Sun, Moon, and Stars: June 2002

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff Information
Sun, moon, stars June 2002
   



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3 Last Quarter
11 New Moon

Annular eclipse
18 First Quarter
21 Solstice
24 Full Moon

Partial eclipse
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June 2002—Week 1 (June 1-5)

6/1:
1800 UT, 2 pm EDT

Uranus is 4 degrees north of the Moon.
6/3:
0000 UT, 8 pm EDT (June 2)

LAST QUARTER
0700 UT, 3 am EDT

Uranus appears to be motionless in the sky as its direct motion changes to apparent backward, or retrograde, motion.
1800 UT, 2 pm EDT

Venus is 1 degree 6 minutes north of Jupiter.
6/4:
1300 UT, 9 am EDT

The Moon is at its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its monthly orbit.
 



June 2002—Week 2 (June 6-12)

6/7:
0500 UT, 1 am EDT

Pluto is at opposition, that is, Pluto and the Sun are aligned on opposite sides of Earth.
6/8:
1100 UT, 7 am EDT

Mercury appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from retrograde to direct motion.
2300 UT, 7 pm EDT

Pallas, the second-largest asteroid, appears to be motionless in the sky as its direct motion changes to apparent backward, or retrograde, motion.
6/9:
1100 UT, 7 am EDT

Saturn is in conjunction with the Sun, that is, Saturn and Earth are aligned on opposite sides of the Sun.
1400 UT, 10 am EDT

Mercury is 3 degrees south of the Moon.
2000 UT, 4 pm EDT

Venus is 5 degrees south of Pollux, the brightest star in the constellation Gemini.
6/11:
0000 UT, 8 pm EDT (June 10)

NEW MOON

An annular (ringed) eclipse of the Sun will be visible mainly in the U.S. and Canada, the Pacific Ocean, and eastern Asia. [annular eclipse | eclipse facts]
6/12:
1200 UT, 8 am EDT

Mars is 0 degrees 9 minutes south of the Moon. Mars is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon.



June 2002—Week 3 (June 13-19)



6/13:
0400 UT, 12am EDT (midnight)

Jupiter is 2 degrees south of the Moon.
2100 UT, 5 pm EDT

Venus is 1 degree 5 minutes south of the Moon.
6/18:
0000 UT, 8 pm EDT (June 17)

FIRST QUARTER
6/19:
0700 UT, 3 am EDT

The Moon is at its perigee, or closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.



June 2002—Week 4 (June 20-26)

6/21:
1300 UT, 9 am EDT

Solstice [more about the summer solstice]
1500 UT, 11 am EDT

Mercury is at its greatest elongation, or angular distance from the Sun, at 23 degrees west of the Sun.
6/24:
0400 UT, 12 am EDT (midnight)

Mercury is 2 degrees north of Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus.
2200 UT, 6 pm EDT

FULL MOON

Partial eclipse



June 2002—Week 5 (June 27-31

6/27:
1600 UT, 12 pm EDT (noon)

Neptune is 4 degrees north of the Moon.
6/29:
0200 UT, 10 pm EDT (June 28)

Uranus is 4 degrees north of the Moon.

 

 

 
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