June 1952

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 57%
9. 2 67%
10. 3 76%
11. 4 84%
12. 5 91%
13. 6 97%
14. 7 99%
15. 8 Full
16. 9 97%
17. 10 91%
18. 11 84%
19. 12 74%
20. 13 63%
21. 14 Last qtr
22. 15 41%
23. 16 31%
24. 17 21%
25. 18 14%
26. 19 7%
27. 20 3%
28. 21 1%
29. 22 New
30. 23 2%
31. 24 5%
32. 25 10%
33. 26 16%
34. 27 24%
35. 28 32%
36. 29 41%
37. 30 First qtr

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

Events in June 1952

1. Wed, Jun 410:00 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Jun 46:43 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Jun 81:07 AM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

4. Sun, Jun 810:02 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

5. Tue, Jun 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.

6. Sat, Jun 144:28 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Fri, Jun 208:08 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jun 217:12 AM

   June solstice

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

9. Sun, Jun 223:13 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Jun 224:45 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Mon, Jun 235:29 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Jun 235:42 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Jun 234:09 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jun 245:41 PM

    Venus behind the Sun

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

15. Wed, Jun 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

16. Mon, Jun 309:12 AM

    First Quarter

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

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