When is the best day to release music in June 2026?

The month's best stretch opens Wed, Jun 24, 3:00 AM EDT and holds until Fri, Jun 26, 2:00 PM EDT, scoring 76 against a base of 50, computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.

How are these scores computed?

Every hour is rated on four factors — the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon's phase, and its next applying aspect for this kind of decision — then averaged per local day under a versioned config. These pages stop there, because a page has no location; the app adds a fifth factor, the Moon's house, once it knows where you are, which is what lets it name an hour rather than a day. Scores start at 50. Higher scores mean more favorable conditions under Orrery’s rules, not a higher chance of success. Check the times against your availability.

What does void-of-course mean?

The interval after the Moon's last exact major aspect in a sign, until it enters the next. Orrery uses a modern definition and assigns a score penalty to starts during this interval.

Launch / publish — June 2026

The best days to release music in June 2026.

Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Event and interval times include their Eastern Time zone label (EDT or EST). A different timezone shifts the day boundaries — the sky doesn’t change, but the local days it lands in can.

You’ve got the release on the calendar. Here is June 2026, scored for releasing: every hour rated on the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon’s phase, and its next applying aspect for this decision — then averaged per day. Scores start at 50. Higher scores mean more favorable conditions under Orrery’s rules, not a higher chance of success. Check the times against your availability.

The month’s best stretch opens Wed, Jun 24, 3:00 AM EDT and holds until Fri, Jun 26, 2:00 PM EDT, scoring 76.

Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.

Rows list factors in that day’s hourly samples. An applying aspect’s exact date can fall on a later day.

Date	Day	Score	The computed sky
Jun 1	Mon	14	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Wed, Jun 3, 2026, 11:04 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, May 31, 2026, 9:21 AM EDT – Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 9:19 PM EDT
Jun 2	Tue	26	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Wed, Jun 3, 2026, 11:04 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 3	Wed	26	Applying Moon–Jupiter opposition · exact Wed, Jun 3, 2026, 11:04 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 4	Thu	28	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jun 3, 2026, 11:04 PM EDT – Thu, Jun 4, 2026, 9:45 AM EDT
Jun 5	Fri	30	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jun 5, 2026, 3:50 PM EDT – Sat, Jun 6, 2026, 8:42 PM EDT
Jun 6	Sat	18	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 8:38 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jun 5, 2026, 3:50 PM EDT – Sat, Jun 6, 2026, 8:42 PM EDT
Jun 7	Sun	52	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 8:38 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 8	Mon	47	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 8:38 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 8:38 PM EDT – Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 4:33 AM EDT
Jun 9	Tue	26	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 1:51 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 8:38 PM EDT – Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 4:33 AM EDT
Jun 10	Wed	30	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 1:51 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 11	Thu	38	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 3:30 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 1:51 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 4:22 AM EDT – Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 8:28 AM EDT
Jun 12	Fri	46	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 3:30 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 13	Sat	33	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 3:30 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 3:30 AM EDT – Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:06 AM EDT
Jun 14	Sun	38	Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 10:54 PM EDT – Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT
Jun 15	Mon	60	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 3:40 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 10:54 PM EDT – Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT
Jun 16	Tue	74	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 3:40 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 17	Wed	59	Applying Moon–Jupiter conjunction · exact Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 3:40 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 3:40 AM EDT – Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT
Jun 18	Thu	62	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 19	Fri	63	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 1:33 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT – Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 10:36 AM EDT
Jun 20	Sat	70	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 1:33 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 21	Sun	61	Applying Moon–Jupiter sextile · exact Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 1:33 PM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 1:33 PM EDT – Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 4:54 PM EDT
Jun 22	Mon	54	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 23	Tue	54	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 24	Wed	72	Applying Moon–Jupiter square · exact Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 AM EDTApplying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 1:10 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 AM EDT – Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 2:43 AM EDT
Jun 25	Thu	76	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 1:10 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 26	Fri	69	Applying Moon–Jupiter trine · exact Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 1:10 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 1:10 PM EDT – Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 2:40 PM EDT
Jun 27	Sat	62	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Jun 28	Sun	39	Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 1:04 AM EDT – Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 3:18 AM EDT
Jun 29	Mon	50	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 1:04 AM EDT – Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 3:18 AM EDT
Jun 30	Tue	30	Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)

How to read this

Void-of-course— after the Moon’s last exact aspect in a sign, before it enters the next. The classical read: finish things; don’t start them. Exact times are in the void calendar for June 2026. Mercury retrograde — the traditional caution for messages, deals, and signatures; station times to the second are in the retrograde dates. Waxing / waning — growing favors starts, thinning favors finishing. The applying aspect— the Moon’s next exact contact with this decision’s planet, easy angles helping, hard angles dragging. The full rulebook — which conventions Orrery follows and which it refuses — is in Method.

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