Lunar Calendar Month July 2024 (South Africa)

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 Pretoria, South Africa 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	2024-07-06	00:57
1st quarter	2024-07-14	00:49
full moon	2024-07-21	12:17
3rd quarter	2024-07-28	04:51

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	10:13	404,362 km
Perigee	2024-07-24	07:45	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 20:27
Pleiades	2024-07-02 17:31
Beehive	2024-07-07 18:04
Mercury	2024-07-07 20:33
Spica	2024-07-14 03:48
Antares	2024-07-17 21:37
Saturn	2024-07-24 22:38
Pleiades	2024-07-29 23:13

Illumination of the Moon

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

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of South Africa.

July 2024
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 27	1Monday 27.9% illuminated Age: 24.3	2Tuesday 18.4% illuminated Age: 25.4	3Wednesday 10.6% illuminated Age: 26.4	4Thursday 4.8% illuminated Age: 27.5	5Friday 1.2% illuminated Age: 28.5	6Saturday 0% illuminated Age: 29.5	7Sunday 1% illuminated Age: 0.9
Week 28	8Monday 4.1% illuminated Age: 1.9	9Tuesday 8.9% illuminated Age: 2.9	10Wednesday 15.3% illuminated Age: 3.8	11Thursday 22.8% illuminated Age: 4.7	12Friday 31.3% illuminated Age: 5.6	13Saturday 40.3% illuminated Age: 6.5	14Sunday 49.8% illuminated Age: 7.4
Week 29	15Monday 59.3% illuminated Age: 8.3	16Tuesday 68.7% illuminated Age: 9.2	17Wednesday 77.5% illuminated Age: 10.1	18Thursday 85.5% illuminated Age: 11.1	19Friday 92.1% illuminated Age: 12.1	20Saturday 97% illuminated Age: 13.1	21Sunday 99.6% illuminated Age: 14.2
Week 30	22Monday 99.7% illuminated Age: 15.3	23Tuesday 97% illuminated Age: 16.4	24Wednesday 91.6% illuminated Age: 17.5	25Thursday 83.9% illuminated Age: 18.6	26Friday 74.3% illuminated Age: 19.8	27Saturday 63.6% illuminated Age: 20.9	28Sunday 52.3% illuminated Age: 21.9
Week 31	29Monday 41% illuminated Age: 23	30Tuesday 30.4% illuminated Age: 24	31Wednesday 20.9% illuminated Age: 25.1	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