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NEW moon occurs on June 2d. 22h. 33m. U.T. and full moon on June 18d. 05h. 14m. The following conjunctions with the moon will take place : June 1d. 19h., Mercury 1° N. ; June 6d. 14h., Jupiter 2° N. ; June 7d. 00h., Venus 4° N. ; June 26d. 05m., Mars 3° N. ; June 30d. 19h., Saturn 3° N. ; June 30d. 21h., Mercury 3° N. Occultations are very few during the month and only one is worth noticing : June 16d. 1h. 26.0m., y Lib. (D). Mercury is stationary on June 4 and attains its greatest elongation west on June 18, and on this date rises at 3h. Venus attains its greatest elongation, east on June 28 and sets then at 22h. 40m. Mars is moving northward into the constellation of Pisces and rises at 1h. about the middle of the month but cannot be observed very conveniently. Jupiter sets at 22h. 20m. in the middle of the month and can be seen for only a comparatively short period after sunset. Saturn is in superior conjunction with the sun on June 7 and cannot be observed. Summer Solstice is on June 22d. 07h.
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The Night Sky in June. Nature 151, 613 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151613d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151613d0