July 2020

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 85%
12. 2 92%
13. 3 97%
14. 4 100%
15. 5 Full
16. 6 97%
17. 7 93%
18. 8 87%
19. 9 80%
20. 10 71%
21. 11 62%
22. 12 Last qtr
23. 13 44%
24. 14 34%
25. 15 25%
26. 16 17%
27. 17 10%
28. 18 5%
29. 19 1%
30. 20 New
31. 21 1%
32. 22 5%
33. 23 11%
34. 24 19%
35. 25 29%
36. 26 40%
37. 27 First qtr
38. 28 63%
39. 29 74%
40. 30 83%
41. 31 90%

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

Events in July 2020

1. Sun, Jul 512:29 AM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

2. Sun, Jul 512:44 AM

   Full Moon Buck Moon

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

3. Sun, Jul 56:12 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Jul 56:46 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

5. Mon, Jul 65:34 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Jul 710:43 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

7. Fri, Jul 106:56 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jul 115:16 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Jul 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

10. Sun, Jul 127:29 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Tue, Jul 143:47 AM

    Jupiter at opposition

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

12. Tue, Jul 1410:14 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Jul 172:40 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jul 1912:19 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Jul 201:33 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Mon, Jul 206:14 PM

    Saturn at opposition

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

17. Wed, Jul 2211:12 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

18. Sat, Jul 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.

19. Mon, Jul 278:33 AM

    First Quarter

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

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