What's Up In The Sky Now?
June, 2025
Our Solar System - notes by DMAS member, JoAnn Cogil
Summer is just around the corner with longer days and shorter nights. Enjoy your iced tea or lemonade while waiting for darkness to arrive.
Mercury
MERCURY - may provide nice binocular viewing this month. On the 24th after sunset we will see Mercury in line with Pollux & Castor, but they will be low on the western horizon.
Venus
VENUS - shines brightly in the pre-dawn hours of our eastern sky.
Earth
EARTH - Summer Solstice / First day of Summer on June 20th at 21:40 P.M.
Mars
MARS - this red gem is near the constellation Leo the Lion in our night sky this month. Find our Moon near Mars on the 30th about 10 P.M. for a lunar occultation with less than 1° apart above the west horizon.
Jupiter
JUPITER - will not be visible after the 1st week of the month as it heads for its conjunction with the Sun on the 24th. We will see Jupiter again when it reappears in the morning sky in July.
Saturn
SATURN - for the next 13 years we will view the southern face of the rings as it moves through its 30-year cycle. On the 16th we may view a nice transit of Titan’s shadow across Saturn beginning about 3 A.M. CDT.
Uranus
URANUS - is back in our morning sky before dawn. Try using binoculars before dawn’s twilight for a nice view of the planet.
Neptune
NEPTUNE - on the 19th, the blue planet joins Saturn and the Moon in our early ESE morning sky.
The Moon
- 02 – 1st quarter
- 11 – FULL at 2:45 AM CDT
- 18 –3rd quarter
- 25 – NEW at 5:33 AM CDT
June’s full moon is known as the ‘Strawberry Moon,” which signals the time of year for gathering the ripening fruit with the peak of strawberry harvesting season. Other names are the "Rose Moon" for the roses that bloom this month, and the "Honey Moon" for the honey that is ready for harvesting, making June the sweetest month.