June 1953

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 82%
10. 2 73%
11. 3 62%
12. 4 Last qtr
13. 5 39%
14. 6 29%
15. 7 19%
16. 8 11%
17. 9 5%
18. 10 1%
19. 11 New
20. 12 1%
21. 13 5%
22. 14 10%
23. 15 17%
24. 16 24%
25. 17 33%
26. 18 42%
27. 19 First qtr
28. 20 61%
29. 21 70%
30. 22 79%
31. 23 86%
32. 24 93%
33. 25 97%
34. 26 Full
35. 27 100%
36. 28 97%
37. 29 92%
38. 30 84%

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

Events in June 1953

1. Tue, Jun 25:07 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Jun 41:36 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Fri, Jun 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.

4. Wed, Jun 1012:07 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Jun 1110:55 AM

   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 121:58 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Jun 133:03 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jun 1311:57 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Jun 1312:26 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

10. Tue, Jun 166:14 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jun 18

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

12. Fri, Jun 198:01 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Sun, Jun 215:06 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

14. Sun, Jun 2112:59 PM

    June solstice

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

15. Mon, Jun 226:37 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

16. Fri, Jun 2611:29 PM

    Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

17. Sat, Jun 2712:49 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

18. Tue, Jun 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.

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