June 1946

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 5%
15. 2 11%
16. 3 20%
17. 4 29%
18. 5 40%
19. 6 First qtr
20. 7 60%
21. 8 70%
22. 9 78%
23. 10 86%
24. 11 92%
25. 12 96%
26. 13 99%
27. 14 Full
28. 15 99%
29. 16 97%
30. 17 92%
31. 18 86%
32. 19 79%
33. 20 70%
34. 21 60%
35. 22 Last qtr
36. 23 38%
37. 24 27%
38. 25 17%
39. 26 9%
40. 27 3%
41. 28 0%
42. 29 New
43. 30 3%

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

Events in June 1946

1. Sat, Jun 17:38 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Jun 23:05 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Jun 39:37 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Jun 44:34 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Jun 612:07 PM

   First Quarter

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

6. Sat, Jun 83:17 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Jun 88:07 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

8. Sun, Jun 92:07 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Jun 123:54 PM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Jun 12

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

11. Fri, Jun 142:38 PM

    Total lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

12. Fri, Jun 142:42 PM

    Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

13. Fri, Jun 218:44 PM

    June solstice

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

14. Sat, Jun 229:12 AM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Mon, Jun 241:23 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Jun 277:04 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jun 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.

18. Fri, Jun 2811:51 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

19. Sat, Jun 2912:06 AM

    New Moon

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

20. Sun, Jun 306:47 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

21. Sun, Jun 307:16 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

22. Sun, Jun 308:31 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

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