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Lunar Calendar Month June 2018 (United States)

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 Washington, District of Columbia, United States during June 2018.

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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 quarter2018-06-0614:32
new moon2018-06-1315:43
1st quarter2018-06-2006:51
full moon2018-06-2800:53

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during June 2018.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2018-06-0212:36405,314 km
Perigee2018-06-1419:56359,506 km
Apogee2018-06-2922:44406,059 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2018.

NamePeak Day
Dayt. Arietids2018-06-07
June Bootids2018-06-27

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
Mars2018-06-03 07:58
Venus2018-06-16 09:13
Beehive2018-06-16 15:38
Regulus2018-06-18 03:25
Jupiter2018-06-23 14:47
Saturn2018-06-27 23:59

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of June 2018.

June 2018
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 22
28Monday
 
29Tuesday
 
30Wednesday
 
31Thursday
 
1Friday
 
93.9% illuminated
Age:17.1
2Saturday
 
88.6% illuminated
Age:18
3Sunday
 
81.9% illuminated
Age:18.9
Week 23
4Monday
 
74% illuminated
Age:19.8
5Tuesday
 
65.3% illuminated
Age:20.7
6Wednesday
 
55.8% illuminated
Age:21.6
7Thursday
 
46% illuminated
Age:22.5
8Friday
 
36.1% illuminated
Age:23.5
9Saturday
 
26.4% illuminated
Age:24.5
10Sunday
 
17.5% illuminated
Age:25.5
Week 24
11Monday
 
9.8% illuminated
Age:26.5
12Tuesday
 
4% illuminated
Age:27.6
13Wednesday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age:28.8
14Thursday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:0.4
15Friday
 
2.7% illuminated
Age:1.5
16Saturday
 
8.1% illuminated
Age:2.7
17Sunday
 
15.8% illuminated
Age:3.8
Week 25
18Monday
 
25.4% illuminated
Age:5
19Tuesday
 
36% illuminated
Age:6
20Wednesday
 
47% illuminated
Age:7.1
21Thursday
 
57.8% illuminated
Age:8.1
22Friday
 
68% illuminated
Age:9.1
23Saturday
 
77.2% illuminated
Age:10.1
24Sunday
 
85.1% illuminated
Age:11
Week 26
25Monday
 
91.5% illuminated
Age:12
26Tuesday
 
96.1% illuminated
Age:12.9
27Wednesday
 
99% illuminated
Age:13.8
28Thursday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.7
29Friday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age:15.6
30Saturday
 
96.6% illuminated
Age:16.5
1Sunday
 
2Monday
 
3Tuesday
 
4Wednesday
 
5Thursday
 
6Friday
 
7Saturday
 
8Sunday
 
9Monday
 
10Tuesday
 
11Wednesday
 
12Thursday
 
13Friday
 
14Saturday
 
15Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z