Friday, June 12The Moon passes 6° north of Mars at 5 P.M. EDT. You can catch the pair in the early-morning sky today (see The Sky Today on Friday, June 12) or tomorrow (June 13) before dawn, when they will stand about 8° above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise, with the Moon to Continue reading "The Sky This Week from June 12 to 19: A daytime occultation of Venus" The post The Sky This Week from June 12 to 19: A daytime occultation of Venus appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .