Moon calendar

June 2015

  1. 1 99%
  2. 2 Full
  3. 3 99%
  4. 4 95%
  5. 5 89%
  6. 6 82%
  7. 7 72%
  8. 8 61%
  9. 9 Last qtr
  10. 10 39%
  11. 11 28%
  12. 12 18%
  13. 13 10%
  14. 14 5%
  15. 15 1%
  16. 16 New
  17. 17 2%
  18. 18 5%
  19. 19 10%
  20. 20 17%
  21. 21 25%
  22. 22 33%
  23. 23 43%
  24. 24 First qtr
  25. 25 62%
  26. 26 71%
  27. 27 79%
  28. 28 87%
  29. 29 93%
  30. 30 97%

Events in June 2015

  1. 4:19 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

  2. 12:19 PM

    Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

  3. 2:29 PM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

  4. 8:57 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

  5. 11:42 AM

    Last Quarter

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

  6. Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

  7. 4:45 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

  8. 12:21 PM

    Mars behind the Sun

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

  9. 10:27 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

  10. 10:05 AM

    New Moon

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

  11. 10:18 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

  12. 4:37 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

  13. 12:37 PM

    June solstice

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

  14. Apogee

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

  15. 7:03 AM

    First Quarter

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

  16. 1:06 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

  17. 9:49 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

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

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