July 1998

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 First qtr
12. 2 59%
13. 3 68%
14. 4 76%
15. 5 84%
16. 6 90%
17. 7 95%
18. 8 99%
19. 9 Full
20. 10 99%
21. 11 95%
22. 12 89%
23. 13 82%
24. 14 72%
25. 15 61%
26. 16 Last qtr
27. 17 38%
28. 18 28%
29. 19 18%
30. 20 10%
31. 21 4%
32. 22 1%
33. 23 New
34. 24 1%
35. 25 5%
36. 26 10%
37. 27 17%
38. 28 24%
39. 29 33%
40. 30 42%
41. 31 First qtr

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

Events in July 1998

1. Wed, Jul 12:43 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Thu, Jul 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

3. Thu, Jul 912:01 PM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

4. Fri, Jul 1012:51 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Jul 117:24 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Jul 143:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Jul 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

8. Thu, Jul 1611:14 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Thu, Jul 1611:20 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

10. Fri, Jul 172:25 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Jul 217:34 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Jul 218:50 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

13. Tue, Jul 2110:07 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Jul 239:44 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Thu, Jul 234:08 PM

    Neptune at opposition

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

16. Sat, Jul 2510:56 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jul 30

    Apogee

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

18. Fri, Jul 318:05 AM

    First Quarter

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

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