July 1980

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 87%
11. 2 79%
12. 3 69%
13. 4 58%
14. 5 Last qtr
15. 6 35%
16. 7 24%
17. 8 15%
18. 9 8%
19. 10 3%
20. 11 1%
21. 12 New
22. 13 2%
23. 14 6%
24. 15 12%
25. 16 19%
26. 17 27%
27. 18 35%
28. 19 45%
29. 20 First qtr
30. 21 64%
31. 22 73%
32. 23 81%
33. 24 89%
34. 25 94%
35. 26 98%
36. 27 Full
37. 28 99%
38. 29 95%
39. 30 89%
40. 31 81%

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

Events in July 1980

1. Fri, Jul 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.

2. Sat, Jul 53:27 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Wed, Jul 92:34 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Jul 112:40 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

5. Sat, Jul 121:23 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Jul 122:46 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Tue, Jul 1511:08 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jul 173:12 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Jul 182:30 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Jul 18

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

11. Sat, Jul 196:26 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

12. Sun, Jul 201:51 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Tue, Jul 221:15 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Jul 247:56 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Jul 272:54 PM

    Full Moon Buck Moon

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

16. Sun, Jul 273:08 PM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

17. Wed, Jul 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.

18. Thu, Jul 3110:25 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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