June 1980

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 92%
9. 2 85%
10. 3 76%
11. 4 66%
12. 5 Last qtr
13. 6 44%
14. 7 33%
15. 8 22%
16. 9 13%
17. 10 7%
18. 11 2%
19. 12 New
20. 13 1%
21. 14 4%
22. 15 9%
23. 16 16%
24. 17 24%
25. 18 33%
26. 19 42%
27. 20 First qtr
28. 21 61%
29. 22 70%
30. 23 78%
31. 24 86%
32. 25 92%
33. 26 97%
34. 27 99%
35. 28 Full
36. 29 98%
37. 30 94%

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

Events in June 1980

1. Sun, Jun 11:32 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Jun 510:53 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sun, Jun 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.

4. Wed, Jun 1110:50 PM

   Neptune at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

5. Thu, Jun 124:38 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Thu, Jun 1211:01 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Jun 149:51 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

8. Sat, Jun 142:57 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Jun 153:20 AM

   Venus at inferior conjunction

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

10. Wed, Jun 186:01 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jun 1911:18 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Jun 192:57 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Jun 193:27 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Jun 208:32 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sat, Jun 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

16. Sat, Jun 211:46 AM

    June solstice

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

17. Mon, Jun 2310:54 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Jun 245:41 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

19. Fri, Jun 2712:08 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

20. Sat, Jun 285:02 AM

    Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

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