
Brilliant Jupiter guides you to Uranus early this month. The two appear closest around their June 6 conjunction, but they remain close neighbors for a couple of weeks.
Astronomy: Roen Kelly
June 21 marks the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This places the Sun at its highest point in the sky at local noon. Conversely, the ecliptic — the apparent path of the Sun and planets across the sky — hangs lowest in the sky at local midnight.