Thursday June 5 to Thursday June 12
The Full Moon is Wednesday June 11. Occultation of the bright star Aldebaran on the 10th. 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. Saturn and Venus are visible in the morning twilight. Look for the constellation Corona Borealis before midnight, the blaze star T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) may go Nova eventually.
The Full Moon is Wednesday June 11. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 7th.
Eastern twilight sky on the morning of Saturday, June 7 as seen from Adelaide at 06:19 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Saturn is visible in the twilight above Venus.
The insets show the telescopic views of Saturn and Venus at this time.
Northern sky on the evening of Saturday, June 7 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.
North-western sky on Saturday, June 7 as seen from Adelaide at 18:41 ACST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars heads towards the bright star Regulus in Leo, with its closes approach next week.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
The eastern sky at 18:55 ACST Tuesday, June 10 as seen from Adelaide. The moon is about to occult the bright star Antares.
For exact timings for more cities see my Occultation of Antares page.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (see details in link above above).
North-western sky on Monday, June 9 as seen from Adelaide at 17:39 ACST (30 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Jupiter is low on the horizon near Mercury. You will need a clear level horizon and probably binoculars to see Mercury.
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 7 as seen from Adelaide at 18:41 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).
Mars is in the north.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury returns to the evening twilight and is close to Jupiter on the 10th.
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.
Jupiter is low on the north-western horizon and is close to Mercury on the 10th.
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/
Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2025/06/thursday-june-5-to-thursday-june-12.html
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