June 1966

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 97%
12. 2 100%
13. 3 Full
14. 4 98%
15. 5 94%
16. 6 88%
17. 7 81%
18. 8 73%
19. 9 65%
20. 10 55%
21. 11 Last qtr
22. 12 36%
23. 13 27%
24. 14 19%
25. 15 12%
26. 16 6%
27. 17 2%
28. 18 New
29. 19 1%
30. 20 5%
31. 21 11%
32. 22 19%
33. 23 29%
34. 24 40%
35. 25 First qtr
36. 26 63%
37. 27 73%
38. 28 82%
39. 29 90%
40. 30 95%

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

Events in June 1966

1. Wed, Jun 112:24 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Jun 33:40 AM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

3. Fri, Jun 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

4. Sat, Jun 1112:58 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Sat, Jun 115:53 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Jun 117:21 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jun 155:42 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Jun 175:29 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Jun 184:09 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Sun, Jun 191:15 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Jun 2010:00 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Jun 214:33 PM

    June solstice

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

13. Wed, Jun 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.

14. Fri, Jun 243:39 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Jun 259:23 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Tue, Jun 285:55 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jun 303:42 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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