Lunar Calendar Month June 2026 (South Africa)

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 Pretoria, South Africa during June 2026.

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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
3rd quarter	2026-06-08	12:00
new moon	2026-06-15	04:54
1st quarter	2026-06-21	23:55
full moon	2026-06-30	01:57

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during June 2026.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Apogee	2026-06-01	06:34	406,368 km
Perigee	2026-06-15	01:19	357,195 km
Apogee	2026-06-28	09:12	406,266 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
Pleiades	2026-06-13 15:15
Mercury	2026-06-16 21:32
Jupiter	2026-06-17 08:54
Venus	2026-06-17 22:21
Beehive	2026-06-18 01:40
Regulus	2026-06-19 16:31
Spica	2026-06-23 22:11
Antares	2026-06-27 16:32

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of June 2026.

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

June 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 23	1Monday 99.7% illuminated Age: 15.3	2Tuesday 97.8% illuminated Age: 16.2	3Wednesday 94.2% illuminated Age: 17	4Thursday 89% illuminated Age: 17.9	5Friday 82.2% illuminated Age: 18.9	6Saturday 74.2% illuminated Age: 19.8	7Sunday 65.1% illuminated Age: 20.7
Week 24	8Monday 55.1% illuminated Age: 21.7	9Tuesday 44.7% illuminated Age: 22.6	10Wednesday 34.1% illuminated Age: 23.7	11Thursday 23.9% illuminated Age: 24.7	12Friday 14.8% illuminated Age: 25.8	13Saturday 7.4% illuminated Age: 26.9	14Sunday 2.3% illuminated Age: 28.1
Week 25	15Monday 0.1% illuminated Age: 29.3	16Tuesday 1% illuminated Age: 0.9	17Wednesday 4.9% illuminated Age: 2.1	18Thursday 11.3% illuminated Age: 3.2	19Friday 19.7% illuminated Age: 4.3	20Saturday 29.4% illuminated Age: 5.4	21Sunday 39.7% illuminated Age: 6.4
Week 26	22Monday 50.1% illuminated Age: 7.4	23Tuesday 60.2% illuminated Age: 8.3	24Wednesday 69.7% illuminated Age: 9.3	25Thursday 78.2% illuminated Age: 10.2	26Friday 85.6% illuminated Age: 11.1	27Saturday 91.6% illuminated Age: 12	28Sunday 96.1% illuminated Age: 12.9
Week 27	29Monday 98.9% illuminated Age: 13.8	30Tuesday 100% illuminated Age: 14.7	1 Wednesday	2 Thursday	3 Friday	4 Saturday	5 Sunday
	6 Monday	7 Tuesday	8 Wednesday	9 Thursday	10 Friday	11 Saturday	12 Sunday
	13 Monday	14 Tuesday	15 Wednesday	16 Thursday	17 Friday	18 Saturday	19 Sunday