July 1974

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 92%
10. 2 97%
11. 3 99%
12. 4 Full
13. 5 99%
14. 6 96%
15. 7 91%
16. 8 85%
17. 9 78%
18. 10 69%
19. 11 60%
20. 12 Last qtr
21. 13 40%
22. 14 29%
23. 15 20%
24. 16 11%
25. 17 5%
26. 18 1%
27. 19 New
28. 20 2%
29. 21 7%
30. 22 15%
31. 23 24%
32. 24 34%
33. 25 First qtr
34. 26 55%
35. 27 66%
36. 28 75%
37. 29 83%
38. 30 89%
39. 31 94%

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

Events in July 1974

1. Mon, Jul 11:07 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Jul 111:43 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Jul 48:41 AM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

4. Sat, Jul 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

5. Fri, Jul 1211:28 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, Jul 176:37 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jul 1711:41 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jul 187:03 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Jul 188:00 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Jul 198:06 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Fri, Jul 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.

12. Mon, Jul 225:33 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

13. Wed, Jul 2410:10 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Jul 257:46 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Jul 255:49 PM

    Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.

16. Thu, Jul 2511:51 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Sun, Jul 284:30 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Jul 314:54 AM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

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