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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Thursday June 12 to Thursday June 19

The Last Quarter Moon is Thursday June 19. Jupiter and Mercury are low in the twilight. Mars is lowering in the early evening sky as it moves through Leo coming closer to the bright star Regulus. On the 17th and 18th the pair will be at their closest, red Mars and blue white Regulus forming a nice contrast. Saturn and Venus are visible in the morning twilight.  The Moon is close to Saturn on the 19th. Look for the constellation Corona Borealis before midnight, the blaze star T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) may go Nova eventually.  

The Last Quarter Moon is Thursday June 19.

Eastern twilight sky on the morning of Thursday, June 19 as seen from Adelaide at 05:52 ACST (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).

Saturn is visible close to the Last Quarter Moon in the twilight above Venus. 

The insets show the telescopic views of Saturn and Venus at this time. 

 

 

 

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise).   

Northern sky on the evening of Saturday, June 14  as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACST (click to embiggen)

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. 

 

 

 

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.    

North-western sky on Tuesday, June 17  as seen from Adelaide at 18:42 ACST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars is at its closest to the bright star Regulus (also on the 18th, red Mars and blue white Regulus forming a nice contrast.


  


 

 

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
 
North-western sky on Saturday, June 14 as seen  from Adelaide at 17:37 ACST (30 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Jupiter is very low on the horizon below Mercury. You will need a clear level horizon and probably binoculars to see both. 
 


 

  

 

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (30 minutes after sunset).
 
Whole sky on Saturday, June 14 as seen from Adelaide at 18:41 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).


Mars is in the north. 
 
Bright Sirius  is on the north-west horizon as Scorpius climbs higher in the east.
 
The Southern Cross is rising in the Southern sky.  The moon is waning and the fainter clusters and nebula are becoming easier to see.      

 

 Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

 

 

Mercury  climbs the evening twilight. 

Venus is high in the morning twilight. It is below Saturn. 

Mars is lowering in the evening sky and coming closer to the bright star Regulus.On the 17th and 18th the pair will be at their closest, red Mars and blue white Regulus forming a nice contrast.

Jupiter is very low on the north-western horizon.

Saturn is rising in the morning the twilight. The Moon is close to Saturn on the 19th.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.


 

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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