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Your guide to the night sky this month,
and a guide for binoculars, and telescope deaf owners,
compiled by Derek Rowley
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2026 June

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All the times are shown in British Summer Time (BST),
applicable for Milton Keynes.

Sunday 1st

• The Moon at apogee

Saturday 6th – Saturday 13th

• Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

Monday 8th

• Last Quarter Moon

Tuesday 9th

• Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

Wednesday 10th

• Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

Friday 12th / Saturday 13th

• Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

Monday 15th

• The Moon at Perigee

Monday 15th

• Mercury at greatest elongation west

Wednesday 17th

• Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

Thursday 18th – Saturday 20th

• Close approach of Venus and Messier 44

Sunday 21st

• Summer Solstice (The Longest Day)

Sunday 21st

• First Quarter Moon

Monday 22nd

• Lunar V and Lunar X

Tuesday 23rd

• Moon & Spica

Saturday 27th

• The Moon & Antares

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