JUNE 2024 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 26 24 22 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO June 9 MOON PHASES MON SUN TUE WED THU FRI 2 9 16 23 30 NEW MOON June 6 12:38 UT FULL MOON June 22 01:08 UT DISTANCES Perigee 368,103 km Apogee FIRST QUARTER June 14 05:18 UT LAST QUARTER June 28 21:53 UT June 2, 07h UT Diameter 32′ 28″ June 14, 14h UT 404,076 km Diameter 29′ 34″ Perigee 369,286 km FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Brisbane Crater * Galvani Crater June 27, 12h UT Diameter 32′ 22″ June 9 June 22 * Cleostratus Crater June 24 * Desargues Crater 42 JUNE 2024 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star June 26 -1 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. Exact for latitude 40°N. η γ c i n g 15 L I B R A -20° Jupiter χ ϕ E Q U +20° 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 Zenith 29 B SAT E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula M12 M10 O P H I U C H U S S E Saturn δ χ γ α ε 0h α α δ β γ θ 21h η ζ σ F a 18h L U P U S F a γ A α R L i t t l e D i p p e r r o N h SERPE (CAPU M5 Antares S C O R P I U S SERPENS (CAUDA) M13 H E R C U L E S CORONA BOREALIS β C Y G N U S Deneb M29 N o r t h e r n C r o s s D R A C O Eltanin C E P H E U S α M52 CAS S I OP E I A L A C E R T A g n c i L Y R A VULPECULA M27 DELPHINUS SAGITTA γ c i n a ζ A Q U I L A γ Altair α η θ λ M16 SCUTUM M23 M25 M17 M21 M20 M8 SAGITTARIUS c i n g 70 β α β ν σ α M4 τ M19 M62 M6 λ M7 υ ε µ δ π M92 F Vega R ε α M57 Albireo M39 Double Cluster h t M11 µ β γ σ Moon June 21 η π ε ζ β κ α η β ζ γ α β ζ ε δ µ γ ε δ β s t a F E N