Moon calendar
June 1960
- 1 40%
- 2 First qtr
- 3 60%
- 4 70%
- 5 80%
- 6 88%
- 7 95%
- 8 99%
- 9 Full
- 10 98%
- 11 93%
- 12 86%
- 13 77%
- 14 66%
- 15 56%
- 16 Last qtr
- 17 35%
- 18 26%
- 19 18%
- 20 11%
- 21 6%
- 22 2%
- 23 New
- 24 0%
- 25 2%
- 26 6%
- 27 11%
- 28 18%
- 29 26%
- 30 35%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in June 1960
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12:01 PM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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1:43 PM
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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9:02 AM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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2:44 AM
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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5:27 AM
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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12:36 AM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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4:23 PM
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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9:57 AM
Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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9:48 PM
Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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5:42 AM
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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11:49 AM
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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11:27 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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3:18 AM
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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8:23 PM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.