Lunar Calendar Month July 2024 (Greenland)

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 Nuuk, Greenland 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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2024-07-05	20:57
1st quarter	2024-07-13	20:49
full moon	2024-07-21	08:17
3rd quarter	2024-07-28	00:51

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2024-07-12	06:13	404,362 km
Perigee	2024-07-24	03:45	364,913 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 Objects	Date and Time
Mars	2024-07-01 16:27
Pleiades	2024-07-02 13:31
Beehive	2024-07-07 14:04
Mercury	2024-07-07 16:33
Spica	2024-07-13 23:48
Antares	2024-07-17 17:37
Saturn	2024-07-24 18:38
Pleiades	2024-07-29 19:13

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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 27	1Monday 26.2% illuminated Age: 24.5	2Tuesday 17% illuminated Age: 25.5	3Wednesday 9.5% illuminated Age: 26.6	4Thursday 4% illuminated Age: 27.6	5Friday 0.9% illuminated Age: 28.7	6Saturday 0% illuminated Age: 0.1	7Sunday 1.4% illuminated Age: 1.1
Week 28	8Monday 4.8% illuminated Age: 2.1	9Tuesday 9.9% illuminated Age: 3	10Wednesday 16.5% illuminated Age: 3.9	11Thursday 24.2% illuminated Age: 4.8	12Friday 32.7% illuminated Age: 5.7	13Saturday 41.9% illuminated Age: 6.6	14Sunday 51.4% illuminated Age: 7.5
Week 29	15Monday 60.9% illuminated Age: 8.4	16Tuesday 70.2% illuminated Age: 9.3	17Wednesday 78.9% illuminated Age: 10.3	18Thursday 86.7% illuminated Age: 11.3	19Friday 93.1% illuminated Age: 12.3	20Saturday 97.6% illuminated Age: 13.3	21Sunday 99.8% illuminated Age: 14.4
Week 30	22Monday 99.4% illuminated Age: 15.5	23Tuesday 96.3% illuminated Age: 16.6	24Wednesday 90.5% illuminated Age: 17.7	25Thursday 82.4% illuminated Age: 18.8	26Friday 72.6% illuminated Age: 19.9	27Saturday 61.7% illuminated Age: 21	28Sunday 50.4% illuminated Age: 22.1
Week 31	29Monday 39.2% illuminated Age: 23.2	30Tuesday 28.8% illuminated Age: 24.2	31Wednesday 19.5% illuminated Age: 25.2	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