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Lunar Calendar Month June 2024 (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 2024.

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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
new moon2024-06-0608:38
1st quarter2024-06-1401:18
full moon2024-06-2121:08
3rd quarter2024-06-2817:53

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during June 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2024-06-0203:24368,107 km
Apogee2024-06-1409:37404,077 km
Perigee2024-06-2707:46369,291 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
Mars2024-06-02 19:37
Pollux2024-06-09 03:23
Beehive2024-06-10 03:34
Spica2024-06-16 13:28
Antares2024-06-20 06:33
Saturn2024-06-27 10:52

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of June 2024.

June 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 22
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
29 Wednesday
 
30 Thursday
 
31 Friday
 
1Saturday
 
33.7% illuminated
Age: 23.7
2Sunday
 
23.3% illuminated
Age: 24.8
Week 23
3Monday
 
14.2% illuminated
Age: 25.9
4Tuesday
 
7.1% illuminated
Age: 27
5Wednesday
 
2.3% illuminated
Age: 28.1
6Thursday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 29.2
7Friday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age: 0.7
8Saturday
 
3.3% illuminated
Age: 1.7
9Sunday
 
8.1% illuminated
Age: 2.7
Week 24
10Monday
 
14.5% illuminated
Age: 3.7
11Tuesday
 
22.2% illuminated
Age: 4.6
12Wednesday
 
30.9% illuminated
Age: 5.5
13Thursday
 
40% illuminated
Age: 6.4
14Friday
 
49.5% illuminated
Age: 7.3
15Saturday
 
58.9% illuminated
Age: 8.2
16Sunday
 
68.1% illuminated
Age: 9.1
Week 25
17Monday
 
76.7% illuminated
Age: 10
18Tuesday
 
84.4% illuminated
Age: 10.9
19Wednesday
 
91% illuminated
Age: 11.9
20Thursday
 
96% illuminated
Age: 12.9
21Friday
 
99.1% illuminated
Age: 13.9
22Saturday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.9
23Sunday
 
98.5% illuminated
Age: 15.9
Week 26
24Monday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age: 17
25Tuesday
 
88.1% illuminated
Age: 18.1
26Wednesday
 
79.6% illuminated
Age: 19.2
27Thursday
 
69.6% illuminated
Age: 20.3
28Friday
 
58.6% illuminated
Age: 21.3
29Saturday
 
47.1% illuminated
Age: 22.4
30Sunday
 
35.9% illuminated
Age: 23.5
1 Monday
 
2 Tuesday
 
3 Wednesday
 
4 Thursday
 
5 Friday
 
6 Saturday
 
7 Sunday
 
8 Monday
 
9 Tuesday
 
10 Wednesday
 
11 Thursday
 
12 Friday
 
13 Saturday
 
14 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z