June 1918

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 56%
15. 2 Last qtr
16. 3 33%
17. 4 23%
18. 5 14%
19. 6 7%
20. 7 2%
21. 8 New
22. 9 1%
23. 10 4%
24. 11 9%
25. 12 16%
26. 13 24%
27. 14 32%
28. 15 42%
29. 16 First qtr
30. 17 61%
31. 18 70%
32. 19 78%
33. 20 86%
34. 21 92%
35. 22 97%
36. 23 99%
37. 24 Full
38. 25 98%
39. 26 94%
40. 27 88%
41. 28 79%
42. 29 69%
43. 30 58%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in June 1918

1. Sun, Jun 212:20 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

2. Wed, Jun 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.

3. Fri, Jun 75:02 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Jun 86:02 PM

   New Moon

   The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

5. Sat, Jun 86:07 PM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

6. Sun, Jun 92:41 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jun 128:19 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Jun 1212:26 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Jun 127:25 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Jun 1512:26 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

11. Sun, Jun 169:11 AM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

12. Mon, Jun 17

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

13. Sat, Jun 221:59 AM

    June solstice

    The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.

14. Sat, Jun 224:59 PM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Jun 246:27 AM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

16. Mon, Jun 246:38 AM

    Full Moon Strawberry Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

17. Wed, Jun 2610:30 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

18. Sun, Jun 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.