Lunar Calendar Month June 2022 (Tonga)

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 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga during June 2022.

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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 phases	Dates	Time
1st quarter	2022-06-08	03:48
full moon	2022-06-15	00:52
3rd quarter	2022-06-21	16:11
new moon	2022-06-29	15:52

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during June 2022.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2022-06-02	14:15	406,190 km
Perigee	2022-06-15	12:23	357,433 km
Apogee	2022-06-29	19:10	406,580 km	Maximum apogee in 2022!

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 Objects	Date and Time
Pollux	2022-06-03 18:42
Beehive	2022-06-04 20:17
Saturn	2022-06-19 01:22
Jupiter	2022-06-22 02:31
Mars	2022-06-23 07:16
Pleiades	2022-06-26 10:27
Venus	2022-06-26 21:11

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of June 2022.

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

June 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 22	30Monday	31Tuesday	1Wednesday 0.9% illuminated Age:0.9	2Thursday 3.6% illuminated Age:1.8	3Friday 7.9% illuminated Age:2.7	4Saturday 13.8% illuminated Age:3.6	5Sunday 21% illuminated Age:4.5
Week 23	6Monday 29.3% illuminated Age:5.4	7Tuesday 38.5% illuminated Age:6.3	8Wednesday 48.4% illuminated Age:7.2	9Thursday 58.6% illuminated Age:8.2	10Friday 68.8% illuminated Age:9.2	11Saturday 78.5% illuminated Age:10.2	12Sunday 87.1% illuminated Age:11.3
Week 24	13Monday 93.9% illuminated Age:12.4	14Tuesday 98.4% illuminated Age:13.6	15Wednesday 100% illuminated Age:14.7	16Thursday 98.5% illuminated Age:15.9	17Friday 94.1% illuminated Age:17.1	18Saturday 87.1% illuminated Age:18.2	19Sunday 78.2% illuminated Age:19.3
Week 25	20Monday 68% illuminated Age:20.4	21Tuesday 57.4% illuminated Age:21.5	22Wednesday 46.7% illuminated Age:22.5	23Thursday 36.5% illuminated Age:23.4	24Friday 27% illuminated Age:24.4	25Saturday 18.7% illuminated Age:25.3	26Sunday 11.7% illuminated Age:26.2
Week 26	27Monday 6.3% illuminated Age:27.2	28Tuesday 2.5% illuminated Age:28.1	29Wednesday 0.4% illuminated Age:28.9	30Thursday 0.1% illuminated Age:0.3	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday