June 1940

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 18%
15. 2 11%
16. 3 6%
17. 4 2%
18. 5 New
19. 6 1%
20. 7 3%
21. 8 8%
22. 9 15%
23. 10 24%
24. 11 34%
25. 12 First qtr
26. 13 57%
27. 14 68%
28. 15 78%
29. 16 87%
30. 17 93%
31. 18 98%
32. 19 Full
33. 20 99%
34. 21 96%
35. 22 92%
36. 23 85%
37. 24 78%
38. 25 69%
39. 26 60%
40. 27 Last qtr
41. 28 42%
42. 29 32%
43. 30 24%

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

Events in June 1940

1. Sun, Jun 22:22 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Jun 312:55 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Jun 31:03 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.

4. Tue, Jun 44:03 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Jun 59:05 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Fri, Jun 712:35 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Jun 711:32 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Jun 1111:44 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Jun 1212:18 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Jun 129:59 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Wed, Jun 1211:25 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Jun 14

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.

13. Sun, Jun 1611:01 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Jun 197:02 PM

    Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

15. Fri, Jun 219:36 AM

    June solstice

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

16. Mon, Jun 249:52 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

17. Wed, Jun 265:07 PM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

18. Thu, Jun 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,000 km.

19. Thu, Jun 272:13 PM

    Last Quarter

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

20. Sun, Jun 309:18 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

21. Sun, Jun 302:43 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

22. Sun, Jun 302:47 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.

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