July 1988

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 95%
14. 2 89%
15. 3 80%
16. 4 70%
17. 5 59%
18. 6 Last qtr
19. 7 37%
20. 8 27%
21. 9 18%
22. 10 11%
23. 11 5%
24. 12 2%
25. 13 New
26. 14 1%
27. 15 3%
28. 16 7%
29. 17 13%
30. 18 20%
31. 19 28%
32. 20 36%
33. 21 First qtr
34. 22 56%
35. 23 66%
36. 24 75%
37. 25 84%
38. 26 91%
39. 27 97%
40. 28 Full
41. 29 100%
42. 30 97%
43. 31 91%

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

Events in July 1988

1. Sat, Jul 2

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.

2. Mon, Jul 411:26 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Jul 67:36 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Wed, Jul 611:39 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

5. Wed, Jul 135:53 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Sat, Jul 169:43 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

7. Sun, Jul 17

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

8. Thu, Jul 2110:14 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Tue, Jul 267:01 AM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Tue, Jul 268:13 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jul 2811:25 PM

    Full Moon Buck Moon

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

12. Sat, Jul 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.

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