June 2001

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 79%
14. 2 87%
15. 3 94%
16. 4 98%
17. 5 Full
18. 6 100%
19. 7 97%
20. 8 93%
21. 9 88%
22. 10 81%
23. 11 73%
24. 12 64%
25. 13 Last qtr
26. 14 45%
27. 15 35%
28. 16 26%
29. 17 18%
30. 18 10%
31. 19 4%
32. 20 1%
33. 21 New
34. 22 2%
35. 23 7%
36. 24 14%
37. 25 23%
38. 26 34%
39. 27 First qtr
40. 28 56%
41. 29 67%
42. 30 76%

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

Events in June 2001

1. Tue, Jun 59:39 PM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

2. Wed, Jun 63:37 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jun 812:39 AM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

4. Sun, Jun 105:27 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jun 112:16 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Jun 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

7. Wed, Jun 131:42 PM

   Mars at opposition

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

8. Wed, Jun 1311:28 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Thu, Jun 148:43 AM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

10. Sat, Jun 169:17 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Sun, Jun 177:31 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Jun 186:09 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Jun 195:52 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Jun 204:12 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

15. Wed, Jun 208:10 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Jun 2011:25 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jun 213:37 AM

    June solstice

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

18. Thu, Jun 217:58 AM

    New Moon

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

19. Thu, Jun 218:03 AM

    Total solar eclipse

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

20. Sat, Jun 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.

21. Wed, Jun 2711:20 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.