Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  June 11: Point to the Polarissima Cluster We’re interested in the early-morning sky today as the waning crescent Moon joins up with Mars in Aries. Now just 11% lit, the Moon sits almost directly above the Red Planet as they rise. AboveContinue reading "The Sky Today on Friday, June 12: The Moon meets Mars"

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Friday, June 12The Moon passes 6° north of Mars at 5 P.M. EDT. You can catch the pair in the early-morning sky today (see The Sky Today on Friday, June 12) or tomorrow (June 13) before dawn, when they will stand about 8° above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise, with the Moon toContinue reading "The Sky This Week from June 12 to 19: A daytime occultation of Venus"

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