July 1938

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 20%
14. 2 30%
15. 3 40%
16. 4 First qtr
17. 5 61%
18. 6 71%
19. 7 79%
20. 8 87%
21. 9 92%
22. 10 97%
23. 11 99%
24. 12 Full
25. 13 99%
26. 14 96%
27. 15 92%
28. 16 85%
29. 17 78%
30. 18 69%
31. 19 59%
32. 20 Last qtr
33. 21 38%
34. 22 27%
35. 23 17%
36. 24 9%
37. 25 4%
38. 26 New
39. 27 1%
40. 28 4%
41. 29 9%
42. 30 17%
43. 31 26%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in July 1938

1. Mon, Jul 49:47 AM

   First Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

2. Mon, Jul 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

3. Tue, Jul 1211:05 AM

   Full Moon Buck MoonMicromoon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

4. Wed, Jul 208:19 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

5. Thu, Jul 218:08 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Jul 243:27 PM

   Mars behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

7. Tue, Jul 26

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.

8. Tue, Jul 2611:54 PM

   New Moon

   The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

9. Thu, Jul 2810:09 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Jul 302:36 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

11. Sat, Jul 3011:14 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Jul 312:01 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.