Monthly Observing Information
This page provides charts, and text concerning what is visible in the night sky during the month noted. All information is for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but they can still provide useful information for most other areas of the U.S.A. Sky charts, Saturn ring plane, and Venus phase images are for Midnight, on the 15th day of the month. Sky charts are 100 degree field of view, and show objects down to 12th magnitude. Times in the text information are in 24 hour format and have been adjusted for Daylight Savings Time. Subtract 12 hours from those over 12 to get the equivalent PM. RA and DEC given are for Epoch 2000.
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Baton Rouge Clear Sky Clock
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Kisatchie Clear Sky Clock
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June
Moon Calendar
Sky charts
Saturn’s Ring Plane
Venus Phase
Sun and Moon Rise and Set
Date Moonrise Moonset Sunrise Sunset Twilight Twilight ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 6/2/2017 13:10 01:26 06:03 20:02 04:27 21:38 6/3/2017 14:06 02:03 06:03 20:03 04:27 21:39 6/4/2017 15:01 02:38 06:03 20:04 04:27 21:40 6/5/2017 15:55 03:12 06:02 20:04 04:26 21:40 6/6/2017 16:48 03:46 06:02 20:04 04:26 21:41 6/7/2017 17:41 04:20 06:02 20:05 04:26 21:42 6/8/2017 18:33 04:57 06:02 20:05 04:25 21:42 6/9/2017 19:25 05:35 06:02 20:06 04:25 21:43 6/10/2017 20:16 06:17 06:02 20:06 04:25 21:43 6/11/2017 21:05 07:01 06:02 20:07 04:25 21:44 6/12/2017 21:53 07:49 06:02 20:07 04:25 21:44 6/13/2017 22:37 08:40 06:02 20:07 04:25 21:45 6/14/2017 23:19 09:33 06:02 20:08 04:25 21:45 6/15/2017 23:59 10:27 06:02 20:08 04:25 21:46 6/16/2017 ------ 11:23 06:02 20:08 04:25 21:46 6/17/2017 00:36 12:20 06:02 20:09 04:25 21:46 6/18/2017 01:14 13:19 06:02 20:09 04:25 21:47 6/19/2017 01:51 14:19 06:03 20:09 04:25 21:47 6/20/2017 02:29 15:22 06:03 20:10 04:25 21:47 6/21/2017 03:11 16:27 06:03 20:10 04:25 21:48 6/22/2017 03:56 17:35 06:03 20:10 04:25 21:48 6/23/2017 04:46 18:43 06:03 20:10 04:26 21:48 6/24/2017 05:42 19:49 06:04 20:10 04:26 21:48 6/25/2017 06:42 20:51 06:04 20:10 04:26 21:48 6/26/2017 07:47 21:48 06:04 20:11 04:27 21:48 6/27/2017 08:52 22:38 06:04 20:11 04:27 21:48 6/28/2017 09:56 23:23 06:05 20:11 04:27 21:48 6/29/2017 10:58 ------ 06:05 20:11 04:28 21:48 6/30/2017 11:57 00:02 06:05 20:11 04:28 21:48
Information and images in this section from The Sky6 Professional
Solar System Information
Planet View Info Report for 6/ 1/2017 to 6/30/2017
Mercury
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 4:58 18:22 3h12m06s 15°24'24" 21°01'33" 0.660 1.06897
6/ 8/2017 5:10 18:55 4h00m44s 19°19'29" 15°27'04" 0.809 1.19082
6/15/2017 5:32 19:37 4h59m31s 22°43'35" 8°01'11" 0.946 1.28599
6/22/2017 6:06 20:21 6h05m42s 24°34'26" 1°15'31" 0.999 1.32470
6/29/2017 6:46 20:56 7h11m36s 24°13'03" 9°00'19" 0.939 1.29681
Venus
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 3:40 16:23 1h35m26s 7°39'09" 45°50'42" 0.482 0.68030
6/ 8/2017 3:34 16:26 2h01m28s 9°44'34" 45°47'57" 0.520 0.73657
6/15/2017 3:28 16:32 2h28m47s 11°53'29" 45°26'48" 0.555 0.79273
6/22/2017 3:24 16:38 2h57m22s 14°00'47" 44°51'00" 0.588 0.84841
6/29/2017 3:21 16:45 3h27m08s 16°01'28" 44°03'30" 0.619 0.90334
Mars
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 7:10 21:19 5h49m17s 24°16'47" 16°52'19" 0.991 2.53160
6/ 8/2017 7:03 21:12 6h09m43s 24°19'21" 14°49'54" 0.993 2.55622
