July 1968

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 30%
10. 2 41%
11. 3 First qtr
12. 4 63%
13. 5 74%
14. 6 83%
15. 7 91%
16. 8 97%
17. 9 Full
18. 10 99%
19. 11 97%
20. 12 91%
21. 13 84%
22. 14 76%
23. 15 67%
24. 16 57%
25. 17 Last qtr
26. 18 38%
27. 19 29%
28. 20 21%
29. 21 14%
30. 22 8%
31. 23 4%
32. 24 1%
33. 25 New
34. 26 2%
35. 27 5%
36. 28 11%
37. 29 18%
38. 30 27%
39. 31 38%

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

Events in July 1968

1. Tue, Jul 24:04 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Jul 38:42 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sat, Jul 68:15 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Jul 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.

5. Tue, Jul 911:18 PM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

6. Thu, Jul 118:35 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Wed, Jul 175:11 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Wed, Jul 175:53 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Jul 20

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

10. Wed, Jul 245:49 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

11. Wed, Jul 2411:52 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Jul 257:50 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Fri, Jul 264:05 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jul 2812:41 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Jul 2812:54 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Jul 2911:14 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

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