June 2003

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 2%
9. 2 6%
10. 3 11%
11. 4 19%
12. 5 27%
13. 6 37%
14. 7 First qtr
15. 8 59%
16. 9 70%
17. 10 80%
18. 11 89%
19. 12 95%
20. 13 99%
21. 14 Full
22. 15 98%
23. 16 93%
24. 17 87%
25. 18 78%
26. 19 69%
27. 20 59%
28. 21 Last qtr
29. 22 40%
30. 23 31%
31. 24 22%
32. 25 15%
33. 26 9%
34. 27 4%
35. 28 1%
36. 29 New
37. 30 1%

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

Events in June 2003

1. Sun, Jun 14:55 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Jun 31:40 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

3. Thu, Jun 54:36 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Jun 74:28 PM

   First Quarter

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

5. Thu, Jun 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.

6. Sat, Jun 147:16 AM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

7. Thu, Jun 193:38 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jun 197:02 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Jun 197:05 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Jun 2011:54 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Jun 2110:45 AM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Sat, Jun 213:10 PM

    June solstice

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

13. Mon, Jun 233:58 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jun 249:43 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

15. Tue, Jun 24

    Apogee

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

16. Sat, Jun 289:01 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Jun 289:29 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

18. Sat, Jun 2810:31 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

19. Sun, Jun 295:12 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.

20. Sun, Jun 296:15 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

21. Sun, Jun 292:39 PM

    New Moon

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

22. Mon, Jun 309:14 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

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