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If you’re around 40 degrees N. latitude, expect your evening twilight to last latest at night, for this year, around June 24.

Look in the northeast on these June evenings, near the star Vega. You’ll see Rastaban and Eltanin, the eyes of Draco the Dragon.

You’ll have to let your eyes and imagination drift a bit to see the entire winding shape of Draco the Dragon in the northern sky.

June 21 is the date for the solstice for some. For others, it was June 20. Either way … here’s a compilation of links to info about the 2017 June solstice. Happy summer or winter, y’all!

Some quick info that’ll help you connect with nature at the June solstice, 2017! Live in the Americas? Then your solstice may be today.

Use the bright star Spica to help you find the constellations of Corvus the Crow, Crater the Cup, and Hydra the Water Snake.

Although appearing half-illuminated, the last quarter moon carries that name because it’s three-quarters of the way from one new moon to the next.

The Big Dipper is easy to find. But the Little Dipper isn’t. How to find the Little Dipper using the Big Dipper as a guide.

Or – if you live in the Southern Hemisphere – your earliest sunsets are taking place around now. Either way, it happens about a week before the solstice.

Once you find the Big Dipper, you can find the Little Dipper, too. Look for the Big Dipper first, high in the north in the evening at this time of year.

In the days after every full moon, look in a blue sky after sunrise for a daytime moon.

The end of retrograde motion for Jupiter means the best time for viewing the planet in 2017 is over. But giant Jupiter still shines brightly in our evening sky!

The moon you’ll see rise on June 8 isn’t precisely full, but almost. It’s near in the sky to the golden planet Saturn and red star Antares.