June 1951

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 8%
14. 2 4%
15. 3 1%
16. 4 New
17. 5 1%
18. 6 4%
19. 7 8%
20. 8 14%
21. 9 21%
22. 10 29%
23. 11 39%
24. 12 First qtr
25. 13 59%
26. 14 70%
27. 15 79%
28. 16 88%
29. 17 95%
30. 18 99%
31. 19 Full
32. 20 98%
33. 21 93%
34. 22 86%
35. 23 77%
36. 24 67%
37. 25 56%
38. 26 Last qtr
39. 27 36%
40. 28 27%
41. 29 19%
42. 30 12%

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

Events in June 1951

1. Mon, Jun 45:29 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Jun 412:41 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Tue, Jun 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

4. Wed, Jun 63:04 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Jun 82:30 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Jun 122:52 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Tue, Jun 1211:40 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jun 141:34 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jun 198:36 AM

   Full Moon Strawberry MoonSupermoon

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

10. Tue, Jun 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

11. Tue, Jun 1911:08 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Jun 221:24 AM

    June solstice

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

13. Mon, Jun 2510:19 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

14. Mon, Jun 2512:06 PM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

15. Tue, Jun 262:22 AM

    Last Quarter

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

16. Tue, Jun 265:24 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jun 287:12 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

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