Lunar Calendar Month June 2017 (Nepal)

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 Kathmandu, Nepal during June 2017.

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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	2017-06-01	18:27
full moon	2017-06-09	18:55
3rd quarter	2017-06-17	17:18
new moon	2017-06-24	08:16

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during June 2017.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2017-06-09	04:07	406,401 km
Perigee	2017-06-23	16:35	357,937 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2017.

Name	Peak Day
Dayt. Arietids	2017-06-07
June Bootids	2017-06-27

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 Objects	Date and Time
Jupiter	2017-06-04 05:42
Saturn	2017-06-10 07:10
Venus	2017-06-21 02:58
Aldebaran	2017-06-22 20:08
Beehive	2017-06-26 17:03
Regulus	2017-06-28 06:11

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of June 2017.

June 2017
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 22	29Monday	30Tuesday	31Wednesday	1Thursday 41.9% illuminated Age:6.6	2Friday 52.4% illuminated Age:7.6	3Saturday 62.6% illuminated Age:8.6	4Sunday 72% illuminated Age:9.5
Week 23	5Monday 80.3% illuminated Age:10.4	6Tuesday 87.4% illuminated Age:11.4	7Wednesday 93.1% illuminated Age:12.3	8Thursday 97.1% illuminated Age:13.2	9Friday 99.4% illuminated Age:14.1	10Saturday 100% illuminated Age:14.9	11Sunday 98.7% illuminated Age:15.8
Week 24	12Monday 95.6% illuminated Age:16.7	13Tuesday 90.8% illuminated Age:17.7	14Wednesday 84.4% illuminated Age:18.6	15Thursday 76.6% illuminated Age:19.5	16Friday 67.6% illuminated Age:20.5	17Saturday 57.6% illuminated Age:21.4	18Sunday 46.9% illuminated Age:22.4
Week 25	19Monday 36.1% illuminated Age:23.5	20Tuesday 25.6% illuminated Age:24.5	21Wednesday 16.1% illuminated Age:25.6	22Thursday 8.3% illuminated Age:26.8	23Friday 2.8% illuminated Age:27.9	24Saturday 0.2% illuminated Age:29.1	25Sunday 0.6% illuminated Age:0.8
Week 26	26Monday 4% illuminated Age:1.9	27Tuesday 10% illuminated Age:3	28Wednesday 17.9% illuminated Age:4.1	29Thursday 27.2% illuminated Age:5.2	30Friday 37.1% illuminated Age:6.2	1Saturday	2Sunday
	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday	9Sunday
	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday