 
on July 7, the moon passes near Jupiter 
and Saturn that night and is near 
Spica on the 8th. The full moon of 
July 16 is in Sagittarius again, and 
a partial lunar eclipse (visible in North 
America) occurs July 16-17. 
Stars and Planets At one time or 
another in June, all the planets but 
Mars are evening stars (Mercury is 
one until the 21st and Neptune after 
the 14th), but only Jupiter and Saturn 
are bright enough and sufficiently well 
placed for viewing. Uranus, Neptune, 
and Pluto are too dim to be seen and 
Mercury, Venus, and even Mars, al- 
though it is a morning star, are too 
close to the sun’s position. 
Jupiter and Saturn are very well 
placed, however, high in the 
south-southwest at dusk. In their po- 
sition near the western edge of Virgo, 
they have no competition from nearby 
bright stars. They stand out because 
of Jupiter’s brilliance (once Venus 
sets, Jupiter is the brightest object 
visible, except for the moon) and be- 
cause of Saturn’s proximity to the 
brighter planet. During the early even- 
ing, they move west together, trailed 
by Spica, the brightest star of Virgo. 
Be sure to look on the nights of June 
9, 10, and 1 1 when the moon is passing 
through their part of the sky. 
Jupiter and Saturn (after the 5th) 
have resumed direct, easterly motion 
through the stars and both will move 
slowly closer to Spica, while Jupiter 
in turn moves closer to Saturn. Jupiter, 
the brighter of the two, is to the right 
all month, but the distance between 
them diminishes markedly, and Ju- 
piter will slide slowly to Saturn’s south 
(below it). In late July, Jupiter will 
pass to the left (east) of Saturn, the 
third and last of the three conjunctions 
that have occurred since January 14. 
Venus and Mercury may be 
glimpsed as evening stars early in 
June, low in the west during twilight. 
Venus, which is very bright, will be 
the easier to see and viewing it im- 
proves during the month. Mercury will 
be better placed at the beginning of 
June, but it is not very bright and 
moves closer to the sun rather quickly. 
Mars, the only visible planet in the 
morning, rises just before dawn, north 
of the Hyades in Taurus. However, 
it is a dim, inconspicuous object and 
will remain so for many months. 
The sun spends most of June in 
the constellation Taurus, moving into 
Gemini just before reaching the sum- 
mer solstice. Mercury is in Gemini 
all month until it moves westerly into 
Taurus for a brief period in late June 
and early July. Venus moves out of 
Taurus into Gemini in early June and 
into Cancer before the end of the 
month. Mars is in Taurus all month, 
Jupiter and Saturn are in Virgo near 
the autumnal equinox, Uranus is in 
Libra (close to Scorpius), Neptune is 
in Ophiuchus (near Sagittarius and 
the position of Kepler’s Nova of 1604), 
and Pluto is in the southwest corner 
of Bootes, near Virgo. 
June 1-2: Perigee moon (nearest 
the earth) occurs 21 hours before the 
new moon, adding its force to the usu- 
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