June 1974

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 89%
15. 2 95%
16. 3 98%
17. 4 Full
18. 5 99%
19. 6 97%
20. 7 93%
21. 8 87%
22. 9 81%
23. 10 72%
24. 11 64%
25. 12 Last qtr
26. 13 44%
27. 14 34%
28. 15 25%
29. 16 16%
30. 17 9%
31. 18 3%
32. 19 0%
33. 20 New
34. 21 3%
35. 22 9%
36. 23 17%
37. 24 27%
38. 25 37%
39. 26 First qtr
40. 27 59%
41. 28 70%
42. 29 79%
43. 30 86%

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

Events in June 1974

1. Sun, Jun 21:58 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Jun 43:06 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

3. Tue, Jun 46:54 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Jun 46:10 PM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

5. Tue, Jun 46:15 PM

   Partial lunar eclipse

   Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

6. Sun, Jun 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.

7. Wed, Jun 129:45 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Mon, Jun 179:04 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Jun 2012:47 AM

   Total solar eclipse

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

10. Thu, Jun 2012:56 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Thu, Jun 202:44 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Jun 2112:40 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Jun 2112:42 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

14. Fri, Jun 21

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.

15. Fri, Jun 212:37 PM

    June solstice

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

16. Wed, Jun 263:20 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Fri, Jun 281:03 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Jun 308:10 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

19. Sun, Jun 303:59 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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