June

Hunt the night-shining noctilucent clouds now that dark skies are in short supply

ALL MONTH Noctilucent clouds possible 9 JUNE Waning gibbous Moon rises close to Jupiter and Saturn 13 JUNE Mars appears 1.6° south of Neptune 19 JUNE Daytime lunar occultation of Venus 20 JUNE Summer solstice June at a glance The Sun reaches its most northerly position in the sky at the start of the third week of June, a point in time called the June solstice. The exact time of the solstice varies slightly each year, and in 2020 it will occur at precisely 22:43 BST (21:43 UT) on 20 June. After this, the Sun’s apparent motion against the background stars turns south again. Near the solstice the Sun never really gets very low beneath the northern horizon during the middle of the night. As an example, on 20 June,…

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The Astronomer's Yearbook 2019 (Digital) - 1 Issue, Astronomer's Yearbook 2020

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