July 1956

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 Last qtr
9. 2 37%
10. 3 26%
11. 4 17%
12. 5 9%
13. 6 4%
14. 7 0%
15. 8 New
16. 9 3%
17. 10 9%
18. 11 17%
19. 12 27%
20. 13 37%
21. 14 First qtr
22. 15 58%
23. 16 68%
24. 17 77%
25. 18 85%
26. 19 91%
27. 20 96%
28. 21 99%
29. 22 Full
30. 23 99%
31. 24 97%
32. 25 93%
33. 26 87%
34. 27 80%
35. 28 72%
36. 29 62%
37. 30 Last qtr
38. 31 41%

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

Events in July 1956

1. Sun, Jul 14:41 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Tue, Jul 32:16 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jul 610:56 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

4. Fri, Jul 612:57 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Jul 712:32 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Jul 812:38 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Sun, Jul 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

8. Mon, Jul 91:15 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Jul 144:47 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Tue, Jul 179:21 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jul 194:45 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

12. Sun, Jul 225:15 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Jul 22

    Apogee

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

14. Sun, Jul 225:29 PM

    Full Moon Buck MoonMicromoon

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

15. Wed, Jul 2511:17 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

16. Thu, Jul 265:26 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

17. Mon, Jul 303:31 PM

    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.