July 1979

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 41%
9. 2 First qtr
10. 3 60%
11. 4 70%
12. 5 79%
13. 6 87%
14. 7 93%
15. 8 98%
16. 9 Full
17. 10 99%
18. 11 95%
19. 12 89%
20. 13 80%
21. 14 70%
22. 15 59%
23. 16 Last qtr
24. 17 37%
25. 18 27%
26. 19 18%
27. 20 11%
28. 21 6%
29. 22 2%
30. 23 New
31. 24 0%
32. 25 2%
33. 26 6%
34. 27 11%
35. 28 18%
36. 29 26%
37. 30 35%
38. 31 44%

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

Events in July 1979

1. Mon, Jul 211:24 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Tue, Jul 36:25 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

3. Thu, Jul 59:47 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Jul 74:43 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jul 93:59 PM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

6. Wed, Jul 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.

7. Wed, Jul 114:42 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Jul 166:59 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Wed, Jul 1811:01 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Jul 232:00 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Jul 239:41 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Tue, Jul 245:32 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

13. Tue, Jul 249:28 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Jul 254:23 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Jul 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

16. Fri, Jul 279:13 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Jul 311:19 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

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