July 1987

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 25%
12. 2 33%
13. 3 43%
14. 4 First qtr
15. 5 64%
16. 6 74%
17. 7 83%
18. 8 91%
19. 9 96%
20. 10 Full
21. 11 99%
22. 12 96%
23. 13 91%
24. 14 83%
25. 15 73%
26. 16 63%
27. 17 Last qtr
28. 18 42%
29. 19 32%
30. 20 23%
31. 21 15%
32. 22 9%
33. 23 4%
34. 24 1%
35. 25 New
36. 26 1%
37. 27 3%
38. 28 7%
39. 29 13%
40. 30 20%
41. 31 29%

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

Events in July 1987

1. Fri, Jul 311:57 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Sat, Jul 44:34 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Thu, Jul 98:53 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Jul 1011:33 PM

   Full Moon Buck MoonSupermoon

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

5. Sat, Jul 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.

6. Sun, Jul 121:05 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Jul 174:17 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Fri, Jul 1710:23 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Jul 2410:59 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Jul 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

11. Sat, Jul 255:31 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Sat, Jul 254:38 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Sun, Jul 261:41 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

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