My Bad! This should have been about Friday the 16^th.

   Thursday June 15^th the 21.5-day old last waning gibbous Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving south. This is known as the descending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital path (dark green line) has with the ecliptic.
   

   On the day of the node crossing the waning gibbous Moon will be over the southeast horizon at around 2 am CDT. The Moon will be in conjunction, and within about 2^o from the outermost, (8^th), planet Neptune.
   
   
   
   

Click here to go to the Qué tal in the Current Skies web site for monthly observing information, or here to go to bobs-spaces.