Astronomy Almanac for June and July 1995

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on June 1, 1995
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PHOTO: FOTOLIA/NICEMONKEY
The night skies are filled with events. Learn what was happening in astronomy during June and July of 1995.

June 1995

1 Jupiter at opposition (opposite the sun in the sky, thus rising in the east at sunset and visible all night long). Look for Jupiter as by far the brightest point of light in the sky at nightfall. This is also the date in 1995 when this planet is closest to Earth and appears largest in telescopes. Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system–huge enough to contain about 1,000 Earths. Medium-size amateur telescopes should still be able to show dark streaks where some of the pieces of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter last July. 3

3 Thirty years ago this day, Gemini 4 astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space.

4 Whit Sunday, Pentecost.

5 World Environment Day; in 1859, a frost occurred from Iowa to New England, with two inches of snow in Ohio.

6 FIRST QUARTER MOON, 6:26 A.M. EDT.

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