Monthly Night Sky information provided by Chris Vaughan (@Astrogeoguy) at Starry Night Education (@StarryNightEdu).

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  • The New Moon (at 11:02 pm EDT)

    The moon will officially reach its new moon phase on Monday, May 26 at 11:02 p.m. EDT or 8:02 p.m. PDT, which converts to Tuesday, May 27 at 03:02 GMT.…

  • See the Lunar X and V (peaks at 9 p.m. EDT)

    Several times a year near the moon’s first quarter phase, small clair-obscur effect features on the moon called the Lunar X and the Lunar V become visible in strong binoculars…

  • First Quarter Moon (at 19:30 GMT)

    The moon will complete the first quarter of its orbit around Earth, measuring from the previous new moon, on Wednesday, July 2 at 3:30 p.m. EDT or 12:30 p.m. PDT,…

  • Earth at Aphelion (at 20:00 GMT)

    On Thursday, July 3 at 4:00 p.m. EDT, 1:00 p.m. PDT, or 20:00 GMT, Earth will reach aphelion, its greatest distance from the sun for this year. Aphelion’s 94.51 million…