June 2006

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 29%
13. 2 38%
14. 3 First qtr
15. 4 57%
16. 5 66%
17. 6 75%
18. 7 83%
19. 8 90%
20. 9 95%
21. 10 98%
22. 11 Full
23. 12 99%
24. 13 95%
25. 14 89%
26. 15 81%
27. 16 72%
28. 17 61%
29. 18 Last qtr
30. 19 38%
31. 20 27%
32. 21 18%
33. 22 10%
34. 23 5%
35. 24 1%
36. 25 New
37. 26 1%
38. 27 4%
39. 28 9%
40. 29 15%
41. 30 23%

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

Events in June 2006

1. Sat, Jun 37:06 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sat, Jun 3

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

3. Thu, Jun 812:03 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Jun 112:03 PM

   Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

5. Thu, Jun 156:40 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Jun 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.

7. Sat, Jun 1712:57 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Jun 182:07 AM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Jun 1810:08 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Tue, Jun 204:07 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

11. Wed, Jun 218:25 AM

    June solstice

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

12. Sun, Jun 2512:05 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Wed, Jun 288:22 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Jun 289:34 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

15. Wed, Jun 286:57 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

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