6/15/2017 6:56 21:04 6h30m01s 24°11'56" 12°46'48" 0.995 2.57845
6/22/2017 6:50 20:56 6h50m10s 23°54'46" 10°42'49" 0.997 2.59818
6/29/2017 6:43 20:46 7h10m06s 23°28'11" 8°38'06" 0.998 2.61523
Jupiter
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 15:21 3:09 12h51m15s -3°55'54" 122°35'24" 0.994 4.83899
6/ 8/2017 14:53 2:41 12h50m49s -3°55'06" 115°47'09" 0.993 4.93350
6/15/2017 14:25 2:14 12h50m55s -3°57'44" 109°08'25" 0.992 5.03362
6/22/2017 13:59 1:47 12h51m33s -4°03'45" 102°38'41" 0.992 5.13794
6/29/2017 13:33 1:20 12h52m42s -4°13'02" 96°17'41" 0.991 5.24500
Saturn
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 20:54 7:12 17h40m27s -21°59'03" 165°11'17" 1.000 9.09354
6/ 8/2017 20:24 6:43 17h38m18s -21°58'18" 172°19'46" 1.000 9.07075
6/15/2017 19:54 6:13 17h36m05s -21°57'32" 178°35'51" 1.000 9.06240
6/22/2017 19:25 5:43 17h33m53s -21°56'47" 173°01'09" 1.000 9.06865
6/29/2017 18:55 5:14 17h31m43s -21°56'05" 165°54'25" 1.000 9.08945
Uranus
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 3:40 16:30 1h41m02s 9°52'26" 43°42'56" 1.000 20.64756
6/ 8/2017 3:13 16:04 1h42m11s 9°58'50" 50°06'56" 1.000 20.56186
6/15/2017 2:46 15:38 1h43m13s 10°04'37" 56°31'50" 1.000 20.46768
6/22/2017 2:19 15:11 1h44m09s 10°09'44" 62°58'13" 0.999 20.36610
6/29/2017 1:52 14:45 1h44m57s 10°14'08" 69°26'19" 0.999 20.25838
Neptune
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 1:42 13:12 23h03m12s -7°02'09" 86°30'20" 1.000 29.99351
6/ 8/2017 1:15 12:45 23h03m22s -7°01'21" 93°09'40" 1.000 29.87556
6/15/2017 0:47 12:18 23h03m27s -7°01'10" 99°49'52" 1.000 29.75839
6/22/2017 0:20 11:50 23h03m25s -7°01'36" 106°31'18" 1.000 29.64354
6/29/2017 23:48 11:22 23h03m18s -7°02'38" 113°14'04" 1.000 29.53266
Pluto
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
6/ 1/2017 22:33 8:55 19h21m48s -21°16'11" 141°42'28" 1.000 32.53741
6/ 8/2017 22:05 8:27 19h21m14s -21°17'52" 148°32'27" 1.000 32.47367
6/15/2017 21:37 7:59 19h20m37s -21°19'40" 155°22'25" 1.000 32.42207
6/22/2017 21:09 7:31 19h19m57s -21°21'35" 162°12'34" 1.000 32.38341
6/29/2017 20:41 7:03 19h19m15s -21°23'33" 169°02'37" 1.000 32.35838
Planet Apsides Report for 2017
Mercury
6/19/2017 Perihelion Distance from Sun: 0.31 AU
Venus
6/12/2017 Aphelion Distance from Sun: 0.73 AU
Planet Conjunction/Opposition Report for 6/ 1/2017 to 6/30/2017
Mercury
Date Hour Event
6/21/2017 18 Superior Conjunction
Saturn
Date Hour Event
6/15/2017 3 Opposition
Planet Data Report
Planet Mean Dist Period of Inclination Equatorial
From Sun Revolution Diameter
(AU) (km)
Mercury 0.39 88 days 7° 4880
Venus 0.72 224.7 days 3.4° 12100
Earth 1.00 365.24 days 0° 12756
Mars 1.52 687 days 1.9° 6794
Jupiter 5.20 11.86 years 1.3° 143200
Saturn 9.54 29.46 years 2.5° 120000
Uranus 19.18 84 years 0.8° 52290
Neptune 30.06 165 years 1.8° 50450
Pluto 39.44 248 years 17.2° 2200-2300
Moon Apsides Report for 6/ 1/2017 to 6/30/2017
Date Hour Apsis Distance (km) Diameter
6/ 8/2017 17 Apogee 406371 0.4901°
6/23/2017 6 Perigee 357955 0.5564°
Moon Nodes Report for 6/ 1/2017 to 6/30/2017
Date Time Node Illuminated Fraction
6/14/2017 21:39 Descending 0.76
6/27/2017 11:25 Ascending 0.16
Meteor Showers Report for 6/ 1/2017 to 6/30/2017
Date Meteor Shower ZHR RA DEC Illum. Frac. Longitude
6/ 9/2017 Ophiuchids 5 17h56m -23° 1.00 79°
6/19/2017 Ophiuchids 5 17h20m -20° 0.25 89°
Information for this section is from Astronomy Lab 2.03
Last updated on Thursday, June 1, 2017, 11:43 AM.