June 1949

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 24%
12. 2 34%
13. 3 First qtr
14. 4 56%
15. 5 67%
16. 6 78%
17. 7 87%
18. 8 93%
19. 9 98%
20. 10 Full
21. 11 99%
22. 12 96%
23. 13 91%
24. 14 84%
25. 15 76%
26. 16 68%
27. 17 58%
28. 18 Last qtr
29. 19 39%
30. 20 30%
31. 21 22%
32. 22 14%
33. 23 8%
34. 24 4%
35. 25 1%
36. 26 New
37. 27 2%
38. 28 6%
39. 29 13%
40. 30 21%

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

Events in June 1949

1. Fri, Jun 31:18 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Jun 36:21 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Fri, Jun 311:27 PM

   First Quarter

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

4. Mon, Jun 612:55 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Jun 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.

6. Tue, Jun 73:30 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Jun 105:45 PM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

8. Mon, Jun 137:44 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Jun 188:29 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sun, Jun 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

11. Tue, Jun 212:02 PM

    June solstice

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

12. Wed, Jun 228:35 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

13. Fri, Jun 249:47 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Jun 2411:21 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

15. Sat, Jun 2511:45 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Jun 266:02 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Mon, Jun 276:25 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Jun 285:51 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

19. Thu, Jun 3010:18 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

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