July 1983

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 68%
14. 2 58%
15. 3 Last qtr
16. 4 38%
17. 5 29%
18. 6 19%
19. 7 11%
20. 8 5%
21. 9 1%
22. 10 New
23. 11 2%
24. 12 7%
25. 13 14%
26. 14 24%
27. 15 34%
28. 16 First qtr
29. 17 56%
30. 18 66%
31. 19 76%
32. 20 84%
33. 21 90%
34. 22 95%
35. 23 98%
36. 24 Full
37. 25 99%
38. 26 97%
39. 27 93%
40. 28 88%
41. 29 81%
42. 30 73%
43. 31 64%

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

Events in July 1983

1. Sat, Jul 27:48 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Jul 38:12 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sat, Jul 911:35 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

4. Sat, Jul 93:17 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Jul 108:19 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Sun, Jul 1010:13 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Jul 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.

8. Sat, Jul 1610:51 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Sun, Jul 175:54 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Jul 197:48 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Jul 198:40 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

12. Wed, Jul 203:45 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Jul 2110:17 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Jul 2212:55 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

15. Sun, Jul 247:27 PM

    Full Moon Buck MoonMicromoon

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

16. Tue, Jul 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

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