Daily lunar detail

June 2013 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Last Quarter and closes with a Last Quarter. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

New MoonJune 8, 2013 at 3:57 PM UTC
First QuarterJune 16, 2013 at 5:24 PM UTC
Full MoonJune 23, 2013 at 11:32 AM UTC
Last QuarterJune 30, 2013 at 4:54 AM UTC

The lunar story of June 2013

New Moon occurs June 8, 2013. Full Moon occurs June 23, 2013. The first major event is New Moon on June 8, 2013, and the month progresses from 43% to 47% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.