July 1955

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 89%
14. 2 94%
15. 3 98%
16. 4 100%
17. 5 Full
18. 6 98%
19. 7 94%
20. 8 89%
21. 9 82%
22. 10 73%
23. 11 63%
24. 12 Last qtr
25. 13 41%
26. 14 30%
27. 15 20%
28. 16 11%
29. 17 5%
30. 18 1%
31. 19 New
32. 20 2%
33. 21 7%
34. 22 13%
35. 23 21%
36. 24 31%
37. 25 40%
38. 26 First qtr
39. 27 60%
40. 28 69%
41. 29 77%
42. 30 85%
43. 31 91%

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

Events in July 1955

1. Sat, Jul 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

2. Tue, Jul 51:29 AM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

3. Wed, Jul 64:10 PM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Jul 65:04 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

5. Sat, Jul 97:17 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

6. Tue, Jul 124:31 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sun, Jul 17

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.

8. Sun, Jul 1711:45 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Jul 1810:23 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Jul 1810:31 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Jul 197:35 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Tue, Jul 1910:34 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Jul 1912:23 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

14. Tue, Jul 1911:06 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Jul 1911:13 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Jul 202:50 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jul 218:36 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

18. Mon, Jul 252:42 AM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

19. Tue, Jul 2612:00 PM

    First Quarter

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

20. Wed, Jul 2711:09 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

21. Fri, Jul 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

22. Fri, Jul 297:02 PM

    Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.

23. Fri, Jul 298:00 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

24. Sun, Jul 313:54 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

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