Monthly sky briefing
June 2024
In June 2024, Jupiter led the morning sky, with no bright planet well-placed after sunset. The full moon fell on 22 Jun. 8 Starlink trains went up — a well-known source of "string of lights" reports in the days after.
Bright planets
- Jupitermorning sky · mag -2
- Marsmorning sky · mag +1
- Saturnmorning sky · mag +1
Moon
- Full moon22 Jun
- New moon6 Jun
Rocket launches
8 launches · 8 Starlink
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-641 Jun
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-55 Jun
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-18 Jun
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-88 Jun
Reports this monthopen 2024 on the map ↗
484most reported: orb (112), light (50), cigar (34)
Everything above is computed from public data — planet and moon positions, the launch log and the report catalogue. It doesn’t explain any single report; it just shows how much ordinary sky was overhead. What can’t be pinned to a planet, a launch or the moon is the part worth a closer look.