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Lunar Calendar Month July 2023 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

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 Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory during July 2023.

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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
full moon2023-07-0317:39
3rd quarter2023-07-1007:48
new moon2023-07-1800:32
1st quarter2023-07-2604:07

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during July 2023.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2023-07-0504:29360,149 km
Apogee2023-07-2012:58406,289 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
Antares2023-07-01 13:20
Saturn2023-07-07 09:05
Jupiter2023-07-12 03:18
Pleiades2023-07-13 12:31
Mars2023-07-21 10:00
Antares2023-07-28 23:11

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of July 2023.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of British Indian Ocean Territory.

July 2023
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 26
26 Monday
 
27 Tuesday
 
28 Wednesday
 
29 Thursday
 
30 Friday
 
1Saturday
 
90% illuminated
Age: 11.7
2Sunday
 
95.8% illuminated
Age: 12.8
Week 27
3Monday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age: 13.9
4Tuesday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 15.1
5Wednesday
 
97.6% illuminated
Age: 16.2
6Thursday
 
92.4% illuminated
Age: 17.4
7Friday
 
84.8% illuminated
Age: 18.5
8Saturday
 
75.4% illuminated
Age: 19.6
9Sunday
 
64.8% illuminated
Age: 20.7
Week 28
10Monday
 
53.7% illuminated
Age: 21.8
11Tuesday
 
42.7% illuminated
Age: 22.8
12Wednesday
 
32.4% illuminated
Age: 23.8
13Thursday
 
23% illuminated
Age: 24.8
14Friday
 
15% illuminated
Age: 25.8
15Saturday
 
8.5% illuminated
Age: 26.7
16Sunday
 
3.8% illuminated
Age: 27.7
Week 29
17Monday
 
1% illuminated
Age: 28.6
18Tuesday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.5
19Wednesday
 
0.9% illuminated
Age: 0.9
20Thursday
 
3.6% illuminated
Age: 1.8
21Friday
 
7.9% illuminated
Age: 2.7
22Saturday
 
13.8% illuminated
Age: 3.6
23Sunday
 
21% illuminated
Age: 4.5
Week 30
24Monday
 
29.3% illuminated
Age: 5.4
25Tuesday
 
38.5% illuminated
Age: 6.3
26Wednesday
 
48.4% illuminated
Age: 7.2
27Thursday
 
58.6% illuminated
Age: 8.2
28Friday
 
68.8% illuminated
Age: 9.2
29Saturday
 
78.5% illuminated
Age: 10.2
30Sunday
 
87.1% illuminated
Age: 11.3
Week 31
31Monday
 
93.9% illuminated
Age: 12.4
1 Tuesday
 
2 Wednesday
 
3 Thursday
 
4 Friday
 
5 Saturday
 
6 Sunday
 
7 Monday
 
8 Tuesday
 
9 Wednesday
 
10 Thursday
 
11 Friday
 
12 Saturday
 
13 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z