July 1948

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 30%
13. 2 21%
14. 3 13%
15. 4 7%
16. 5 2%
17. 6 New
18. 7 1%
19. 8 5%
20. 9 11%
21. 10 20%
22. 11 30%
23. 12 41%
24. 13 First qtr
25. 14 63%
26. 15 73%
27. 16 82%
28. 17 89%
29. 18 94%
30. 19 98%
31. 20 Full
32. 21 100%
33. 22 98%
34. 23 94%
35. 24 89%
36. 25 82%
37. 26 74%
38. 27 66%
39. 28 56%
40. 29 Last qtr
41. 30 36%
42. 31 26%

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

Events in July 1948

1. Sun, Jul 48:09 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Jul 512:45 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Jul 51:19 PM

   Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

4. Tue, Jul 65:09 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Thu, Jul 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.

6. Fri, Jul 93:45 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Jul 112:14 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Jul 121:05 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jul 137:30 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Fri, Jul 164:41 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

11. Sat, Jul 178:41 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Jul 2010:31 PM

    Full Moon Buck Moon

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

13. Fri, Jul 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

14. Wed, Jul 281:21 PM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.

15. Thu, Jul 292:12 AM

    Last Quarter

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

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