Venus and Mars will be staging a tête-à-tête low in the western sky after sunset, Venus always the brighter (and more westerly, meaning LOWER) of the two
Date
Jun 3
Event
Full Strawberry Moon
Date
Jun 4
Event
The brilliant Venus is at the greatest eastern elongation, farthest eastward from the Sun, highest in the sky at sunset
Date
Jun 21
Event
Summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, 15 hours and 5 minutes at our latitude
Date
Jun 30-Jul 1
Event
Mars and Venus will be very close together in the sky (a "conjunction" in astronomical parlance), a beautiful sight, low in the west, best seen about 40-80 minutes after sunset
