July 2001

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 85%
9. 2 91%
10. 3 96%
11. 4 99%
12. 5 Full
13. 6 99%
14. 7 96%
15. 8 92%
16. 9 86%
17. 10 78%
18. 11 70%
19. 12 61%
20. 13 Last qtr
21. 14 41%
22. 15 31%
23. 16 22%
24. 17 13%
25. 18 7%
26. 19 2%
27. 20 New
28. 21 1%
29. 22 5%
30. 23 12%
31. 24 21%
32. 25 31%
33. 26 42%
34. 27 First qtr
35. 28 63%
36. 29 73%
37. 30 81%
38. 31 89%

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

Events in July 2001

1. Thu, Jul 510:55 AM

   Partial lunar eclipse

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

2. Thu, Jul 511:04 AM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

3. Sat, Jul 711:33 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Jul 88:21 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jul 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

6. Mon, Jul 91:09 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Thu, Jul 126:29 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Jul 132:45 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sun, Jul 153:34 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Jul 179:13 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Jul 179:22 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Jul 171:37 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jul 188:06 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

14. Wed, Jul 188:08 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Jul 199:17 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Jul 203:44 PM

    New Moon

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

17. Sat, Jul 21

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.

18. Fri, Jul 276:08 AM

    First Quarter

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

19. Mon, Jul 307:38 AM

    Neptune at opposition

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

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