June 1968

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 25%
15. 2 34%
16. 3 44%
17. 4 First qtr
18. 5 66%
19. 6 76%
20. 7 86%
21. 8 93%
22. 9 98%
23. 10 Full
24. 11 99%
25. 12 95%
26. 13 89%
27. 14 81%
28. 15 71%
29. 16 61%
30. 17 Last qtr
31. 18 41%
32. 19 32%
33. 20 23%
34. 21 16%
35. 22 10%
36. 23 5%
37. 24 2%
38. 25 New
39. 26 1%
40. 27 3%
41. 28 7%
42. 29 13%
43. 30 21%

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

Events in June 1968

1. Sun, Jun 28:52 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Jun 412:47 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Tue, Jun 49:11 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Jun 912:01 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Jun 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.

6. Mon, Jun 104:13 PM

   Full Moon Strawberry MoonSupermoon

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

7. Mon, Jun 172:14 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Mon, Jun 173:22 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.

9. Mon, Jun 177:32 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Jun 1811:40 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Tue, Jun 186:16 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Jun 197:35 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Jun 205:44 AM

    Venus behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

14. Thu, Jun 209:16 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Jun 214:13 AM

    June solstice

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

16. Fri, Jun 2112:11 PM

    Mars behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

17. Sat, Jun 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

18. Tue, Jun 253:52 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

19. Tue, Jun 256:25 PM

    New Moon

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

20. Tue, Jun 257:33 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

21. Tue, Jun 259:44 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

22. Sun, Jun 309:43 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

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