Here's what you might see in the sky this June
The meteor shower is first up on the calendar on June 7. The Daytime According to Star Walk, the Arietids is the strongest daytime meteor shower of the year. A daytime meteor shower is a meteor shower that occurs during the day. This, of course, means that visibility of the meteor shower will be difficult to impossible given that the sun is up!
There will be a chance to see the meteors roughly one hour before dawn and leading up to dawn on the morning of June 7. The meteors will be located roughly 30° west of the sun. Therefore, estimate where the sun will come up over the horizon and shift your view slightly left.
The full strawberry moon is on June 11 around 3 AM. This full moon is unique in that it will be the lowest on the horizon in 18 years (next: 2043). The June full moon is the strawberry moon because this is around the time Native Americans harvested strawberries.
We change the season from spring to summer on June 20 at 9:42 PM. Conversely, the Southern Hemisphere will change from fall to winter. The summer equinox is the point when the Earth is tilted 23.5° towards the sun. The summer solstice is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere, with a total daylight time of 14 hours and 44 minutes. It's the tilted angle of the Earth towards the sun that makes summer so hot. The Earth is located farthest from the sun during the Northern Hemisphere summer and closest during the winter.
The new moon will happen just 5 days later on June 25. This will create the best stargazing conditions on the night of June 24 and June 25. This is because a new moon emits no light, therefore allowing stars to shine brighter, making them more visible than on a night when the moon is present.
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