July 2015

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 Full
12. 2 99%
13. 3 97%
14. 4 91%
15. 5 84%
16. 6 74%
17. 7 64%
18. 8 Last qtr
19. 9 41%
20. 10 30%
21. 11 21%
22. 12 13%
23. 13 6%
24. 14 2%
25. 15 New
26. 16 1%
27. 17 3%
28. 18 7%
29. 19 12%
30. 20 19%
31. 21 27%
32. 22 36%
33. 23 45%
34. 24 First qtr
35. 25 65%
36. 26 74%
37. 27 83%
38. 28 90%
39. 29 96%
40. 30 99%
41. 31 Full

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

Events in July 2015

1. Wed, Jul 13:55 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Jul 110:20 PM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

3. Sun, Jul 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.

4. Mon, Jul 62:30 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Jul 84:24 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, Jul 811:16 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Jul 126:07 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

8. Wed, Jul 154:00 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Jul 159:25 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Thu, Jul 1612:14 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Jul 189:08 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Jul 1810:51 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Jul 188:49 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jul 21

    Apogee

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

15. Thu, Jul 233:10 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

16. Fri, Jul 2412:04 AM

    First Quarter

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

17. Sun, Jul 265:14 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Jul 316:43 AM

    Full Moon Buck MoonBlue Moon

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

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