June 14 New Moon June 2026 opens views of Venus, Jupiter, Mercury
The new moon june 2026 arrives at 10:54 p.m. EDT on June 14, 2026, and that timing strips the sky of moonlight just as Mercury, Venus and Jupiter line up for evening viewing. Venus sits a little over three degrees above Jupiter at sunset on June 14, while Mercury appears below and to the lower right of Jupiter.
The lunar disk passes between the sun and Earth during the new moon phase. For skywatchers, the nights surrounding June 14 offer a brief window to pick out planets and brighter constellations in the late spring sky.
Western horizon after sunset
Look toward the western horizon at sunset on June 14 to catch Venus and Jupiter first. Venus and Jupiter were a few days removed from their close conjunction on June 9, and Mercury sits about 10 degrees from Jupiter, low enough that it will set less than two hours after the sun.
That layout makes the western sky the most accessible part of the display. Mercury is also just one day from reaching its point of greatest eastern elongation, which places it in one of its better evening showings of the year.
Mars, Saturn and Neptune
The rest of the planetary field is spread across the night sky. Mars will stand less than 10 degrees above the eastern horizon in the predawn hours on nights surrounding the new moon, while Saturn shines higher to the east among the stars of Pisces.
Neptune sits a little under 10 degrees to the upper right of Saturn, and an 8-inch telescope should let a viewer see Neptune as a small blue dot from a dark sky location. Antares also becomes a target in mid-June, appearing between 10 and 20 degrees above the southeastern horizon after sunset.
June 15 GMT
The same new moon occurs at 0254 GMT on June 15, but the practical viewing advice stays the same: the darker the sky, the easier it is to work through the planets from west to east. For anyone heading outside on June 14, the first look should go to Venus and Jupiter low in the west, then Mercury before it sinks too close to the sun.
