Lunar Calendar Month June 2023 (New Zealand)

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 Wellington, New Zealand during June 2023.

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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
full moon	2023-06-04	15:42
3rd quarter	2023-06-11	07:31
new moon	2023-06-18	16:37
1st quarter	2023-06-26	19:50

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during June 2023.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2023-06-07	11:09	364,859 km
Apogee	2023-06-23	06:32	405,384 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 Objects	Date and Time
Antares	2023-06-04 09:19
Saturn	2023-06-10 08:19
Jupiter	2023-06-14 18:33
Pleiades	2023-06-16 12:47
Pollux	2023-06-20 21:10
Beehive	2023-06-21 22:38
Venus	2023-06-22 12:47
Mars	2023-06-22 22:09

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of June 2023.

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

June 2023
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 22	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	31 Wednesday	1Thursday 84.6% illuminated Age: 11	2Friday 91.4% illuminated Age: 12	3Saturday 96.5% illuminated Age: 13	4Sunday 99.4% illuminated Age: 14.1
Week 23	5Monday 99.8% illuminated Age: 15.2	6Tuesday 97.5% illuminated Age: 16.3	7Wednesday 92.4% illuminated Age: 17.4	8Thursday 85% illuminated Age: 18.5	9Friday 75.6% illuminated Age: 19.6	10Saturday 65% illuminated Age: 20.7	11Sunday 53.7% illuminated Age: 21.8
Week 24	12Monday 42.4% illuminated Age: 22.9	13Tuesday 31.7% illuminated Age: 23.9	14Wednesday 22% illuminated Age: 24.9	15Thursday 13.8% illuminated Age: 25.9	16Friday 7.4% illuminated Age: 26.9	17Saturday 2.9% illuminated Age: 27.9	18Sunday 0.5% illuminated Age: 28.9
Week 25	19Monday 0.1% illuminated Age: 0.3	20Tuesday 1.7% illuminated Age: 1.2	21Wednesday 5.1% illuminated Age: 2.1	22Thursday 10.2% illuminated Age: 3.1	23Friday 16.6% illuminated Age: 3.9	24Saturday 24.2% illuminated Age: 4.8	25Sunday 32.8% illuminated Age: 5.7
Week 26	26Monday 42.1% illuminated Age: 6.6	27Tuesday 51.7% illuminated Age: 7.5	28Wednesday 61.6% illuminated Age: 8.5	29Thursday 71.2% illuminated Age: 9.4	30Friday 80.3% illuminated Age: 10.4	1 Saturday	2 Sunday
	3 Monday	4 Tuesday	5 Wednesday	6 Thursday	7 Friday	8 Saturday	9 Sunday
	10 Monday	11 Tuesday	12 Wednesday	13 Thursday	14 Friday	15 Saturday	16 Sunday