July 1971

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 59%
13. 2 68%
14. 3 77%
15. 4 85%
16. 5 91%
17. 6 96%
18. 7 99%
19. 8 Full
20. 9 98%
21. 10 94%
22. 11 87%
23. 12 78%
24. 13 68%
25. 14 57%
26. 15 Last qtr
27. 16 34%
28. 17 24%
29. 18 15%
30. 19 8%
31. 20 3%
32. 21 1%
33. 22 New
34. 23 2%
35. 24 5%
36. 25 10%
37. 26 17%
38. 27 25%
39. 28 33%
40. 29 43%
41. 30 First qtr
42. 31 62%

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

Events in July 1971

1. Sun, Jul 48:46 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

2. Thu, Jul 86:37 AM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

3. Mon, Jul 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.

4. Thu, Jul 151:47 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Wed, Jul 218:38 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Jul 225:15 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Thu, Jul 225:31 AM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

8. Sat, Jul 2412:38 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jul 27

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

10. Thu, Jul 296:53 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

11. Fri, Jul 307:07 AM

    First Quarter

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

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