The crescent moon passes by the bright planet Venus in the early morning sky in the coming week. Venus is high in the southeastern sky before sunrise and it will hold its place well into summer.
Next Tuesday morning the thin crescent moon appears above and to the right of Venus. The two are closer on Wednesday morning, when the moon appears under Venus.
By Thursday morning, an even thinner crescent moon appears even closer to the horizon, barely visible with its proximity to the bright rising sun.
Summer arrives at precisely 12:24 a.m. on Wednesday morning. At this moment, the sun reaches its farthest north in the sky. The sun is moving through the northernmost zodiacal constellation Gemini and is not far in appearance from Mercury and Mars.
Coinciding with Summer Solstice, the tides will be fairly high and low next week, as the moon is both close to the sun in appearance and distance. The moon reaches perigee on Friday, when it will be 222,412 miles away.
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Fri., June 16 | 5:06 | 8:17 |
| Sat., June 17 | 5:06 | 8:18 |
| Sun., June 18 | 5:06 | 8:18 |
| Mon., June 19 | 5:06 | 8:18 |
| Tues., June 20 | 5:06 | 8:19 |
| Wed., June 21 | 5:07 | 8:19 |
| Thurs., June 22 | 5:07 | 8:19 |
| Fri., June 235: | 5:07 | 8:19 |
| Day | Max (Fº) | Min (Fº) | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 9 | 66 | 54 | 0.25 |
| June 10 | 75 | 55 | T |
| June 11 | 79 | 58 | 0.00 |
| June 12 | 80 | 61 | 0.00 |
| June 13 | 89 | 61 | 0.00 |
| June 14 | 88 | 65 | 0.00 |
| June 15 | 76 | 48 | 0.00 |
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