June 1963

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 73%
15. 2 81%
16. 3 88%
17. 4 93%
18. 5 97%
19. 6 99%
20. 7 Full
21. 8 98%
22. 9 95%
23. 10 89%
24. 11 82%
25. 12 73%
26. 13 63%
27. 14 Last qtr
28. 15 41%
29. 16 30%
30. 17 20%
31. 18 11%
32. 19 5%
33. 20 1%
34. 21 New
35. 22 2%
36. 23 6%
37. 24 12%
38. 25 20%
39. 26 29%
40. 27 39%
41. 28 First qtr
42. 29 58%
43. 30 67%

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

Events in June 1963

1. Mon, Jun 3

   Apogee

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

2. Tue, Jun 411:56 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Jun 61:34 AM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Jun 74:31 AM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

5. Fri, Jun 711:28 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Jun 1211:48 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Jun 131:42 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

8. Fri, Jun 144:53 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sun, Jun 166:10 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Jun 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.

11. Wed, Jun 195:11 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Jun 1910:02 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jun 1910:44 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.

14. Fri, Jun 217:46 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Fri, Jun 2111:03 PM

    June solstice

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

16. Tue, Jun 259:55 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Jun 265:32 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Jun 2711:14 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

19. Fri, Jun 284:24 PM

    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.