July 2005

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 21%
14. 2 14%
15. 3 8%
16. 4 3%
17. 5 1%
18. 6 New
19. 7 1%
20. 8 4%
21. 9 9%
22. 10 15%
23. 11 22%
24. 12 31%
25. 13 40%
26. 14 First qtr
27. 15 61%
28. 16 71%
29. 17 80%
30. 18 89%
31. 19 95%
32. 20 99%
33. 21 Full
34. 22 98%
35. 23 93%
36. 24 85%
37. 25 76%
38. 26 66%
39. 27 Last qtr
40. 28 45%
41. 29 35%
42. 30 25%
43. 31 17%

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

Events in July 2005

1. Wed, Jul 68:03 AM

   New Moon

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

2. Thu, Jul 712:54 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jul 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

4. Fri, Jul 85:18 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Jul 85:36 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Jul 85:49 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

7. Fri, Jul 811:15 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

8. Sat, Jul 95:38 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Jul 131:46 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Jul 1411:20 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Thu, Jul 217:00 AM

    Full Moon Buck MoonSupermoon

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

12. Thu, Jul 21

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.

13. Fri, Jul 2211:02 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Jul 231:04 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

15. Sun, Jul 2412:34 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Jul 271:22 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Jul 2711:19 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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