June 1956

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 Last qtr
14. 2 42%
15. 3 32%
16. 4 22%
17. 5 14%
18. 6 7%
19. 7 2%
20. 8 New
21. 9 1%
22. 10 5%
23. 11 11%
24. 12 20%
25. 13 30%
26. 14 41%
27. 15 First qtr
28. 16 63%
29. 17 72%
30. 18 81%
31. 19 88%
32. 20 94%
33. 21 98%
34. 22 100%
35. 23 Full
36. 24 98%
37. 25 95%
38. 26 90%
39. 27 83%
40. 28 76%
41. 29 67%
42. 30 57%

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

Events in June 1956

1. Fri, Jun 13:13 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Jun 712:33 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jun 85:20 PM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

4. Fri, Jun 85:29 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Sat, Jun 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.

6. Sun, Jun 1012:18 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Jun 1112:52 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Jun 157:56 AM

   First Quarter

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

9. Wed, Jun 204:22 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

10. Wed, Jun 205:48 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jun 216:24 AM

    June solstice

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

12. Fri, Jun 222:00 AM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

13. Sat, Jun 232:14 AM

    Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

14. Mon, Jun 25

    Apogee

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

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