Ephemeris for June 1979

Where the Sun, the Moon and the planets stood on each day of June 1979, at midnight Universal Time. Computed here by the same engine that casts the charts, and free to read, print or copy.

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The Sun9°55′ Gemini to 7°38′ Cancer
The Moon13 sign changes
New Moon24 June
Full Moon10 June
Eclipsesnone this month
Retrograde at some pointUranus, Neptune, Pluto, North Node
Sign changes5, not counting the Moon

What the sky did in June 1979

2 June22:38 UTFirst Quarter at 11°47′ Virgo
9 June06:31 UTMercury enters Cancer
10 June11:56 UTFull Moon at 19°01′ Sagittarius
11 June18:13 UTVenus enters Gemini
17 June05:02 UTLast Quarter at 25°26′ Pisces
21 June23:56 UTThe Sun enters Cancer (the June solstice)
24 June11:58 UTNew Moon at 2°23′ Cancer
26 June01:54 UTMars enters Gemini
26 June22:16 UTPluto turns direct at 16°26′ Libra
27 June09:51 UTMercury enters Leo

The table

Each cell is degree, sign and minute of ecliptic longitude at 00:00 UT. On a narrow screen the table scrolls sideways inside its own frame and the day column stays with you.

Day	The Sun	The Moon	Mercury	Venus	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	The North Node
1Fri	9♊︎55	18♌︎50	12♊︎26	16♉︎56	11♉︎47	5♌︎12	7♍︎30	18♏︎06℞	19♐︎22℞	16♎︎37℞	13♍︎05℞
2Sat	10♊︎53	0♍︎39	14♊︎37	18♉︎09	12♉︎31	5♌︎22	7♍︎32	18♏︎03℞	19♐︎21℞	16♎︎36℞	13♍︎04℞
3Sun	11♊︎50	12♍︎28	16♊︎48	19♉︎21	13♉︎15	5♌︎32	7♍︎35	18♏︎01℞	19♐︎19℞	16♎︎35℞	13♍︎03℞
4Mon	12♊︎48	24♍︎23	18♊︎58	20♉︎34	13♉︎59	5♌︎43	7♍︎37	17♏︎59℞	19♐︎18℞	16♎︎34℞	13♍︎03℞
5Tue	13♊︎45	6♎︎29	21♊︎07	21♉︎47	14♉︎44	5♌︎53	7♍︎40	17♏︎57℞	19♐︎16℞	16♎︎34℞	13♍︎02℞
6Wed	14♊︎43	18♎︎51	23♊︎14	23♉︎00	15♉︎28	6♌︎03	7♍︎43	17♏︎54℞	19♐︎14℞	16♎︎33℞	12♍︎59℞
7Thu	15♊︎40	1♏︎33	25♊︎20	24♉︎13	16♉︎12	6♌︎14	7♍︎46	17♏︎52℞	19♐︎13℞	16♎︎32℞	12♍︎53℞
8Fri	16♊︎37	14♏︎39	27♊︎24	25♉︎26	16♉︎55	6♌︎24	7♍︎48	17♏︎50℞	19♐︎11℞	16♎︎32℞	12♍︎45℞
9Sat	17♊︎35	28♏︎08	29♊︎27	26♉︎38	17♉︎39	6♌︎35	7♍︎51	17♏︎48℞	19♐︎09℞	16♎︎31℞	12♍︎34℞
10Sun	18♊︎32	12♐︎00	1♋︎27	27♉︎51	18♉︎23	6♌︎45	7♍︎55	17♏︎46℞	19♐︎08℞	16♎︎30℞	12♍︎23℞
11Mon	19♊︎29	26♐︎11	3♋︎25	29♉︎04	19♉︎07	6♌︎56	7♍︎58	17♏︎44℞	19♐︎06℞	16♎︎30℞	12♍︎11℞
12Tue	20♊︎27	10♑︎34	5♋︎21	0♊︎17	19♉︎51	7♌︎07	8♍︎01	17♏︎42℞	19♐︎05℞	16♎︎29℞	12♍︎01℞
13Wed	21♊︎24	25♑︎05	7♋︎14	1♊︎30	20♉︎34	7♌︎18	8♍︎04	17♏︎40℞	19♐︎03℞	16♎︎29℞	11♍︎53℞
14Thu	22♊︎21	9♒︎36	9♋︎05	2♊︎43	21♉︎18	7♌︎29	8♍︎08	17♏︎38℞	19♐︎01℞	16♎︎28℞	11♍︎48℞
15Fri	23♊︎19	24♒︎03	10♋︎54	3♊︎56	22♉︎01	7♌︎40	8♍︎11	17♏︎36℞	19♐︎00℞	16♎︎28℞	11♍︎45℞
16Sat	24♊︎16	8♓︎21	12♋︎41	5♊︎09	22♉︎45	7♌︎51	8♍︎15	17♏︎34℞	18♐︎58℞	16♎︎28℞	11♍︎44℞
17Sun	25♊︎13	22♓︎29	14♋︎25	6♊︎22	23♉︎28	8♌︎02	8♍︎19	17♏︎33℞	18♐︎57℞	16♎︎27℞	11♍︎44
18Mon	26♊︎11	6♈︎26	16♋︎06	7♊︎35	24♉︎11	8♌︎14	8♍︎23	17♏︎31℞	18♐︎55℞	16♎︎27℞	11♍︎44℞
19Tue	27♊︎08	20♈︎11	17♋︎45	8♊︎48	24♉︎55	8♌︎25	8♍︎26	17♏︎29℞	18♐︎53℞	16♎︎27℞	11♍︎42℞
20Wed	28♊︎05	3♉︎46	19♋︎22	10♊︎01	25♉︎38	8♌︎36	8♍︎30	17♏︎27℞	18♐︎52℞	16♎︎26℞	11♍︎38℞
21Thu	29♊︎02	17♉︎09	20♋︎56	11♊︎14	26♉︎21	8♌︎48	8♍︎35	17♏︎26℞	18♐︎50℞	16♎︎26℞	11♍︎30℞
22Fri	0♋︎00	0♊︎20	22♋︎28	12♊︎27	27♉︎04	8♌︎59	8♍︎39	17♏︎24℞	18♐︎49℞	16♎︎26℞	11♍︎21℞
23Sat	0♋︎57	13♊︎19	23♋︎57	13♊︎40	27♉︎47	9♌︎11	8♍︎43	17♏︎22℞	18♐︎47℞	16♎︎26℞	11♍︎11℞
24Sun	1♋︎54	26♊︎06	25♋︎24	14♊︎53	28♉︎30	9♌︎23	8♍︎47	17♏︎21℞	18♐︎45℞	16♎︎26℞	10♍︎59℞
25Mon	2♋︎51	8♋︎39	26♋︎48	16♊︎06	29♉︎13	9♌︎34	8♍︎52	17♏︎19℞	18♐︎44℞	16♎︎26℞	10♍︎48℞
26Tue	3♋︎49	20♋︎59	28♋︎09	17♊︎20	29♉︎56	9♌︎46	8♍︎56	17♏︎18℞	18♐︎42℞	16♎︎26℞	10♍︎37℞
27Wed	4♋︎46	3♌︎07	29♋︎28	18♊︎33	0♊︎39	9♌︎58	9♍︎01	17♏︎16℞	18♐︎41℞	16♎︎26	10♍︎29℞
28Thu	5♋︎43	15♌︎05	0♌︎44	19♊︎46	1♊︎22	10♌︎10	9♍︎05	17♏︎15℞	18♐︎39℞	16♎︎26	10♍︎23℞
29Fri	6♋︎40	26♌︎56	1♌︎57	20♊︎59	2♊︎04	10♌︎22	9♍︎10	17♏︎14℞	18♐︎38℞	16♎︎26	10♍︎21℞
30Sat	7♋︎38	8♍︎43	3♌︎08	22♊︎12	2♊︎47	10♌︎34	9♍︎15	17♏︎12℞	18♐︎36℞	16♎︎26	10♍︎20℞

