July 1946

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 9%
10. 2 16%
11. 3 25%
12. 4 35%
13. 5 45%
14. 6 First qtr
15. 7 64%
16. 8 73%
17. 9 81%
18. 10 88%
19. 11 93%
20. 12 97%
21. 13 99%
22. 14 Full
23. 15 98%
24. 16 95%
25. 17 89%
26. 18 82%
27. 19 73%
28. 20 63%
29. 21 Last qtr
30. 22 41%
31. 23 30%
32. 24 19%
33. 25 11%
34. 26 5%
35. 27 1%
36. 28 New
37. 29 2%
38. 30 6%
39. 31 13%

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

Events in July 1946

1. Mon, Jul 14:45 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Jul 36:03 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jul 510:36 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Jul 52:51 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

5. Sat, Jul 61:15 AM

   First Quarter

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

6. Sat, Jul 610:15 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jul 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

8. Sun, Jul 145:23 AM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

9. Sun, Jul 213:52 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sun, Jul 215:41 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

11. Thu, Jul 256:33 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Jul 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.

13. Sat, Jul 2710:47 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jul 287:54 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Wed, Jul 312:40 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Jul 316:34 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

17. Wed, Jul 3110:26 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

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