July 1951

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 6%
9. 2 3%
10. 3 1%
11. 4 New
12. 5 2%
13. 6 5%
14. 7 10%
15. 8 17%
16. 9 25%
17. 10 34%
18. 11 44%
19. 12 First qtr
20. 13 66%
21. 14 76%
22. 15 86%
23. 16 93%
24. 17 98%
25. 18 Full
26. 19 99%
27. 20 95%
28. 21 89%
29. 22 81%
30. 23 71%
31. 24 61%
32. 25 Last qtr
33. 26 42%
34. 27 32%
35. 28 24%
36. 29 16%
37. 30 10%
38. 31 5%

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

Events in July 1951

1. Mon, Jul 25:09 AM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

2. Mon, Jul 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

3. Tue, Jul 33:32 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Jul 412:16 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Jul 43:48 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Thu, Jul 54:30 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Jul 84:52 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Jul 108:29 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Jul 118:53 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Jul 1212:56 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Tue, Jul 17

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.

12. Wed, Jul 183:17 PM

    Full Moon Buck MoonSupermoon

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

13. Thu, Jul 198:33 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jul 244:51 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Jul 252:59 PM

    Last Quarter

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

16. Mon, Jul 30

    Apogee

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

17. Tue, Jul 319:45 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Jul 3111:38 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

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