July 1972

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 76%
15. 2 66%
16. 3 Last qtr
17. 4 44%
18. 5 33%
19. 6 22%
20. 7 13%
21. 8 6%
22. 9 2%
23. 10 New
24. 11 1%
25. 12 4%
26. 13 10%
27. 14 17%
28. 15 25%
29. 16 34%
30. 17 44%
31. 18 First qtr
32. 19 63%
33. 20 72%
34. 21 80%
35. 22 87%
36. 23 93%
37. 24 97%
38. 25 100%
39. 26 Full
40. 27 98%
41. 28 94%
42. 29 87%
43. 30 79%
44. 31 69%

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

Events in July 1972

1. Mon, Jul 311:26 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Fri, Jul 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.

3. Mon, Jul 103:39 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Mon, Jul 103:45 PM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

5. Mon, Jul 107:25 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

6. Wed, Jul 121:38 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

7. Wed, Jul 122:01 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Jul 124:34 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jul 183:46 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Wed, Jul 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

11. Fri, Jul 212:32 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

12. Sun, Jul 2312:20 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jul 263:15 AM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

14. Wed, Jul 263:24 AM

    Full Moon Buck Moon

    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.