July 1969

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 95%
11. 2 88%
12. 3 80%
13. 4 70%
14. 5 59%
15. 6 Last qtr
16. 7 39%
17. 8 29%
18. 9 21%
19. 10 14%
20. 11 8%
21. 12 4%
22. 13 1%
23. 14 New
24. 15 1%
25. 16 4%
26. 17 9%
27. 18 15%
28. 19 22%
29. 20 31%
30. 21 41%
31. 22 First qtr
32. 23 63%
33. 24 73%
34. 25 83%
35. 26 91%
36. 27 97%
37. 28 Full
38. 29 99%
39. 30 96%
40. 31 91%

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

Events in July 1969

1. Sun, Jul 69:17 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Jul 1311:16 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Jul 13

   Apogee

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

4. Mon, Jul 1410:12 AM

   New Moon

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

5. Sun, Jul 202:15 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Jul 202:36 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Jul 202:36 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Jul 203:30 AM

   Jupiter and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jul 228:10 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Tue, Jul 2210:21 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

11. Thu, Jul 247:07 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Jul 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.

13. Mon, Jul 2810:45 PM

    Full Moon Buck MoonSupermoon

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

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