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Lunar Calendar Month July 2024 (United States)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Washington, District of Columbia, United States during July 2024.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2024-07-0518:57
1st quarter2024-07-1318:49
full moon2024-07-2106:17
3rd quarter2024-07-2722:51

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during July 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2024-07-1204:13404,362 km
Perigee2024-07-2401:45364,913 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Mars2024-07-01 14:27
Pleiades2024-07-02 11:31
Beehive2024-07-07 12:04
Mercury2024-07-07 14:33
Spica2024-07-13 21:48
Antares2024-07-17 15:37
Saturn2024-07-24 16:38
Pleiades2024-07-29 17:13

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of July 2024.

July 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 27
1Monday
 
25.4% illuminated
Age: 24.6
2Tuesday
 
16.3% illuminated
Age: 25.6
3Wednesday
 
8.9% illuminated
Age: 26.7
4Thursday
 
3.7% illuminated
Age: 27.7
5Friday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age: 28.7
6Saturday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 0.2
7Sunday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age: 1.2
Week 28
8Monday
 
5.1% illuminated
Age: 2.1
9Tuesday
 
10.4% illuminated
Age: 3.1
10Wednesday
 
17.1% illuminated
Age: 4
11Thursday
 
24.9% illuminated
Age: 4.9
12Friday
 
33.5% illuminated
Age: 5.8
13Saturday
 
42.7% illuminated
Age: 6.7
14Sunday
 
52.2% illuminated
Age: 7.6
Week 29
15Monday
 
61.7% illuminated
Age: 8.5
16Tuesday
 
71% illuminated
Age: 9.4
17Wednesday
 
79.6% illuminated
Age: 10.4
18Thursday
 
87.3% illuminated
Age: 11.3
19Friday
 
93.5% illuminated
Age: 12.4
20Saturday
 
97.9% illuminated
Age: 13.4
21Sunday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 14.5
Week 30
22Monday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.6
23Tuesday
 
95.9% illuminated
Age: 16.7
24Wednesday
 
89.9% illuminated
Age: 17.8
25Thursday
 
81.6% illuminated
Age: 18.9
26Friday
 
71.7% illuminated
Age: 20
27Saturday
 
60.8% illuminated
Age: 21.1
28Sunday
 
49.4% illuminated
Age: 22.2
Week 31
29Monday
 
38.3% illuminated
Age: 23.3
30Tuesday
 
27.9% illuminated
Age: 24.3
31Wednesday
 
18.8% illuminated
Age: 25.3
1 Thursday
 
2 Friday
 
3 Saturday
 
4 Sunday
 
5 Monday
 
6 Tuesday
 
7 Wednesday
 
8 Thursday
 
9 Friday
 
10 Saturday
 
11 Sunday
 
12 Monday
 
13 Tuesday
 
14 Wednesday
 
15 Thursday
 
16 Friday
 
17 Saturday
 
18 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z