Calendar for June 2009

06:00

20:12

18:00

00:14

05:00

07:46

21:36

13:00

13:28

Mars 5.0° NE of Venus; Mercury on horizon.

Full Moon.

Moon at apogee -- 405 800 km (note 1).

Last quarter Moon.

Venus 2.0° S of Mars, with 18% Moon 8.0° W.

June solstice (Sun at its farthest north).

New Moon.

Moon at perigee -- 358 000 km (note 2).

First quarter Moon.

Notes

Apogee of the Moon is the point furthest from the Earth in the orbit of the Moon.
Perigee of the Moon is the point closest to the Earth in the orbit of the Moon.

Source: Astronomical Handbook for Southern Africa (2009)

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