July 1999

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 93%
13. 2 87%
14. 3 79%
15. 4 70%
16. 5 59%
17. 6 Last qtr
18. 7 37%
19. 8 26%
20. 9 16%
21. 10 9%
22. 11 3%
23. 12 New
24. 13 0%
25. 14 3%
26. 15 9%
27. 16 16%
28. 17 24%
29. 18 34%
30. 19 43%
31. 20 First qtr
32. 21 62%
33. 22 71%
34. 23 79%
35. 24 87%
36. 25 92%
37. 26 97%
38. 27 99%
39. 28 Full
40. 29 99%
41. 30 95%
42. 31 89%

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

Events in July 1999

1. Thu, Jul 110:23 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Jul 67:57 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Wed, Jul 71:43 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Jul 812:14 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Jul 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.

6. Mon, Jul 1210:24 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Wed, Jul 146:10 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jul 158:38 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Jul 174:20 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

10. Tue, Jul 205:00 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Fri, Jul 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

12. Mon, Jul 265:21 AM

    Neptune at opposition

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

13. Mon, Jul 2611:41 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

14. Wed, Jul 283:30 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Jul 287:25 AM

    Full Moon Buck Moon

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

16. Wed, Jul 287:33 AM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

17. Thu, Jul 292:48 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

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