ally stronger spring tides. Look for 
higher tides on the 2nd. 
June 3: If the western sky is clear 
enough, you might see the very slender 
crescent moon (only 36 hours old) to 
the left and above Venus. Mercury 
is closer to the moon, to its right. 
June 5: Saturn is stationary, rela- 
tive to the stars, and resumes its nor- 
mal direct (easterly) motion. 
June 9: Mercury begins its retro- 
grade (westerly) motion, rapidly ap- 
proaching the sun’s position as it 
moves between the earth and the sun. 
June 9-11: Be sure to watch the 
moon move past Jupiter and Saturn 
(from the 9th to the 10th), and then 
past Spica (on the 11th). 
June 13: The moon is at apogee 
(farthest from the earth). 
June 21: The sun arrives at the 
summer solstice at 6:45 a.m., EST, 
and summer begins in the Northern 
Hemisphere. The sun’s path across the 
sky today is the highest and longest 
of the year, making the 21st the long- 
est day. However, as sunrise-sunset 
tables will verify, this is not the date 
of the earliest sunrise and latest sun- 
set. Earliest sunrise occurs about June 
14 and latest sunset about June 27, 
but the dates vary with latitude. 
June 24-25: The last-quarter moon 
rises about midnight on the 24th. If 
you are curious about the position of 
the vernal equinox, it is just above 
the moon’s position in tonight’s sky. 
June 29-30: Another perigee moon 
occurs on the 29th. The star nearest 
the crescent moon at dawn is Mars. 
July 3: Mercury resumes direct 
(easterly) motion. The earth is farthest 
from the sun (aphelion), 152,103,000 
kilometers (94,513,000 miles) distant. 
July 7-8: The moon again passes 
Jupiter and Saturn (on the 7th) and 
Spica (on the 8th). 
July 14: Mercury is at greatest 
elongation from the sun in the morning 
sky, but not well placed for viewing. 
July 16-17: A partial lunar eclipse 
occurs tonight, visible in North Amer- 
ica from 10:25 p.m. until 1:10 a.m., 
EST. (Adjust for other time zones.) 
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