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Lunar Calendar Month June 2026 (South Africa)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Pretoria, South Africa during June 2026.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
3rd quarter2026-06-0812:00
new moon2026-06-1504:54
1st quarter2026-06-2123:55
full moon2026-06-3001:57

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during June 2026.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2026-06-0106:34406,368 km
Perigee2026-06-1501:19357,195 km
Apogee2026-06-2809:12406,266 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Pleiades2026-06-13 15:15
Mercury2026-06-16 21:32
Jupiter2026-06-17 08:54
Venus2026-06-17 22:21
Beehive2026-06-18 01:40
Regulus2026-06-19 16:31
Spica2026-06-23 22:11
Antares2026-06-27 16:32

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of June 2026.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of South Africa.

June 2026
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 23
1Monday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age: 15.3
2Tuesday
 
97.8% illuminated
Age: 16.2
3Wednesday
 
94.2% illuminated
Age: 17
4Thursday
 
89% illuminated
Age: 17.9
5Friday
 
82.2% illuminated
Age: 18.9
6Saturday
 
74.2% illuminated
Age: 19.8
7Sunday
 
65.1% illuminated
Age: 20.7
Week 24
8Monday
 
55.1% illuminated
Age: 21.7
9Tuesday
 
44.7% illuminated
Age: 22.6
10Wednesday
 
34.1% illuminated
Age: 23.7
11Thursday
 
23.9% illuminated
Age: 24.7
12Friday
 
14.8% illuminated
Age: 25.8
13Saturday
 
7.4% illuminated
Age: 26.9
14Sunday
 
2.3% illuminated
Age: 28.1
Week 25
15Monday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 29.3
16Tuesday
 
1% illuminated
Age: 0.9
17Wednesday
 
4.9% illuminated
Age: 2.1
18Thursday
 
11.3% illuminated
Age: 3.2
19Friday
 
19.7% illuminated
Age: 4.3
20Saturday
 
29.4% illuminated
Age: 5.4
21Sunday
 
39.7% illuminated
Age: 6.4
Week 26
22Monday
 
50.1% illuminated
Age: 7.4
23Tuesday
 
60.2% illuminated
Age: 8.3
24Wednesday
 
69.7% illuminated
Age: 9.3
25Thursday
 
78.2% illuminated
Age: 10.2
26Friday
 
85.6% illuminated
Age: 11.1
27Saturday
 
91.6% illuminated
Age: 12
28Sunday
 
96.1% illuminated
Age: 12.9
Week 27
29Monday
 
98.9% illuminated
Age: 13.8
30Tuesday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.7
1 Wednesday
 
2 Thursday
 
3 Friday
 
4 Saturday
 
5 Sunday
 
6 Monday
 
7 Tuesday
 
8 Wednesday
 
9 Thursday
 
10 Friday
 
11 Saturday
 
12 Sunday
 
13 Monday
 
14 Tuesday
 
15 Wednesday
 
16 Thursday
 
17 Friday
 
18 Saturday
 
19 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z