Degree, sign, minute. ℞ marks a body moving backwards against the stars. A cell on lighter paper, with its sign glyph set bold, is the first day whose midnight position falls in a new sign: the crossing itself happened during the day before, and the list above gives its exact moment.

The Moon’s sign changes in June 1979

1 Jun, 22:40 UT: Virgo · 4 Jun, 11:11 UT: Libra · 6 Jun, 21:04 UT: Scorpio · 9 Jun, 03:14 UT: Sagittarius · 11 Jun, 06:23 UT: Capricorn · 13 Jun, 08:06 UT: Aquarius · 15 Jun, 09:55 UT: Pisces · 17 Jun, 12:52 UT: Aries · 19 Jun, 17:18 UT: Taurus · 21 Jun, 23:22 UT: Gemini · 24 Jun, 07:24 UT: Cancer · 26 Jun, 17:46 UT: Leo · 29 Jun, 06:13 UT: Virgo

How to read it

An ephemeris is the oldest table in astrology: a row per day, a column per body, and in each cell the position of that body along the ecliptic. The figure is written as degree, sign, minute, so a cell reading 15♊︎23 is fifteen degrees and twenty-three minutes of Gemini. Sixty minutes make a degree and thirty degrees make a sign.

The Sun moves about one degree a day, so it changes sign roughly monthly. The Moon moves twelve or thirteen, so it changes sign every two and a half days and is the only column that visibly runs. Jupiter takes a year to cross a sign and Pluto takes about twenty, which is why their columns look almost still.

Before software, this is how a chart was cast: you found the day, found the next day, and interpolated by hand for the hour you actually wanted. That is still a good way to understand what a chart is, and it is still the fastest way to answer one question about one day.

What these figures are worth

Every number on this page is computed by the engine that casts the charts, not read from a bundled table, so what the positions are worth is what that engine is worth. The Sun is checked against NASA and JPL's own values across 1650 to 2050 and lands within an arcsecond. The Moon is checked the same way, over 312 dates from 1600 to 2050, and lands within a third of an arcminute. The planets are within a fifth of a degree of published ingress dates. The whole table of what Umbriel checks, and how close it comes is public, including the things we refuse to print.

Positions are geocentric ecliptic longitude at 00:00 Universal Time, which is the convention printed ephemerides use and the reason a figure here can be checked directly against one. Because it is tied to Universal Time, a position can sit a few hours either side of your own clock.

Eclipses are marked in the dated list on each month's page. Every solar and lunar eclipse from 1900 to 2050 was checked one by one against NASA's catalogue: none missing, none extra, the kind the same, and the greatest eclipse within two minutes. Each line says which moment its time is: the greatest eclipse is when the Moon's shadow comes nearest the middle of the Earth (solar) or the Moon is deepest in the Earth's shadow (lunar), and the New or Full Moon is the moment the degree is read at. A solar eclipse is given as partial or central, and as total or annular when the shadow leaves no doubt which. The sky events pages carry the ones ahead.

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