July 1991

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 82%
10. 2 74%
11. 3 65%
12. 4 Last qtr
13. 5 44%
14. 6 34%
15. 7 23%
16. 8 14%
17. 9 7%
18. 10 2%
19. 11 New
20. 12 1%
21. 13 5%
22. 14 12%
23. 15 20%
24. 16 30%
25. 17 40%
26. 18 First qtr
27. 19 60%
28. 20 70%
29. 21 78%
30. 22 86%
31. 23 92%
32. 24 96%
33. 25 99%
34. 26 Full
35. 27 99%
36. 28 97%
37. 29 92%
38. 30 86%
39. 31 78%

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

Events in July 1991

1. Thu, Jul 42:47 AM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

2. Thu, Jul 410:50 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sun, Jul 78:12 PM

   Neptune at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

4. Thu, Jul 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.

5. Thu, Jul 113:06 PM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

6. Thu, Jul 113:06 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Sat, Jul 138:15 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jul 139:37 AM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

9. Sat, Jul 1311:46 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Jul 147:34 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

11. Sun, Jul 148:09 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Jul 1412:34 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Jul 153:22 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Jul 1811:11 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sat, Jul 203:05 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

16. Wed, Jul 24

    Apogee

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

17. Wed, Jul 245:19 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Jul 245:35 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

19. Wed, Jul 2410:18 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

20. Thu, Jul 251:16 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

21. Fri, Jul 261:31 AM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

22. Fri, Jul 262:07 PM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

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

23. Fri, Jul 262:25 PM

    Full Moon Buck Moon

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

24. Fri, Jul 262:54 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

25. Fri, Jul 268:08 PM

    Saturn at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

26. Mon, Jul 295:10 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

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