June 2004

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 97%
11. 2 100%
12. 3 Full
13. 4 96%
14. 5 91%
15. 6 83%
16. 7 73%
17. 8 63%
18. 9 Last qtr
19. 10 41%
20. 11 32%
21. 12 23%
22. 13 15%
23. 14 9%
24. 15 4%
25. 16 1%
26. 17 New
27. 18 1%
28. 19 3%
29. 20 7%
30. 21 13%
31. 22 20%
32. 23 29%
33. 24 38%
34. 25 First qtr
35. 26 59%
36. 27 70%
37. 28 80%
38. 29 89%
39. 30 95%

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

Events in June 2004

1. Thu, Jun 312:20 AM

   Full Moon Strawberry MoonSupermoon

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

2. Thu, Jun 3

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.

3. Tue, Jun 84:37 AM

   Venus at inferior conjunction

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

4. Tue, Jun 85:33 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Jun 94:02 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sat, Jun 127:24 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jun 1612:12 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jun 17

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

9. Thu, Jun 171:14 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Jun 174:27 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Fri, Jun 185:11 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

12. Sat, Jun 193:38 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Jun 206:46 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jun 208:56 PM

    June solstice

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

15. Wed, Jun 239:57 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Jun 253:08 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Sat, Jun 268:07 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

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