June comes betweenMay andJuly and is the sixth month of the year in theGregorian calendar. It is one of four months to have 30 days.
No other month of any year begins on the same day of the week as June: this month and May are the only two months with this property. June ends on the same day of the week asMarch every year, as each other's last days are 13 weeks (91 days) apart.
In common years, June starts on the same day of the week asSeptember andDecember of the previous year, and in leap years,April andJuly of the previous year. In common years, June finishes on the same day of the week as September of the previous year, and in leap years, April and December of the previous year.
Every year, June starts on the same day of the week asFebruary of the following year, as each other's first days are exactly 35 weeks (245 days) apart. In years immediately before common years, June starts on the same day of the week asMarch andNovember of the following year, and in years immediately before leap years,August of the following year. In years immediately before common years, June finishes on the same day of the week as August and November of the following year, and in years immediately before leap years,May of the following year.
In the Catholic Church the month of June is dedicated to theSacred Heart of Jesus.[1]
Thesolstice occurs aroundJune 21, but it may occur on either the20th or the22nd. It is thesummer solstice in the northern hemisphere and thewinter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
Midsummer is celebrated inSweden on the thirdFriday in June.
In the United States, the National Safety Council established June as National Safety Month, with the objective to increase the awareness of all people in the country of the main safety and health risks.[2]
June is one of two months that never begins on the same day of the week as any other months within any calendar year. (May is the other)
The months of June andJuly both start with the "Ju" letter combination in theEnglish language, and in somelanguages have only one letter's difference between their names.
