July 2004

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 99%
13. 2 Full
14. 3 98%
15. 4 93%
16. 5 86%
17. 6 77%
18. 7 67%
19. 8 57%
20. 9 Last qtr
21. 10 37%
22. 11 28%
23. 12 20%
24. 13 13%
25. 14 7%
26. 15 3%
27. 16 1%
28. 17 New
29. 18 2%
30. 19 5%
31. 20 10%
32. 21 16%
33. 22 25%
34. 23 34%
35. 24 First qtr
36. 25 56%
37. 26 67%
38. 27 77%
39. 28 86%
40. 29 93%
41. 30 98%
42. 31 Full

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

Events in July 2004

1. Thu, Jul 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

2. Fri, Jul 27:09 AM

   Full Moon Buck MoonSupermoon

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

3. Sun, Jul 41:15 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Jul 61:32 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Jul 812:40 PM

   Saturn behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

6. Fri, Jul 93:34 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sat, Jul 107:50 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Jul 123:20 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

9. Wed, Jul 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

10. Fri, Jul 164:46 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Jul 177:24 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Mon, Jul 1912:24 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Jul 194:06 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

14. Mon, Jul 192:50 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Jul 2111:38 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Jul 2411:37 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Mon, Jul 2611:37 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

18. Fri, Jul 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.

19. Sat, Jul 312:05 PM

    Full Moon Buck MoonBlue Moon

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

20. Sat, Jul 3110:36 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

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