July 2012

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 94%
9. 2 98%
10. 3 Full
11. 4 99%
12. 5 95%
13. 6 89%
14. 7 82%
15. 8 73%
16. 9 64%
17. 10 Last qtr
18. 11 44%
19. 12 35%
20. 13 26%
21. 14 19%
22. 15 12%
23. 16 6%
24. 17 2%
25. 18 0%
26. 19 New
27. 20 3%
28. 21 7%
29. 22 13%
30. 23 22%
31. 24 31%
32. 25 42%
33. 26 First qtr
34. 27 65%
35. 28 75%
36. 29 85%
37. 30 92%
38. 31 97%

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

Events in July 2012

1. Sun, Jul 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.

2. Tue, Jul 32:52 PM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

3. Mon, Jul 96:33 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

4. Tue, Jul 1012:47 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Jul 109:48 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Fri, Jul 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

7. Sat, Jul 1410:56 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jul 1411:40 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Sun, Jul 1510:30 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Jul 1912:24 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Fri, Jul 203:34 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Jul 243:08 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Jul 264:56 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Sat, Jul 283:49 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

15. Sun, Jul 29

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.

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