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June 1961

The summer solstice falls on June 21; a full moon in Capricorn on June 28 and a new moon in Gemini on June 13; Mercury stations retrograde on June 14.

Summer Solstice

Sun enters Cancer · June 21, 11:30 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · PiscesJun 5 · 5:19 pm
  • New Moon · GeminiJun 13 · 1:17 am
  • First Quarter · VirgoJun 21 · 5:02 am
  • Full Moon · CapricornJun 28 · 8:38 am
  • Summer SolsticeJun 21 · 11:30 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeJun 14 · 1:13 pm

Mercury retrograde Jun 14 – Jul 8

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction UranusJun 16 · 4:46 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoJun 3 · 3:18 am
  • Venus square SaturnJun 4 · 7:16 pm
  • Mercury trine NeptuneJun 8 · 7:31 am
  • Sun sextile MarsJun 10 · 4:23 am
  • Venus trine PlutoJun 12 · 6:11 am
  • Venus opposition NeptuneJun 15 · 4:56 pm
  • Mercury sextile VenusJun 17 · 3:53 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoJun 26 · 4:33 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiJun 27 · 7:42 am
  • Sun trine NeptuneJun 30 · 1:05 pm