July 1947

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 97%
11. 2 99%
12. 3 Full
13. 4 99%
14. 5 95%
15. 6 91%
16. 7 84%
17. 8 77%
18. 9 68%
19. 10 58%
20. 11 Last qtr
21. 12 37%
22. 13 27%
23. 14 17%
24. 15 9%
25. 16 4%
26. 17 1%
27. 18 New
28. 19 4%
29. 20 9%
30. 21 17%
31. 22 27%
32. 23 37%
33. 24 First qtr
34. 25 57%
35. 26 67%
36. 27 76%
37. 28 83%
38. 29 90%
39. 30 95%
40. 31 98%

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

Events in July 1947

1. Wed, Jul 24:33 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Jul 36:39 AM

   Full Moon Buck MoonMicromoon

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

3. Thu, Jul 3

   Apogee

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

4. Fri, Jul 116:54 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Mon, Jul 142:29 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

   Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

6. Tue, Jul 1512:41 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Jul 1511:17 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jul 172:05 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Jul 17

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.

10. Fri, Jul 1812:15 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Sat, Jul 1912:38 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Jul 223:04 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jul 231:09 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Jul 246:54 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sat, Jul 262:47 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Jul 31

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

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