When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The highest point on Earth's surface is the top of Mount Everest, which towers more than ...

At 10:42 p.m. EDT on June 20 (0242 GMT on June 21), the sun will reach that point where it is farthest north of the celestial equator. To be more precise, when the solstice occurs the sun will ...

On June 26, Mercury reaches its highest elevation for Northern Hemisphere observers; at 9:15 it is still about 8 degrees high; that day the moon will be a thin crescent on the right side of the ...