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Thursday May 29 to Thursday June 5
The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday June 3. The Lunar X will be visible with this Moon. Jupiter and Mars are visible in the evening sky. Jupiter sets shortly after the sky is fully dark, the thin crescent Moon is near Jupiter on the 29th. and Mars is lowering in the early evening sky as it moves through Leo. Mars is close to the crescent Moon on the 1st. Look for the constellation Corona Borealis before midnight, the blaze star T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) may go Nova eventually. Saturn and Venus are visible in the morning twilight. Venus is at its greatest elongation fro the Sun on the 1st.
The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday June 3. The Lunar X will be visible with this Moon.
| Date | UT | AEST | ACST | AWST |
| June 3 | 13:18 | 23:18 | 22:30 | 21:18 |
Saturn is visible in the twilight above Venus.
The insets show the telescopic views of Saturn and Venus at this time.
If you look to the North just before midnight, you will see a prominent bright orange star, Arcturus, if you look northeast you will see a dainty circlet of stars. Corona Borealis, the northern crown. The blaze star T CrB is located on the right-hand side to the circlet, where the line of stars turns down, there are no other bright stars in the region, so when it erupts it will be easily visible. Viewing tips at my T CrB post.
Just above this is the asteroid Vesta, it was at opposition on the 2nd and theoretically visible to the unaided eye. it is roughly between the bright red Star Antares and Arcturus, and two and a half binocular widths from the bright star Beta Librae. See my opposition of Vesta page for more details and charts.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
| Date | UT | AEST | ACST | AWST |
| June 3 | 13:18 | 23:18 | 22:30 | 21:18 |
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (see table above).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (30 minutes after sunset).
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the morning twilight.
Venus is high in the morning twilight. It is below Saturn. It is at its furtherest distance from the Sun, as seen from Earth, on the 1st.
Mars is lowering in the evening sky. Mars is close to the crescent Moon on the 1st.
Jupiter is low on the north-western horizon and is setting shortly before the sky is fully dark. It is close to the thin crescent Moon on the 29th.
Saturn is rising in the morning the twilight.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
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